Fake Blood Recipes - Make Your Own

Fake Blood Recipes - Make Your Own

If you're going for the cool look this Halloween, nothing adds special effects like realistic-looking blood. There are many ways to concoct it, ranging from edible blood made from kitchen ingredients (especially useful for kids, and when going for the "bleeding from the mouth" look) to chemically mixed, chillingly realistic blood used on movie sets. Whatever your preference, here's how to put it together.

Non-Toxic Blood (edible)

1. Combine 1 part water with 3 parts corn syrup (golden syrup in the UK).
2. Add red food coloring and mix gently by shaking or stirring. Continue adding drops until the shade resembles that of real blood. Add a small amount of blue food coloring to achieve a more realistic shade.
   
   
3. Add a thickener.
   
   
   • Dry thickener - Add sifted flour or corn starch to your mixture, and gently mix it all again. You may get small lumps forming at the top of the mixture. Wait about a minute and they will float to the top where you can remove them.
   • Wet thickener - Stir in chocolate syrup until the desired consistency is reached. It will also add a realistic brown tone to the blood.
4. Let the mixture sit for ten minutes in a warm environment. This will give it some time to thicken. And then you can freak people out with it, it is a lot of fun.

 

Chocolate Fake Blood (edible)

1. Combine light corn syrup with red food dye until you get a shade that closely resembles real blood. You can also use a red drink mix(like cherry cool aid powder) instead of red food dye, although be warned this changes the flavor.
2. Carefully add a small amount of cocoa powder to the syrup mixture to darken the shade and make the blood opaque like real blood.
3. Finally you can either
   • Thin the blood by slowly adding water
     

or

1. Thicken it with a couple pinches of flour or cornstarch mixed in carefully and slowly

This mixture looks great, smells great, and tastes like chocolate!

Simple Fake Blood

Clear Corn Syrup
Red Food Coloring
Milk - Optional

However much fake blood is how much corn syrup you'll need. Pour it into a bowl and mix in some red food coloring. Add some blue if you like. Adding a small amount of milk will make the blood appear darker and thicker.

Movie Blood (inedible)

1. Pour about 3/4 as much alcohol-free, water-soluble hair gel as the amount of blood you want.
2. Add water-soluble motor/radiator lubricant, any brand. This should be semi-opaque and slightly thicker than water. Start off with a very small amount and mix with the gel until it turns watery.
3. Mix in about half as much red food coloring as there is liquid. Preferably, buy a "super strength" type at a bulk foods store to save money, and skip cheap, 1oz bottles; they look too pink.
4. Add small amounts of chocolate syrup to make the blood more brown, and improve the thickness. It shouldn't be too much like water, but still very dribbly.
5. Add small amounts of hand sanitizer if you're having trouble with a nice, drippy consistency. Be warned, this weakens the mixture easily.
6. Check the mix. The final mix should be a little bit thicker than water, deep brownish-red, and about the opacity of milk. Unlike the non-toxic blood, it will not be sticky. When dribbled from about five feet, this blood will create nice "splatter" patterns, like real blood does. On skin it will flow easily and smear like the real deal. But, be careful how you use it. It can easily get everywhere.

Thanks to Andy for the following new recipes:

Gravy Blood

This is fairly new and I haven't had chance to test it properly but its looks GREAT!

Gravy Granules
Red Food Coloring
HOT Water

The directions are EASY, all you do is make the gravy up as you would normally but if you feel like it, you can make it a bit thicker, then add the red food coloring. It's up to you how much you add but too much will stain as it will not have been diluted enough.

Jelly Blood (edible)

1. Microwave 3-4 bottles of glycerin.
2. Add one cube of strawberry jelly and mix thoroughly.
3. Add 1/5 of a packet of gelatin.
4. Add red food colouring.
5. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
6. Use for large wounds to simulate clotting.
7. Splatter it on your walls for a Dexter Season premeire party

TIPS

• Remember that real human blood is thick and dark. Fake blood that looks thin and transparent will look, well, fake. But don't go overboard on the syrup--real blood isn't that sticky, either. Instead, condensed milk can help make the mixture less transparent.
• For vampires and zombies, take a big swig of edible blood and hold it in your mouth. Slowly let the mixture ooze out of your mouth (at the corners for vampires, all over for zombies). Tilt your head back to let it run down the front of your neck, or just let it drip straight onto your shirt/chest. Wait five minutes before touching "blood" trails.
• Using a toothpick or the back of a pen is great for applying the blood to specific locations (such as in wounds).
• The Karo syrup blood will likely stain white or light-colored clothes, but usually washes out of denim and dark clothes.
• If the blood is going to be applied on the face or on a child use the non-toxic version. Save the movie blood for sets or outside