👻🍸13 To Die For Halloween Cocktails🍸👻

posted in Wine & Spirits on 8/10/2014

Black Devil Martini

Ingredients:
2 oz. dark rum
1/2 oz. dry vermouth
black olive
orange sugar

Preparation:
Stir and strain into chilled martini glass that has been rimmed with orange sugar, then garnish with black olives.

Smokin' Skulls Shot

Dry ice chips give this sinister sip its signature vaporous effect while bourbon lends a smoky flavor. Serve in shot glasses — but allow dry ice to completely dissolve before drinking.

Black Magic Cocktail

Cast a spell over your Halloween party guests with this bewitching beverage that combines orange juice with black vodka and triple sec.

Black Widow Shot

Black vodka and cranberry juice give this shot its venomous bite. Rim the glass with red sugar crystals for an added touch. Get the recipe.

Zombie Slime Shooters

A blend of 4 liquors, this fruity cocktail goes down easy but packs a mighty wallop. Complement the drink's eerie green hue with red 'slime' you can easily make yourself with just corn syrup and red food coloring.

Ingredients For cocktail: 1 ounce vodka 1 ounce peach schnapps 1 ounce sour apple schnapps 1 ounce coconut rum 1 ounce sweet and sour mix For blood slime: 3 tablespoons corn syrup 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring Rim Instructions 1. Mix corn syrup with red food coloring. 2. Dip the rim of martini glass into the mixture, and slowly spin the glass to coat it. 3. Turn the glass upright and the blood will begin to drip slightly. Set aside. Cocktail Instructions 1. Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. 2. Shake well and pour over ice cubes into slime-rimmed martini

Blood Sucker Cocktail
To create this vampire-friendly cocktail, shake up triple sec, vodka and pineapple juice, then strain and pour into a glass. Drip strawberry or raspberry puree along the sides of the glass to add streams of 'blood.'

Liquefied Ghost Cocktail

Ingredients:
2 oz. vodka
1 oz. vanilla simple syrup
1 oz. cream
2 oz. soda

Preparation:
Mix vanilla simple syrup, cream, vodka and soda together in a cocktail shaker, then serve in a chilled martini glass.

Pumpkin Spice Punch

Summery sangria gets a flavorful update for fall with pumpkin pie spice, bourbon and apple cider. Make a big batch to serve in a hollowed-out pumpkin for a pitch-perfect seasonal presentation. Get the recipe.

Ingredients 2 honeycrisp apples 2 pears 1 orange 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup brown sugar, or more to taste 1 cup bourbon 3 cups apple cider 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 2 bottles pinot grigio, chilled 1 pumpkin, for serving (optional) Directions Thinly slice apples, pears and oranges lengthwise, then place in a large bowl. Coat with lemon juice to prevent browning. Add honey, brown sugar, bourbon, apple cider and pumpkin pie spice, stirring gently to combine. Cover and refrigerate for 2-4 hours, or overnight. Top with chilled pinot grigio and serve.

Witches Brew

Ingredients:
2 oz. mixed pineapple and cranberry juice
2 oz. 7-Up or Sprite
1-1/4 oz. shot Malibu Coconut Rum

Preparation:
Mix juices and 7-Up or Sprite in a highball glass. Pour shot of rum down the side of the glass right before drinking.

The Brain Cocktail

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. peach schnapps
1 1/2 oz. Bailey's Irish cream
dash of grenadine
Preparation:
Pour peach schnapps into a glass. Slowly add the Bailey's Irish cream and top with a dash of grenadine.

The Vampire Cocktail

Ingredients:
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
1 oz. triple sec
1/2 oz. white crème de cacao
drizzle of grenadine

Preparation:
Blend all ingredients except grenadine until smooth, pour into a stemmed cocktail glass. Drizzle grenadine over the top.

Zombie Gut Punch Cocktail

Blood orange juice and black cherry soda give this cocktail its bloody hue while vodka and bitters pack a mighty punch.

Almond Joy Martini

Miss trick-or-treating days? This adults-only drink made from chocolate vodka, hazelnut liqueur and coconut rum tastes like an Almond Joy candy bar, but will give you more than just a sugar rush.