Serve up something unique at your New Year’s Eve party this year, a gelatin twist on the classic celebratory beverage! This beautiful and bubbly gelatin punch is made with champagne, orange liqueur, pomegranate juice and has mandarin orange slices suspended throughout. This fun dish is sure to impress your guests as they ring in the New Year.

This recipe was created especially for eHow Food. 

3 tablespoons unflavored gelatin powder
3/4 cup cold water
1 1/4 cups boiling water
1/2  cup sugar
1/2 cup pomegranate juice
1 1/2 cups cold, sweet champagne
1 cup orange liqueur or triple sec
1 cup mandarin orange segments
5 cup gelatin mold

In a bowl, sprinkle unflavored gelatin over 3/4 cup of the cold water and allow the gelatin to absorb the water for two minutes.  Whisk in 1 1/4 cups of the boiling water until gelatin is fully dissolved.

Whisk in the sugar until fully dissolved. Stir in pomegranate juice, champagne, and orange liqueur.

Refrigerate mixture until slightly thicken to the consistency of a gel. Fold in mandarin orange segments. Spoon into a 5cup mold. Refrigerate overnight until firm.

To unmold, dip the mold in warm (not hot) water up to, but not over the rim.  Keep submerged for 15 seconds. Moisten a serving plate (so you can slide your mold and center it on the plate once unmolded) and place it upside down over the mold. Hold the mold and the plate together, invert, and shake slightly to loosen the gelatin; carefully pull the mold away. (If this does not work, repeat the steps.)

Makes 5 cups