Halloween Drinks

Halloween is perhaps the spookiest, and most fun, day of the year. It gives children the chance to live out their fantasy as their favorite character, while allowing adults to be like kids again if only for one night!

Celebrated on October 31, Halloween is also known as All Hallow's Eve. The holiday, which is thought of by some to be a Pagan holiday, originated from Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival.

The festival was originally celebrated in the winter. At that time, days were short, and food supplies were even shorter. The threat of cold and hunger loomed, and many people didn't want to leave their homes because they were afraid of the dark. They were also afraid of the spirits of the dead who were thought to return for just one night to haunt those who were still alive.

In order to leave their homes and blend in with the spirits, people would dress up in costumes so the spirits wouldn't recognize them. Food would also be left on doorsteps to further placate the spirits.

Today the tradition of dressing up still lives on. And, instead of leaving food for spirits, children go Trick or Treating in hopes of filling their bags with lots of goodies.

If you plan on throwing a costume party for the holiday, you may want to consider serving pumpkin flavored drinks, drinks inspired by your favorite Halloween treats, or even a fun spiked punch served in a cauldron that everyone can enjoy.

SKYY Wicked Witch Apple Punch Punch

SKYY Wicked Witch Apple Punch

Ingredients

2 cup(s) Pineapple Juice - (more)
1 bottle(s) Apple Cider (750 ml) - (more)
1 bottle(s) Cranberry Juice (64 oz.) - (more)
1 bottle(s) Ginger Ale (1 Liter) - (more)
1 bottle(s) Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit Vodka (750 ml) - (more)
Apple (Red) - (more)

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a large black witch’s cauldron with ice and stir. Garnish with large slices of red apple floating on top and dry ice.

SKYY Red Zombie Martini

SKYY Red Zombie

Ingredients

3 dash(es) Tabasco Sauce - (more)
3 oz. Tomato Juice - (more)
3 dash(es) Worcestershire Sauce - (more)
2 Lychee Nuts - (more)
2 Olives (Large Green) - (more)
1 1/2 oz. Skyy Vodka - (more)
1 tsp. Barbecue Sauce - (more)
1 stick(s) Celery - (more)
1 pinch(es) Celery Seeds - (more)
1 squirt(s) Lemon Juice - (more)
1 pinch(es) Pepper - (more)
1 pinch(es) Salt - (more)
1/2 tsp. Chipotles Peppers (en Adobo and Finely Chopped) - (more)
1/2 oz. Horseradish (finely grated) - (more)

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with green eye balls, laid across the rim of the glass*.

*Cut the end of a stalk of celery so it measures 5-6 inches long and split the stick in half lengthwise. Slide the green olives into two lychee fruits to make eye balls and push the thin celery stick through both as garnish.

SKYY Black Widow Martini

SKYY Black Widow

Ingredients

2 oz. Pomegranate Juice - (more)
1 1/2 oz. Skyy Infusions Raspberry Vodka - (more)
1 squirt(s) Lemon Juice - (more)
1/2 oz. Triple Sec - (more)
Raspberry Syrup - (more)

Instructions

Draw a spider web on the inside of a chilled martini glass with raspberry syrup. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with a plastic spider.

SKYY Vampire's Elixir Cocktail

SKYY Vampire's Elixir

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Skyy Infusions Raspberry Vodka - (more)
1 oz. Half and Half Cream - (more)
3/4 oz. White Chocolate Liqueur - (more)
Strawberry Syrup - (more)

Instructions

Dress strawberry syrup on the inside and rim of a chilled martini glass. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with vampire teeth.

SKYY Jack-O-Lantern Cocktail

SKYY Jack-O-Lantern

Ingredients

2 oz. Skyy Infusions Citrus Vodka - (more)
1 oz. Mango Nectar - (more)
1/2 oz. Orange Juice - (more)
1/2 oz. Sour Mix - (more)

Instructions

Combine all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a goblet glass and garnish with a slice of orange and a mint leaf laid flat on top.

Partida Pumpkin Margarita Cocktail

Partida Pumpkin Margarita

Ingredients

2 oz. Partida Reposado Tequila - (more)
1 oz. Lemon Lime Mix - (more)
1 splash(es) Pumpkin Puree - (more)

Instructions

Rim a cocktail glass with lime juice and sesame seeds. Mix ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

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Sandeman Sangue Frio Cocktail

Sandeman Sangue Frio

Ingredients

1 1/2 part(s) Ginger Ale - (more)
1 part(s) Sandeman Porto Founders Reserve - (more)
1/4 Apple (cut into small cubes) - (more)
1/4 part(s) Orange Juice - (more)

Instructions

Combine all ingredients over ice. Mix and strain into an appropriately ghoulish glass.

