Ingredients

  • 4 oranges
  • 4 whole lychees
  • 8 blueberries
  • 2 cups pineapple juice
  • One 16-ounce bag frozen strawberries
  • 2 cups vodka
  • 1 cup triple sec liqueur
  • 3 cups pineapple juice
  • 2 cups ginger ale
  • 1/2 cup black sanding sugar

Method

  • Special equipment: toothpicks, a muffin tin, a punch bowl and glasses
  • For the eyeball ice cubes: Cut off and discard the top quarter of each orange.
  • Carefully hollow out the oranges (a grapefruit spoon or knife works well for this) and reserve the orange pulp.
  • Put a blueberry in the bottom of each orange and use a toothpick to secure it.
  • Make 8 short cuts along the edge of each orange to make tabs.
  • Then fold back every other tab to make eyelashes.
  • Put a blueberry in each lychee to create the pupil of an eye.
  • Then attach the lychees to the oranges by pushing them on the toothpicks to secure.
  • (Try not to poke all the way through.)
  • Place the oranges in the cups of a muffin tin.
  • Carefully fill the oranges about 1/2 inch from the top with the pineapple juice.
  • Freeze until solid, 4 hours or overnight, removing the toothpicks about halfway through freezing.
  • For the punch: Puree the strawberries in a blender with the vodka and triple sec.
  • Pour into a punch bowl.
  • Add the pineapple juice and stir well.
  • Top with the ginger ale.
  • Add the eyeball ice cubes.
  • For the black rim: Put the sanding sugar on a shallow plate.
  • Put the reserved orange juice in a shallow bowl.
  • Dip the rim of a punch glass into the juice and then coat with sanding sugar before filling with punch.