It doesn’t matter if you’re eight or eighty – Halloween can be exciting for all ages! Whether you’re attending or hosting a party this year, or even just feeling festive at home, make one of these Halloween costume-inspired cocktails to add to the fun! We’ve searched the good ol’ internet for cocktails that match some of the most classic (and a few not-so-classic) costumes. So scroll below and ‘pick your poison!’ Which one of these haunting concoctions will you be trying first?
*Ingredients listed in bold are available at Bartell’s. Availability per store may vary.
Witch
Witch’s Potion
Ingredients:
• 3 Fresh Blackberries
• 3 Fresh Blueberries
• 3 Fresh Raspberries
• 1 tbsp Agave Nectar
• 2 Lime Wedges
• 2 oz Patron Silver Tequila
• Jones Soda Berry Lemonade
• 1 tsp each Blue/Purple Sanding Sugars for rimming
• 1 tsp each Coarse Sea Salt + Crushed Black Pepper for rimming
Directions:
Combine colorful sanding sugars, coarse salt, and crushed peppercorn (optional) together in a small bowl and stir together then spread evenly onto a small plate. Rub your cocktail glass with a lime wedge and dip into the rimming salts to create a colorful rim. Set aside. In a cocktail shaker, add all the fresh berries and muddle until crushed and juicy. Drizzle in the agave nectar, splash in the juice from lime wedges and the silver tequila. Fill 3/4 of the way with ice and shake everything together until combined and chilled through. Strain this mixture into your rimmed cocktail glass over fresh ice and top off with sparkling blue Berry Lemonade soda. Garnish with skewered berries and dried rosebuds/edible flowers, if desired.
Modified from: https://www.redwinedragons.com/witchs-potion-margarita-halloween-cocktail/
Princess
Rose Lemon Spritzer
Ingredients:
• 2 tablespoons rose water – optional
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 ounces Skyy Vodka
• 1-2 tablespoon Anna’s honey
• A few drops of blood orange or pomegranate juice for color (optional)
• 3/4 cup LaCroix sparkling water
• Fresh mini roses for garnish (optional)
Directions:
Combine all the rose water, fresh lemon juice, vodka, honey and blood orange or pomegranate juice (if using) in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake until combined and then strain into a glass. Pour in the sparkling water. Garnish with fresh roses.
Modified from: https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/rose-lemon-spritzer/
Vampire
Vampire’s Kiss
Ingredients:
• 1 ½ ounces Grey Goose Vodka
• 1 ounce Chambord
• ½ ounce Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
• ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
• ½ ounce grenadine
• Granulated sugar and additional grenadine, for the sugar rim (optional)
• 1 small dry ice cube, optional
Directions:
Place granulated sugar in a single layer on one plate. On another plate, add some grenadine. Spin the rim of the glass in the grenadine until it coats the entire rim. Then dip the glass rim into the plate with the sugar to coat it. Add the vodka, Chambord, cranberry juice, lemon juice, and grenadine to a cocktail shaker. Add 2 handfuls regular ice cubes and shake until cold. Strain the drink into the prepared glass. Using tongs (do not touch the dry ice!), add a 1/2-inch to 1-inch chunk of dry ice to the glass, which will sink to the bottom and immediately make a smoking effect. The ice cube will disappear in about 5 minutes. Do not drink the dry ice! Wait until the cube disappears before enjoying your drink (or you can take sips with the dry ice in the bottom).
Modified from: https://www.acouplecooks.com/vampires-kiss-cocktail/
Pirate
Pirate Punch
Ingredients:
• 8 ounces Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
• 8 ounces Tropicana Orange Juice
• 8 ounces Dole Pineapple Juice
• 4 ounces Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
• 4 ounces Bacardi white rum
• 2 ounces amaretto liqueur (¼ cup, see note 1)
• Pineapple slices, orange slices, and maraschino cherries for garnish
Directions:
In a large pitcher, combine cranberry juice, orange juice, pineapple juice, dark rum, white rum, and amaretto. Chill until serving time. To serve, have ice, glasses, and garnishes (pineapple wedges, orange slices, and maraschino cherries) on hand so guests can help themselves.
Modified from: https://www.culinaryhill.com/pirate-punch/
Dinosaur
Raptor Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 1 oz Absolut Vodka
• 1/2 oz Bacardi gold rum
• 1/2 oz Midori
• 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
• 2 oz Canada Dry club soda
• 2 oz Pure Leaf iced tea – Lemon
• 1 squeeze juice of lemon
Directions:
Mix the vodka, rum, Midori, and Blue Curacao in shaker. Shake to combine. Pour into a glass filled with ice. Add club soda. Top off with iced tea. Squeeze the lemon into the drink.
Modified from: https://reallyareyouserious.com/raptor-cocktail-jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom/
Angel
Blanc Martini
Ingredients:
• Ice Cubes
• 1½ Parts Absolut Vodka
• 1 Part Cream
• ⅓ Part Cream Of Coconut
• ½ Part White Cacao Liqueur
Directions:
Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
Modified from: https://www.absolutdrinks.com/en/drinks/blanc-martini/
80s
Midori Sour
Ingredients:
• 1½ ounces Midori
• 1 ounce Tito’s Vodka
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Ice
• Canada Dry club soda to top off
• Cherry for garnish, optional
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker, add ice, Midori, vodka, lemon juice, and lime juice. Shake to chill. Strain into highball glass over fresh ice. Top off with club soda and garnish with cherry.
Modified from: https://cocktails.lovetoknow.com/cocktail-recipes-from-classic-unique/classic-80s-drinks-that-are-blast-from-past
Devil
Red Devil
Ingredients:
• 1 shot Skyy Vodka
• 1 shot peach schnapps
• 1 shot Southern Comfort
• 1 shot Bombay Sapphire Gin
• 2 oz triple sec
• 2 oz Tropicana Orange Juice
• Grenadine
Directions:
Mix alcohols into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Add the juice and grenadine, and shake. Serve in 2 coupe or martini glasses.
Modified from: https://www.food.com/recipe/red-devil-244952
Unicorn
Loco Unicorn
Ingredients:
• 6 ounces Vita Coco Coconut Water
• 2 ounces Captain Morgan LocoNut
• 1/4 ounce grenadine
• 1/4 ounce Blue Curacao Liqueur
• Edible purple glitter
Directions:
Dip a highball glass in water and then edible glitter to form a rim. Fill the glass with ice. Add the coconut water and Captain Morgan LocoNut. Stir these until they’re blended. Drizzle the Grenadine in slowly so it falls to the bottom and sits. Now slowly drizzle the Curacao in, so it sits on the top. Garnish with any fun things you like, such as whipped cream and sprinkles, a unicorn lollipop, pocky sticks, lucky charms marshmallows, etc.
Modified from: https://mixthatdrink.com/loco-unicorn-loconut-cocktail/
Ghost
Ghost Martini
Ingredients:
• 1 shot orange vodka
• 1 shot Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka
• Splash of Creme de Cacao
• 2 oz. half and half
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in an ice filled shaker and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Modified from: https://www.ruralmom.com/2019/10/ghost-themed-cocktails-for-halloween.html