It is that time of year again, where the goblins and other monsters
come out to play in the streets. All hollows eve is what it is called.
Halloween for the children, candy, treats and scare tactics from the
adults. Now you too can rely on these
fun recipes for realistic blood for your scare houses, vampires, werewolves,
etc., to impart realism to a scary scene. Here are a few recipes you might like
to use if you ever find yourself in need of blood, and do not want to get it
the hard way.
- Realistic looking
Blood with a gentle mint flavor.
- Clear Blood, which
looks excellent in a Wine Glass.
- Chocolate Blood More
realistic than you would think!
- Decadent Chocolate
Blood - a sinfully sweet and thick recipe
- Gore Blood with a
jelly consistency, which helps it, stay put.
- Buckets o' Blood for
bulk use.
- Buckets o' Blood 2 using a gelatin base.
- 2/3 cup Corn Syrup
- 1/3 cup Water
- 5 Tablespoons Corn
Starch
- 3 to 5 Teaspoons Red
Food Coloring
- 2 or 3 Drops Green
Food Coloring
- One Drop Peppermint
extract, if desired.
Mix the Cornstarch thoroughly with the water. Add the Corn Syrup. Mix
well. Add red food coloring into the mixture, using only 3 tsp at first. Then
add a couple drops of green food coloring to take the 'pink' edge off the red
coloring. If the mixture is too light, add one or two teaspoons more red food
coloring. Add an extra drop of green food coloring if the mixture gets too pink
again (Real blood is slightly on the dark red to reddish brown side, when it’s
not fresh from the heart). Add one drop of Peppermint extract if you wish a
fresh minty blood mixture. The concoction tastes quite pleasant, and can be
used as makeup or a "Glass of Wine" for your vampire to drink.
Milk can also be added (instead of or with the cornstarch) to keep the
blood from being too transparent. White glue was also given as a suggestion,
but if you go that route, I wouldn't suggest using the mixture on or in your
mouth.
Real blood is foggy or opaque, but clear liquid looks better in a wine
glass. Try this recipe:
- 1/2 cup Grenadine
Syrup
- 1/2 cup Corn Syrup
- 1 to 3 Drops Green Food Coloring
Mix the Grenadine and Corn Syrup through each other. Add green food
coloring one drop at a time, mixing thoroughly after each, until the 'pink'
edge has been taken off the mixture. Pour into a wine glass, and swirl. The concoction
looks very good under bright light, and moves with the viscosity of thick blood.
If you plan to drink it, though, I recommend you cut it half-half with water.
I was promised the recipe years ago, but only came across it quite
recently. It was worth the wait. The mixture may seem odd, but it tastes
pretty good, looks surprisingly like real blood, splatters like real blood,
dries like real blood, and had several people asking me if I was really
okay after that staged fight....
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
powder
- 3 or 4 tablespoon corn
syrup
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon red
food coloring
- 2 drops yellow or
green food coloring (optional)
Mix the cocoa powder thoroughly into the water before adding the other
ingredients - it may help to use warm water. After adding the rest, blend the
concoction well, and then wait for it to settle a bit. Either skim the bubbles
& chocolate scum off the top with the edge of a Kleenex, or pour the
mixture into another container. The longer it sits, the more the cocoa tends to
settle to the bottom, which oddly mimics the effect of real blood separating.
If you splatter this mixture onto cloth, it makes neat two-part marks,
which dry into pretty convincing bloodstains. If you let it run from a victim's
mouth and then let it dry, the blood darkens and cakes to the skin in much the
same way real blood does. I can also say that any washcloth used to wipe down
the 'bloody' face afterwards looks remarkably realistic, too.
The recipe is simple: Buy a bottle of chocolate syrup (Nestle Quick
Chocolate Syrup was the suggestion given), and a bottle of red food coloring.
Pour out as much chocolate syrup as you need, and mix the food coloring into it
directly. The result is an opaque, deep red, liquid, which runs and drools
well, and looks very realistic as bloodstains on cloth. One big warning: It
DOES stain. Don't use it on anything you can't afford to lose.
- 2/3 cup Oriental
'Cherry' Dipping Sauce
- 1/3 cup Water
- 1/2 Teaspoon Red Food
Coloring
- 2 or 3 Drops Green
Food Coloring
Mix the Cherry dipping sauce with water, thoroughly enough to thin down
the sauce into a gooey consistency. Add food coloring. Stir again, and let the
sauce sit, preferably in a fridge. When needed, take it out and spoon it onto
areas where 'gore' effect blood is needed. The blood will drip in glops &
globs, but doesn't puddle out as watery blood does.
- 1 Liter Corn Syrup
- 5 Liters Water
- 2 or 3 Tablespoons Red
Food Coloring
- 1/2 Teaspoon Green
Food Coloring (optional)
- A slosh of milk
Get a large pail to mix this all together. If you do not like the consistency,
you can either thin it with more water, or thicken it with sugar or corn syrup.
The exact amount of food coloring you require will depend on the brand you buy,
so you may need to play around with the measurements. If you make it, too dark,
just add more water again. Adding some milk will reduce the translucent of the
mixture (real blood isn't see-thru, but if you want clear blood, leave the milk
out of the recipe). Don't add too much milk or the blood will look pink!
The final product should splash like water, but be slightly shinier,
and not soak into cloth quite the same way water does, leaving more of it on
the outside of clothes so they look suitably bloodied.
NOTE: This will stain clothing, so don't get it on anything important.
This is great for the 'hands-on' type of blood and (from what I hear)
also works well in bathtub-sized proportions.
- 1 package plain
gelatin or 1 package red colored Jell-O
- 2 bottle red food
coloring (especially if using plain gelatin)
- 1 tbsp. green food
coloring
- 1 - 5 gallons of water (depending on desired consistency)
Directions are simple: Follow the instructions on the side of the jell
package, but double or quadruple the amount of water needed, and don't add any
sugar. Doubling the water gives you a very slimy, gloopy jell which doesn't
look a lot like blood, but can be fun to get kids to stick their hands into at Hallowe’en
parties. If you use 5 gallons of water, you're going to have quite a thin runny
blood, great for pouring over bloodied bodies in bathtubs or splashing on walls
(especially if you can hose down the walls after - I wouldn't recommend this in
your Livingroom or parent's bedroom). You can play around with the recipe to
get the desired consistency - gelatin is reasonably cheap and available in
almost any grocery store.
Have fun and enjoy your Halloween. And as always, be safe!
- Bird
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