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4 Creepy Cocktail Ideas for Halloween
As October draws to a close, we’re creeping closer to the spookiest day of the year. That’s right, it’s time to unpack the fake cobwebs and start practising your pumpkin carving – because it’s almost Halloween. If you’re planning a get-together for All Hallows’ Eve, be sure to set the mood with some suitably ghastly libations. Serve up some Scary Sangria, or sip on a Zombie – whatever your poison, we’ve got a sinister cocktail to suit.
Blood Orange Martini
Give this classic cocktail a ghoulish makeover with a twist of blood orange. While the appearance of this cocktail might be frightful, the taste is anything but.
Ingredients:
- 30mL Absolut vodka
- 15mL Cointreau
- 30mL blood orange Juice
- 20mL lime juice
- Ice
- Dash of orange bitters
- Slice of blood orange, to garnish
The Gravedigger
Digging graves is tough work, so it seems only fitting to commemorate the poor souls toiling in the graveyard with an equally tough bourbon-based cocktail. The dry ice gives this drink an extra spooky effect, reminiscent of mysterious fog rolling through a cemetery.
Ingredients:
- 60mL Monteith’s Dry Cider
- 30mL Maker’s Mark Bourbon Whisky
- 200mL ginger ale
- Wedge of lime
- Ice
- Dry ice, to garnish
Method:
Combine cider, bourbon, and ginger ale in a tumbler over ice. Add lime, garnish with dry ice for a mysterious effect (be careful not to consume the dry ice while drinking).
The Zombie
With three types of rum (and peach liqueur), this cocktail is so delicious that it could raise the dead from their graves. Enjoy at your own peril.
Ingredients:
- 15mL Rum Co Fiji Bati Spiced Rum
- 15mL Coruba Jamaican Rum
- 15mL Bacardi Superior Rum
- 15mL Vok peach liqueur
- 75mL orange juice
- 75mL pineapple juice
- 30mL fresh lime juice
- 15mL grenadine syrup
- Ice
- Maraschino cherries, to garnish
- Mint leaves, to garnish
Method:
Build ingredients in a tall glass over ice, stirring to combine. Garnish with fresh mint leaves and a maraschino cherry.
Scary Sangria
This is the perfect drink to serve at a Halloween party. The grenadine will give the sangria a bloody hue, while the sour squirms add that much desired fresh-grave aesthetic.
Ingredients:
- 1 bottle of Obikwa Merlot
- 120mL Vodka 0
- 500mL ginger ale
- 60mL grenadine
- 1 blood orange (sliced)
- 1 lemon (sliced)
- ¼ cup of sugar
- 1 cup of sour squirms (or snake lollies)
Method:
Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl and stir to combine. Garnish with a handful of sour squirms or snakes. Serves 4.
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