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Your kids will be so excited when they taste this Harry Potter Pumpkin Juice recipe. It has no added sugar & is perfect for a healthy Halloween!
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Harry Potter Is My Favorite!
In case you didn’t know,Cheryl and I are huge Harry Potter geeks. I’m even re-reading the whole series right now to get in the mood for Halloween. After all, I do have a fancy Gothic dinner party to plan for the end of October!
I want more vegan Harry Potter recipes
You and me both! I have some more in the works, but you must try my homemade vegan butterbeer syrup. You can make cold, hot, or frozen butterbeer from it and even make butterbeer cold brew and co*cktails with it!
My mini vegan treacle tarts are a must make too. I make them as minis in pumpkin shapes which makes it even cuter with your pumpkin juice!
Butterbeer Is Not Vegan But Pumpkin Juice Is
That’s at Universal Studios anyhow. At my house, I make both vegan by making them homemade.
Butterbeer is not vegan because the foam on top contains dairy and they will not serve it without it. But you can find bottles of vegan pumpkin juice all over.
If you want a current idea of what’s vegan at Universal I recommend joining the Facebook group Universal Orlando Vegans.
There are only 2 specialty drinks that were not vegan the last time I was there. One is the famous Butter Beer and the other is Fishy Green Ale which is similar to bubble tea. The vegan drinks are Otter’s Fizzy Orange Juice, Tongue-tying Lemon Squash, Peachtree Fizzing Tea, and the ever popular Pumpkin Juice.
How Do You Get into Diagon Alley?
To get to Diagon Alley you have to gothrough the London waterfront that’s mostly for Muggles. There are a few surprises if you know where to look (hint: lookup in the windows at Kings Crossing by the waterfront). It’s where you’ll find platform 9 3/4 andthe entrance to Diagon Alley.
As soon as you pass through the broken wall your eyes won’t be able to take all of it in. This park is themed from head to toe, with cool signs, quirky window displays, shops, and even has spots where you get to make magic happen. (Well, at least with a special magic wand they happen to have for sale…)
What Does Gilly Water Taste Like?
Cheryl and I rushed in so we could stand in line, but we grabbed a couple of Gilly Waters. You buy the bottles of water ($4 each) then buy a flavor elixir separately.
It is the most expensive water we’ve ever had, but look at the smile on Cheryl’s face!
The flavors are: Fire Protection Potion (watermelon with notes of peach & strawberry), Babbling Beverage (fruit punch), Draught of Peace (blueberry, raspberry, cherry & blackberry), or Elixir to Induce Euphoria (pineapple with notes of green apple & mint).
I decided to make my own Pumpkin Juice recipe and I am thrilled with the results. There’s more to pumpkin juice than just juicing a pumpkin.
My version simmers spices, fresh ginger, and vanilla bean – with apple juice to infuse it. Then it’s blended with soaked dried apricots, pumpkin puree and a little nutmeg. Then you strain it and you get about 3 cups of homemade Pumpkin Juice.
Where Can I Get More Vegan Halloween Recipes?
It’s time to break out my Halloween e-cookbook, The Ghoulish Gourmet: A Bewitching Collection of Vegan Halloween Recipes, and make some Harry Potter’s Pumpkin Juice to get in the spirit.
It has 25 original recipes and all but 4 of them have never been seen before! One of them is my favorite autumn drink – Harry Potter’s Pumpkin Juice. Scroll to the bottom of this post to get the recipe.
The Ghoulish Gourmet Kindle ebook can be read on your computer, iPad or phone. It costs $3.99 or you can read it for free if you have Kindle Unlimited.
More Spooky Treats
- Swamp Monster Slow Cooker Jackfruit Gumbo
- Harry Potter’s Mini Vegan Treacle Tarts
- Vegan Halloween Dessert: Gruesome Forbidden Rice Mousse
- The Best Vegan Halloween Sweet Recipe Roundup
- Halloween Round Up with Savory and Sweet!
What’s your favorite vegan Halloween or Harry Potter treat? Let me know in the comments!
Homemade Pumpkin Juice
Kathy Hester
4.23 from 9 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Course Drinks and Syrups
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 80 kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 10 dried apricots
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 cups apple juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 7 allspice berries
- 2 2 -inch pieces ginger , thinly sliced
- 1/2 vanilla bean split (or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
Soak the apricots in the water for at least 4 hours or overnight in the fridge.
Add the apple juice, cinnamon stick, allspice, ginger and vanilla bean to a saucepan. Bring almost to boil, then turn heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Take off heat and let it cool a bit.
Add the apricots and the soaking water to a blender and blend until smooth.
Add the pumpkin puree and nutmeg and blend again.
Strain the apple juice mixture into the blender to make sure only the liquid comes through. Blend until smooth.
Put a fine mesh strainer over a pitcher and strain the pulp so that only the thick juice is in the pitcher.
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Notes
Save the pulp and make pumpkin juice slow cooker oats the next day!!
Nutrition
Calories: 80kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 9mgPotassium: 286mgFiber: 2gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 3661IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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