'Orange Is the New Black' Series Screening Party

My OITNB Party Invite

Just like many people (dare I say most people) I have certain television shows that I have become hooked on.  The Netflix series "Orange Is The New Black" (referred to herein after as OITNB) is one of those shows. My personal favorite character is a toss up between Red, played by Kate Mulgrew, or the character, Crazy Eyes or a.k.a. Suzanne Warren, played by award-winning Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba.  So like any normal person who loves to throw themed parties and a fan of the show, here is my OITNB Party Spread!  
Now, because this is an after work party and I was coming from work, I had to make sure food was set up fast. Therefore, many of these dishes are not my usual provision of original recipes so use this more as a reference for fun, themed party ideas.  This being said however, the cocktails included are all original except for the Moscow Mule recipe.

On the Menu

"Taco Night" Cupcakes

"The Chickening" Boneless Wings

OITNB Caviar Hors d'oeuvres

OITNB Fruit Skewers & Veggie Plate

Crazy Eyes Threw Her (Pizza) Pie & Other Themed Fillers

"Blood Donut" Holes

Moscow Mule

Tit Punch

Toilet Hooch

OITNB Signature Martini

"Taco Night" Cupcakes - makes 12 servings

Ingredients:

12 sheets of egg roll wrappers

4 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil

1 lbs. lean, ground beef

1 packet of taco seasoning

1/4 cup minced onion
1 cup fresh diced tomatoes

1 cup shredded lettuce

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

2 cups guacamole/ sour cream (optional)

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Form egg roll wrappers in a large, greased muffin tin.  This is usually a six-cup tin as opposed to the smaller 12-cup muffin tins.  These will resemble mini-taco shells formed for taco salads (see picture)
3. Drizzle the egg roll wrappers with extra virgin olive oil and use a a kitchen brush to coat the sides of and overlapping tops.
4. Place in oven and cook for about 7-10 minutes, or until the wrappers bubble and "fry" up to a crisp.
   
5. Remove from heat and allow to cool until no longer hot.  
6. Repeat with the other six egg roll wrappers if using a six-cup muffin tin.
7. In the meantime, brown ground beef in a skillet over medium to high heat until no longer pink.
8. Add in onion and add taco seasoning as per packet instructions.  
9. Cook for about 10 minutes or until flavors are well blended and onions begin to soften.  Remove from heat.
10. Fill the taco shell cups with ground beef mixture, sprinkle with cheese, then shredded lettuce and fresh tomato.  Add a dollop of guacamole and/ sour cream as desired...Serve immediately and Enjoy!

The rest of the menu doesn't really require recipes, but these are quick and easy ideas, as well as perfectly themed to make your OITNB Party the most talked about screening party of the year:

A.) "The Chickening" Boneless Wings - Again for time purposes, I simply used frozen boneless buffalo wings, in a sweet n' sour flavoring which gives the wings an orangy color.  I

then used orange confetti toothpicks to top them off.  BUT if you are anti-frozen foods, which normally I am, I have a great recipe for spicy stuffed boneless chicken wings. These will still have an orange-ish color to them because of the BBQ sauce recipe.

B.)  OITNB Caviar & Smoked Salmon Hors d'oeuvres - It's not prison food by any means, but this adds great decadence to your party: Take your favorite cracker, (I used flavored Ritz crackers with an orange tint to them), spread with Neufchatel cream cheese, top with a slice of smoked salmon and a 1/2-1 tsp of black caviar.

C.) OITNB Fruit Skewers & Veggie Plate - For fruit and veggies I simply chose naturally black and orange produce.  For the fruit skewers, I used alternating cantaloupe pieces, black berries, mandarin orange slices and purple grapes (which look almost black).  For the veggies, I simply used baby carrots and black olives (veggies are never very popular at my parties :-p)  Other ideas can include mango, roasted purple sweet potatoes and beets (these are almost black once roasted).

D.) Crazy Eyes Threw Her (Pizza) Pie & Other Themed Fillers - A major time saver here, I simply ordered a pizza to fulfill a Crazy Eyes reference.  Other items we used were sweet potato chips (very orange in color, you can also use BBQ flavored chips), Reeses Pieces Candies and Pepperidge Farm Orange Milano cookies are great table spread fillers. 

E.) 'Blood Donut' Holes - as a dessert, I bought some 'plain or dusted' donut holes and drizzled them with Strawberry flavored sundae syrup.

Decoration Ideas:

I used an orange back drop with toilet paper and black crepe paper to
make my spread background.

It's absolutely gross even "clean" but receives lots of laughs and ewwwws at the party.
I got an unused tampon and slid it into an English muffin.  If you want to take it a step
further you can drizzle some ketchup on there but I just couldn't go there myself!
I also just happened to have had an orange and black striped screw driver.

A few of my party guests who dressed for the occassion.  Pictured here we have 'Porn-Stache' and a
female inmate in orange, complete with a D.O.C. name tag.  For decoration,
note that I actually used black crepe paper on all the windows (in the background -
back sliding glass door) to make my house look like a guest was inside a jail cell.

Although this is an extra expense, I decided to purchase actual prison trays
for my guests to select their food buffet style. 

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