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Bite Night: How to Throw a Vampire-Themed Party

From: Food Network Magazine

Sink your teeth into this vampire-inspired party menu from Food Network Magazine. Photographs by Yunhee Kim

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Bloody Punch Bowl

Make some Blood-Red Cherry Punch, then give your punch bowl a gory look. Stir 1/4 cup light corn syrup with 1 teaspoon molasses and 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring in a small bowl. Dip your finger into the mixture and run it along the rim of the punch bowl; continue until the rim is coated and the mixture drips down the sides.

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Food Styling: Maggie Ruggiero
Prop Styling: Elizabeth MacLennan

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Roasted Garlic Crostini

Garlic is known to repel vampires, so fend them off with this dish: Slice 1/4 inch off the tops of 2 heads garlic. Place on a large piece of aluminum foil and top with 1/2 cup olive oil, a few sprigs of thyme and a pinch of salt. Seal into a packet and roast at 375 degrees F until soft, about 50 minutes; let cool. Squeeze the roasted garlic out of its skin and spread on toasted baguette slices. Top with sliced cherry tomatoes, some thyme leaves, olive oil and salt.

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Prosciutto on Wooden Stakes

There are only a few ways to kill a vampire, one of which is to stab it in the heart with a wooden stake. Plan an appetizer that doubles as a weapon: Thread thin slices of prosciutto onto 4-inch bamboo skewers ($5.50/300, Farberware; amazon.com).

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Fang Napkin Holders

Use plastic vampire fangs ($3 each; partycity.com) as napkin rings: Just roll up a cloth napkin and insert it between the top and bottom chompers.

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Silver-Frosted Cake

Some metals can burn vampires' skin and freeze them in their tracks. Cover a red velvet cake with silver frosting: Beat 2 sticks room-temperature unsalted butter, 2 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla and a pinch of salt with a mixer until smooth. Add 10 drops black gel food coloring and 2 drops yellow liquid food coloring, then beat until combined. Add up to 1 tablespoon more milk to loosen the frosting, if needed. Decorate with silver coarse sugar "repellent" ($10 for 1 pound; layercakeshop.com) or use silver nonpareils.