Halloween Punch with Orange Blackberry Swirls

Ingredients

• 6 cups chilled red fruit punch (1.4 L/1440 g)
• 3 cups chilled orange soda (710 mL/720 g)
• 2 cups chilled pineapple juice (475 mL/480 g)
• 2 cups chilled ginger ale (475 mL/480 g)
• 1/2 cup blackberry syrup (120 mL/160 g)
• 1 large orange, thinly sliced (180 g)
• 1 cup gummy worms, optional (150 g)
• 1 frozen hand-shaped ice ring or 4 cups ice cubes (900 g)

Instructions

1. Freeze ice hand. One day ahead, fill a clean disposable glove with water, tie the opening tightly, and freeze it flat on a tray. Peel away the glove before serving. Alternatively, freeze a ring mold or prepare regular ice cubes.
2. Chill ingredients. Refrigerate fruit punch, orange soda, pineapple juice, and ginger ale until cold. Set out a large clear punch bowl, ladle, cups, and the orange slices. Keep the soda unopened until the final assembly.
3. Mix fruit base. Pour the fruit punch and pineapple juice into the punch bowl. Stir slowly with the ladle until evenly combined. If making ahead, cover this base and refrigerate it, keeping the soda and ginger ale separate.
4. Add carbonated drinks. Just before serving, pour the orange soda slowly down the inside of the bowl. Add the ginger ale the same way. Stir once, gently, with the ladle to combine without knocking out too many bubbles.
5. Create swirls. Drizzle blackberry syrup around the outside edge of the bowl and then across the surface. Do not stir fully. The syrup sinks into dark purple ribbons; reserve a little syrup if you want to refresh the color later.
6. Garnish and serve. Float the frozen hand-shaped ice ring in the center. Arrange orange slices and gummy worms around the top, using only a few so the ladle still moves easily. Serve immediately, with extra garnishes beside the bowl for refills.

Notes

• For the clearest orange-and-purple effect, use a transparent glass bowl. A black bowl can still work, but the blackberry ribbons will be less visible and orange slices become the main decoration.
• The fruit-punch base can be mixed several hours ahead and refrigerated. Wait to add orange soda and ginger ale until serving time, then use a gentle stir to keep the drink fizzy.
• No ice-hand mold is required. Freeze water in a bundt pan, loaf pan, or bowl-shaped container, then add the resulting large ice piece to slow dilution.