Though we may have grown up believing that Halloween is just for kids, by now we know different. Whether the holiday is your excuse to dress up like the cowboy you always wanted to be or just to throw a good party, Halloween always means a celebration.

In keeping with the season, try serving Sandeman's Sangue Frio (Cold Blood). This devilish drink uses Sandeman Founders Reserve Port, a classic ruby port that gives the cocktail its crimson hue - perfect for that final dash of the macabre. For a larger affair, increase the recipe per head and mix as a punch. It's best served cold as the Grim Reaper's breath, and makes a festive display when presented in a hollowed-out pumpkin.

Green Goblin - TY KU Cocktail

Green Goblin - TY KU

Ingredients

1 part(s) Coconut Rum - (more)
1 splash(es) Sierra Mist - (more)
1 part(s) TY KU Premuim Liqueur - (more)

Instructions

Shake TY KU and Coconut Rum with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and top with a splash of Sierra Mist.

Sweet Tart - TY KU Cocktail

Sweet Tart - TY KU

Ingredients

1 part(s) Pineapple Juice - (more)
1 part(s) Raspberry Liqueur - (more)
1 part(s) TY KU Premuim Liqueur - (more)
1 part(s) TY KU Soju - (more)

Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Tootsie Roll - TY KU Cocktail

Tootsie Roll - TY KU

Ingredients

1 part(s) Coffee Liqueur - (more)
1 splash(es) Orange Juice - (more)
1 part(s) TY KU Soju - (more)

Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with a splash of orange juice.

Van Gogh Almond Joy Martini Martini

Van Gogh Almond Joy Martini

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka - (more)
1 oz. Coconut Rum - (more)
1/2 oz. Chocolate Liqueur - (more)
1/2 oz. Hazelnut Liqueur - (more)

Instructions

Dip the rim of a chilled martini glass into chocolate syrup and roll in shaved coconut. Place glass into the refrigerator until ready to serve the cocktail. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into chilled martini glass with chocolate-coconut rim.

Almond Joy Martini – Center in the background of the photo.

Van Gogh PepperMint Pattini Martini

Van Gogh PepperMint Pattini

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka - (more)
1/2 oz. Chocolate Liqueur - (more)
1/2 oz. Cream - (more)
1/2 oz. Creme de Menthe - (more)

Instructions

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a Peppermint Pattie candy wedge.

PepperMint Pattini - left of center (green cocktail)

Van Gogh Peanut Butter Cup Martini

Van Gogh Peanut Butter Cup

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka - (more)
1 oz. Castries Creme Peanut Rum - (more)
3/4 oz. Chocolate Liqueur - (more)
1/2 oz. Cream - (more)

Instructions

Drizzle chocolate syrup into the bottom of a martini glass. Place the glass into the refrigerator until ready to use. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into the chilled martini glass and garnish with a peanut butter cup.

PeanutButter Cup - right of center

Van Gogh Snickertini Cocktail

Van Gogh Snickertini

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka - (more)
1 splash(es) Cream - (more)
1/2 oz. Amaretto - (more)
1/2 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream - (more)
1/2 oz. Chocolate Liqueur - (more)

Instructions

Drizzle a thin line of both caramel and chocolate sauce on the inside of a rocks glass and place in refrigerator to chill. Combine all ingredients into a shaker and shake over ice. Pour entire contents of shaker into glass and add straw.

Snickertini - stemless glass in the forefront of the photo.

Van Gogh Candy Corn Shooter Shooter

Van Gogh Candy Corn Shooter

Ingredients

2 oz. Banana Liqueur - (more)
2 oz. Coconut Rum - (more)
2 oz. Cream - (more)
2 oz. Orange Curacao - (more)
2 oz. Van Gogh Classic 80 Proof Vodka - (more)
Grenadine - (more)

Instructions

Combine Oranje Van Gogh Vodka and Banana Liqueur into a mixer with ice. Shake and pour into the bottom of the shot glass. Then combine Coconut Rum, Orange Curacao, Cream and a dash of Grenadine (for color). Shake in shaker with ice and gently layer on top using a spoon. Top with whipped cream.

Bloody-tini Martini

Bloody-tini

Ingredients

2 oz. VeeV Acai Spirit - (more)
1 oz. Acai Juice - (more)
1/2 oz. Lime Juice - (more)
Champagne - (more)

Instructions

Combine VeeV, Acai juice and fresh lime with fresh ice in a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass and top with champagne. Serve with a fresh lime wedge .

