Mexicajun Recipes : Mexicajun Festive Cocktails: Witches Brew

Spice syrup

2 cinnamon sticks
5 whole cloves
3 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar

Punch
A chilled 25.4-ounce bottle sparkling cider
A chilled 1-quart bottle cranberry juice cocktail
A chilled 1-liter bottle club soda
1 cup Captain Morgan rum
2 shots of Jack Daniels

In a small saucepan bring syrup ingredients to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer covered 7 minutes. And remove from stove. Chill syrup. ( May be made up to1 week ahead). In a punch bowl combine remaining ingredients and strain syrup through a fine sieve into punch. Stir punch and add cranberry juice frozen in rings as ice blocks. Float cranberries and small mint leaves as garnish… Careful with your broom after two cups of this…