5 Spooky Halloween Cocktails

Halloween is just around the corner. It's time to make some of our favorite spooky cocktails - no dry ice needed, save that for the fog machine! Check out 5 Halloween cocktail recipes to add the boo-ze to your holiday event. If the costumes weren’t great, at least the drinks were good! We recommend Marceline’s Dream with a non-alcoholic spirit like Amass for a mocktail option when called for.

Pale Rider

By Phil Ward of Mayahuel, New York City. Recipe from Sherry: A Modern Guide To The Wine World’s Best Kept Secret by Talia Baiocchi

In a shaker, add:

2 1/2 oz manzanilla sherry

1 oz jalapeno tequila

1/4 oz fresh lime

1/2 oz cane syrup (2:1)

Shake with ice and strain into a wine tumbler filled with ice. Top with 1 oz soda water. Garnish with 2x cucumber slices and serve with a straw.

Corpse Reviver

1.1 Beta

From The Curious Bartender: The Artistry And Alchemy Of Creating The Perfect Cocktail by Tristan Stephenson

Place 1/2 a red chili (washed & deseeded) in a clean glass bottle with 1x clove.

Crush 1z caffeine tablet and a pinch of salt in mixing glass, then add:

1 oz cognac

1 oz Somerset 12 yr old Cider Brandy

1 oz Antica Formula Vermouth

1 tsp simple (2:1)

3 1/2 oz water

Stir until all is dissolved. Strain into the same bottle. Shake and seal.

Serve chilled in rocks or fizz glass. Serve with a whole apple (for vitamin C).

Gardening At Night

…as witches do! From The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book

Add 4 oz of sparkling wine to a coupe or flute. In mixing glass, add:

3/4 oz Zubrowka bison grass vodka

3/4 oz raspberry shrub*

Add ice and stir briefly to chill and mix. Slowly strain into the glass (with sparkling wine). Garnish with a twist of lemon

*Raspberry Shrub: Mix 2 parts raspberry syrup with 1 part apple cider vinegar. Stir to combine and store in the refrigerator for up to 6 months

Raspberry syrup: Add 8 oz of water and 1 cup of sugar to a saucepan. Stir together over medium heat for about 3 minutes.

Add 1 1/2 cups of fresh raspberries and simmer on low heat for 3 to 5 minutes, breaking up the fruit. Do not boil. Remove from heat and steep for 15 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh strainer. Cool to room temperature, then funnel into a clean glass bottle.

Marceline’s Dream

An original recipe from The Cocktail Camp.

Prep your wine glass by running a lime wedge down the side. Dip into lava salt.

In a cocktail shaker, add:

1/2 oz simple syrup (1:1)

1/2 oz lime juice

1 oz hibiscus tea

1 1/2 oz of tequila

Shake well with ice and strain into glass.

Headless Horsemen

By Ryan Lilioa, Leyenda, Brooklyn, NY via Imbibe Magazine

In a blender, add the following ingredients:

1 cup of ice

2 oz of cachaca

1 1/2 oz canned pumpkin pie puree

3/4 oz coconut cream

1/2 oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram

1/2 oz lime juice

1/2 oz orange juice

Blend. Pour into a Halloween-themed cup/mug. Garnish with a lime shell with a sugar cube that has been covered in 151-proof rum and a drop of red food coloring. Fire optional: Light the cube on fire (with caution) and sprinkle with cinnamon.