Vampires are the talk of the town. Don't miss your chance to take a bite/ or a sip of a thirst-quenching, bloody cocktail. Loaded up with a serious burst of antioxidants from the most talked about superfruit, acai - this cocktail will give you the strength you need to survive once the sun rises.

Sour Witch Cocktail

Sour Witch

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Lucid Absinthe Superieure - (more)
3/4 oz. Almond Extract - (more)
1/2 oz. Lime Juice - (more)

Instructions

In the bottom of a mixing glass, muddle the sour cherries in the lime juice and almond syrup. Add the Lucid with ice and shake very well. Strain into a chilled champagne flute. Top with sparkling wine or champagne. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

A bit of a spell or a flick of the magic wand - the Sour Witch has just landed on her broomstick. This sophisticated cocktail is no laughing matter because it packs a powerful sour punch. Don't be fooled by its soft exterior and champagne flute glass, this cocktail features absinthe and sour cherries.

Created by: Jonathan Pogash, Cocktail Guru

Candy Corn Cocktail

Candy Corn

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin (Kettle Corn infused*) - (more)
3/4 oz. Grenadine (Citrus Peel**) - (more)
1/2 oz. Wine (Moscato sweet dessert wine) - (more)

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake very well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with 3 candy corns.

*To make Kettle Corn-infused Bombay Sapphire: for every 750ml bottle of Bombay Sapphire, add in 1 cup kettle corn and allow to infused in an airtight container for approx. 24 hrs. Fine strain kettle corn and re-bottle. Store in fridge.

*To make grenadine syrup: for every 1 cup of POM wonderful pomegranate juice, dissolve 1 cup granulated sugar over stove top. Once dissolved, add in the skins of 1 orange and 1 lemon and simmer for 10 mins. Remove skins and chill syrup.

Halloween means one thing: Candy, the most popular, Candy Corn. Invented in the 1880s, candy companies now produce nearly 35 million pounds of the corn candy each year. So spot on, one sip of this cocktail might make you forget you aren't actually eating candy corn... Bombay Sapphire's 10 botanicals lend themselves nicely to the kettle-corn infusion, which will bring you right back to chilly afternoons outside spent trick or treating.

Created by: Jonathan Pogash, Cocktail Guru

Jack-o-Lantern Punch Punch

Jack-o-Lantern Punch

Ingredients

4 Sugar Cubes - (more)
3 oz. Club Soda - (more)
2 oz. Apple Juice - (more)
2 Clove (whole) - (more)
2 oz. Flor de Cana 7 Year Old Rum - (more)
1 oz. Lemon Juice - (more)
1 pinch(es) Nutmeg - (more)

Instructions

Dissolve the sugar cubes in 1 oz. of club soda (this generally involves muddling to help process). Muddle the cloves with the sugar cubes. After the sugar cubes and cloves are muddled/dissolved, add the rest of the ingredients one at a time and stir as added. Add ice once all of the ingredients have been added and stirred. Stir the punch until it is chilled. Strain the punch into a glass, punch bowl, or carved out pumpkin depending on the size of the portion, top with 2 oz. club soda and garnish with apple slices, cinnamon sticks and pumpkin seeds.

No Halloween festivity is complete without a pumpkin jack-o-lantern. This year, impress your friends by serving up this delightful rum punch right inside a pumpkin! Make it at home, bring it over, serve it up, it's as easy as pumpkin pie. Nicaragua's best, Flor de Cana rum, is slow-aged and highly awarded for its flavor profile. Subtle hints of caramel and vanilla mesh perfectly with the fresh lemon juice, cloves and apple juice to make this drink that ultimate party punch.

Created by: Phil Ward, Mayahuel

Candy Apple #3 Cocktail

Candy Apple #3

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. VeeV Acai Spirit - (more)
1 oz. Apple Cider - (more)
1/2 oz. Apple Liqueur - (more)
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup - (more)

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake very well. Strain over ice into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a caramel covered apple slice.

A candy apple is perhaps the most sought out seasonal treat, especially in the north east, where fresh, locally grown apples are in abundance. This cocktail utilizes all the familiar flavors for fall and a hint of something new, VeeV (the world's first acai liqueur). Take my advice; the garnish is good enough to eat by itself!

Created by: Jonathan Pogash, Cocktail Guru

Smoking Bamboo Shooter

Smoking Bamboo

Ingredients

2 oz. TY KU Premuim Liqueur - (more)

Instructions

Pour over dry ice in a shot glass.

