Movie, TV, and Broadway Musical Inspired Halloween Party – The Addams Family
While envisioning your next Halloween party, a great way to create a unique theme would be to get inspiration from your favorite films, TV shows, books and even Broadway musicals. Drawing inspiration from plot, theme and characters can create a clever party from food, drinks and decorations that will really give your guests something to talk about!
Create a signature drink inspired by your favorite character or for each of the characters with a fun name and special ingredients that relate to the character’s traits, appearance and likes/dislikes.
When trying to plan the menu, think of items that will pair nicely with the selected character signature cocktail and name it something specific to the character or show.
Base decorations on the environments/locations in the film, book or show. Pick one location that you can really blow out for a highly theatrical party atmosphere.
This year I am inspired by The Addams Family. As a child, I loved to sit in front of the television and watch reruns of The Addams Family TV show. The Addams Family resonates with so many generations from the original cartoons of the 40’s and 50’s, the TV show in the 60’s and 70’s, the movies in the 90’s and the recent Broadway Show of today.
I don’t know anyone who can recall the iconic theme song…
You don’t have be a good singer, just have to be able to snap!
Having recently seen the Broadway musical, I was inspired to bring the characters to life, imagining what would be their favorite cocktail to serve at one of EVENTSTYLE’s Halloween parties.
Click below for links to food and drink parings inspired by the character from The Addams Family – The Musical Comedy.
Gomez Addams
Morticia Addams
Pugsley Addams
Wednesday Addams
Uncle Fester
Lurch
Watch Better TV for Mark’s Halloween Segment featuring The Addams Family Cocktails!
Based on the iconic characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, The Addams Family is the smash hit Broadway musical now staring film, tv and stage star Brooke Shields as Morticia and Tony Award® winner Roger Rees as Gomez. THE ADDAMS FAMILY features an original story. It’s every parent’s nightmare. Your little girl has suddenly become a young woman, and what’s worse, has fallen deliriously in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. Yes, Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has a “normal” boyfriend, and for parents Gomez and Morticia, it’s a shocking development that turns the Addams house upside down when they are forced to host a dinner for the young man and his parents.
For more information on The Addams Family Musical visit their website.
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“The Black Rose” — Recommended by Morticia Addams
Morticia
Morticia, the beautiful wife of Gomez Addams and mother to Wednesday and Pugsley, enjoys spending her time in the garden, cutting the heads off her roses and leaving only the stems.
Cocktail:
The Black Rose
5 oz Champagne Flute
Ingredients:
1 oz Smirnoff Vodka
1 oz Pom Juice
½ oz Rose sherbet
Splash of Moet & Chandon Rose Imperial
Measure 1 oz of Smirnoff Vodka, 1 oz Pom Juice and ½ oz Rose sherbet into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until the vodka and juice are blended. Strain the contents into a champagne glass and fill with Champagne on the top of the glass.
Food Paring:
Jack-O-Roons
Pumpkin flavored macaroons decorated with whimsical jack-o-lantern faces
Ingredients:
Payard Pumpkin Macaroons
Wilton Ready to Use Icing Tubes – Available in numerous colors
Purchase your favorite Pumpkin Macaroons from Payard or a local bakery. Using Ready to Use Icing Tubes from Wilton, decorate each macaroon with a whimsical jack-o-lantern face.
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“Pugsley’s Punch” — Recommended by Pugsley Addams
Pugsley
Pugsley is the younger brother of Wednesday Addams and son of Gomez and Morticia. Pugsley’s favorite past time is being tortured by his sister.
Cocktail:
Pugsley’s Punch
7 oz Punch Glass
Ingredients:
1 oz Apple Juice
1 oz Orange Juice
1 oz White Grape Juice
1 oz Pineapple Juice
1 oz Cranberry Juice
1 oz Sprite
Gummy Worms, Bugs, etc. for the ice cubes
Using an ice cube tray, place gummy worms and bugs into the compartments and then fill with water and place in the freezer until frozen. In a punch glass, filled with gummy ice cubes, combine even parts of each juice, top off with a splash of sprite.
Food Paring:
3 –D Creepy Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes with 3D candy eyeballs and skulls
Ingredients:
1 box Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
Eggs
Oil
Water
Dark Chocolate Frosting
Wilton Candy Melts – Available in numerous colors and flavors
Wilton Candy Molds – Skulls and Eyeballs
To Make Cupcakes: Follow the instructions on the back of the boxed Dark Chocolate cake mix, following the necessary steps to make the cupcakes. Once the cupcakes are baked and cooled, ice the cupcakes with the Dark Chocolate Frosting (you may use a decorating bag to frosten the cupcakes if that is easiest for you).
To Make Candy Skulls and Eyeballs: Melt chocolate in the microwave using the instructions on the packaging. Using the Wilton Candy Molds, fill each mold with the chocolate colors of your choice; refrigerate to harden. When hardened, slightly twist the tray to remove the chocolates.
Decorate each cupcake with the skulls and eyeballs and sprinkles.
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