Today: Sandra Lee Blood Orange Martini Recipe + Cocktail Decorating

Today Show: Sandra Lee Halloween

Sandra Lee was on Today Show with Matt Lauer to talk about ways you can impress adults and kids at your Halloween party without taking much time to get ready. Check out her advice for cocktail decorating and a Blood Orange Martini. Plus, learn how you can transform store-bought appetizers into “semi-homemade” Halloween treats.

For even more ideas for any season, be sure to try Sandra Lee Magazine (or keep an eye out for her on Food Network).

Sandra Lee: Today Show Crazy Kebabs

These Crazy Kebabs are sweet and simple. Spray skewers with cooking spray and arrange any soft candy, like marshmallows and licorice, to create sugary kebabs. You can even decorate them by using frosting to stick on sprinkles, jelly beans, or whatever else you have around.

Today Show: Halloween Cocktail Decorating

How can you entertain the adults at your Halloween party as well and really make the drink presentation pop? Sandra Lee shared two ideas with Matt Lauer on Today Show. The first was reusing cake decorating gel to give glassware a ‘bloody’ finish.

Rim the glass with red cake decorating gel and let it drip down on either side of the rim. You can also hang plastic vampire fangs on the edge of the glass.

Sandra Lee: Today Show Lychee Eyeballs

Maybe what your drink really needs is an eyeball floating around in it. If so, Sandra Lee said to get some Lychee Nuts and insert chocolate chips into them. Then you have eyeballs you can drop into any cocktail, like this Blood Red Martini.

Today Show: Sandra Lee Blood Orange Martini Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 2 cups Blood Orange Juice
• 1/2 cup Water
• 2 cups Orange Flavored Vodka

Directions

1. Melt sugar in water over low heat in a saucepan.
2. Stir until sugar is totally dissolved.
3. Combine this simple syrup with orange juice and vodka in a pitcher.
4. Chill the drinks until serving time.
5. Serve in martini glasses.