Scary Mary Cocktail

Scary Mary

Ingredients

4 dash(es) Tabasco Sauce (or Cholula) - (more)
3 oz. Tomato Juice - (more)
2 dash(es) Worcestershire Sauce - (more)
1 1/2 oz. Jose Cuervo Clasico - (more)
1 oz. Lime Juice - (more)
1 pinch(es) Pepper - (more)
1 pinch(es) Salt - (more)

Instructions

Mix in a tall glass and garnish with a celery stalk and a large shrimp.

Monster Mash Cocktail

Monster Mash

Ingredients

2 oz. Pineapple Juice - (more)
1 oz. Orange Juice - (more)
1/2 oz. Coconut Cream - (more)
1/2 oz. Jose Cuervo Especial Tequila - (more)
1/2 oz. Light Rum - (more)
1/2 oz. Vodka - (more)

Instructions

Blend with a cup of ice and pour into a cocktail glass. Garnish with 2 apple wedges.

Cuervo Green Ghoul Shooter

Cuervo Green Ghoul

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Jose Cuervo Especial Tequila - (more)
1/2 oz. Melon Liqueur - (more)

Instructions

In shot glass, pour Tequila and fill with Melon Liqueur.

Ghost Cocktail

Ghost

Ingredients

1 1/4 oz. Smirnoff Vanilla Twist -(more)
1/2 oz. Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur - (more)
1/4 oz. Half and Half Cream - (more)
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup - (more)

Instructions

Combine ingredients and serve in a martini glass. Garnish with Shaved White Chocolate and a White Chocolate Rim.

Jack-O-Tini Martini Photo

Jack-O-Tini

Ingredients

1 part(s) Apple Pucker - (more)
1 part(s) Cranberry Juice - (more)
1 part(s) Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey - (more)

Instructions

Shake until well chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a spiced crab apple slice. Trick or treat!

Bourbon Street Nightmare Cocktail Photo

Bourbon Street Nightmare

Ingredients

3 part(s) Knob Creek 100 Proof Bourbon - (more)
3 part(s) Orange Juice - (more)
1/2 part(s) Orange Syrup Blood Orange - (more)

Instructions

Place all ingredients in a hurricane glass over ice and mix well. Drizzle blood orange syrup over top and garnish with a black licorice stick. Sip and let the nightmares begin.

Crypt Keeper Cocktail Photo

Crypt Keeper

Ingredients

2 part(s) Apple Cider - (more)
1 part(s) Canadian Club - (more)
1 part(s) Ginger Ale - (more)

Instructions

Mix all ingredients and serve in a cocktail glass over ice. Get ready for some scary tales.

Esmeralda’s Spiced Tea Cocktail Photo

Esmeralda's Spiced Tea

Drink Type: Cocktail - E

Ingredients

3 part(s) Tea Cinnamon Spiced - (more)
1 part(s) Absolut Vodka - (more)

Instructions

Mix all ingredients and sweeten to taste with Fee Brothers Spiced Cordial Syrup. Serve over ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a cinnamon stick. Bubble, bubble toil and trouble.

Bayou Slime Cocktail Photo

Bayou Slime

Drink Type: Cocktail - B

Ingredients

6 Mint Leaves - (more)
2 part(s) Cruzan Black Strap Rum - (more)
1 Egg White - (more)
1/2 part(s) Syrup Fee Brother's Spiced Cordial - (more)

Instructions

Muddle mint leaves and syrup together, making sure to crush the mint leaves. Place all ingredients into a shaker and shake until well-chilled and frothy. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with additional crushed mint leaves. If you can't make it to the bayou, this will be the next best thing.

The Voodoo Priestess Cocktail Photo

The Voodoo Priestess

Ingredients

6 Mint Leaves - (more)
1 part(s) Absolut New Orleans - (more)
1 part(s) Mango Puree - (more)
1/2 part(s) Simple Syrup - (more)
1/4 part(s) DeKuyper Anisette Liqueur - (more)

Instructions

Muddle mango puree, mint and simple syrup in an old-fashioned glass for this concoction. Fill glass with ice and add vodka and DeKuyper Anisette Liqueur. Stir gently to blend and garnish with fresh mint sprig to ward off evil spirits.

Skeletons in Your Closet Martini Photo

Skeletons in Your Closet

Ingredients

1 1/2 part(s) Hornitos Plata Tequila - (more)
1 part(s) DeKuyper Island Blue Pucker - (more)
1 part(s) Mango Juice - (more)
1 part(s) Pineapple Juice - (more)

Instructions

Shake over ice until well blended and strain over ice in a salted margarita glass. Be careful what you reveal.