Chocolate Blood (edible)

• 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 Kool Aid® powder) instead of red food dye, although be warned that this changes the flavor.

• Carefully add a small amount of cocoa powder to the syrup mixture to darken the shade and cause the fake blood to turn opaque like real blood.

• Perfect the consistency. Either thin the blood by adding water or thicken it with a couple pinches of flour.