Jekyll & Gin

This cocktail is perfect for Halloween, especially if you’re throwing a costume party. This cocktail glows in the dark under a black light, which is a must have decoration for your Halloween party. This drink is great because it gets you drunk and becomes part of your decorations for the party. It’s a fun twist on the classic drink called the Gin Daisy. You can mix a big batch in a pitcher or punch bowl, or just serve it up individually.

Ingredients:

3 oz Gin

1/2 oz lemon juice

1 teaspoon of Grenadine

1 handful of ice

Tonic water (this is what makes it glow in the dark)

Also buy a pack of glow sticks to garnish the drinks with.

*recipe yields 1 drink

Directions:

Mix the gin, lemon juice and grenadine in a cocktail shaker, then pour in a large glass full of ice.
Top with tonic water. Garnish with a glow stick.

Throwing some food-grade dry ice in the drink adds some extra Halloween spookiness. Make sure it’s food-grade dry ice because you don’t want to get anyone sick. Also wait until the dry ice has completely evaporated before you drink (crushing it into powder works best, always wear gloves when handling).

Bloody Mary Syringes

Here’s another awesome drink + decoration combined you could have at your Halloween party or just to do for fun on the holiday. This drink is simple and fun. If you already haven’t guessed it’s essentially just Bloody Marys in food safe syringes. They will quench all the vampires’ thirst at your party so no one gets bit, or whoever just like Bloody Marys.

Ingredients:

2 cups of tomato juice

8 oz. vodka

2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon of Horseradish

2 teaspoons of hot sauce (like Tabasco)

The juice of half a lemon

Freshly ground black pepper

Food safe syringes (buy 24 for the recipe above)

Directions:

Combine tomato juice, vodka, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, lemon juice, and pepper in a large bowl. Whisk the ingredients for a few minutes. Fill the food safe syringes with the cocktail and serve them cold. YOu can find these syringes online, they are made for Jello shots. You can put them in a bucket of ice to display them at your party. Add some cut limes to the bucket too.

If you think your party goers won’t like Bloody Marys you can fill the syringes with red jello shots to have the same “blood” concept.

Bourbon Milk Punch

This is a delicious milkshake with booze in it to really satisfy your sweet tooth this Halloween season.

Ingredients:

carmel sauce

2 tablespoons of cinnamon sugar

2 pints (4 cups) of vanilla ice cream

1 cup of bourbon

1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

1 teaspoon of honey

1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon (plus more to garnish drink)

Whipped cream (for garnish)

Sugar (for garnish)

* above recipe yields 3 drinks

Directions

Put the ice cream, bourbon, vanilla, honey and cinnamon in a blender and blend until it’s smooth like a milkshake.
In a shallow dish or plate, rim your glasses with caramel and cinnamon sugar. Then pour the drink in the glasses and top with whipped cream and more caramel sauce if you want to.

Hard Apple Cider

Apple cider is a go to drink during the fall and a must have at a Halloween party or just a night in with friends and loved ones. This drink recipe is very easy but takes a few hours to prepare so plan accordingly.

Ingredients:

1 gallon of apple cider

1 & 1/2 cup of fireball whiskey (or other cinnamon flavored whiskey)

1/2 a cup Caramel

3 cinnamon sticks (plus more to garnish the drinks with)

* above recipe yields 8 drinks

Directions:

Put the apple cider, whiskey, caramel and cinnamon sticks in a Crock-Pot and cook on low until warmed through (about 2-3 hours).
Ladle the hot cider into cups and garnish with cinnamon sticks.

A fun optional thing you could do is take 8 large apples and hallow them out with an apple corer to turn them into cups. Leave about a half an inch from the bottom. To keep the apples from browning squeeze lemon juice in the apple and spread it all over inside. This requires more work but is worth it in the end with all the compliments people will give you when you hand them an apple cider cocktail in an apple cup.

Cotton Candy Shots

Halloween is about two things; costumes and candy. So when you’re getting a little toasty with your friends this Halloween cotton candy shots are the way to go. This is by far the easiest drink to prepare on this list.

Ingredients:

1 oz. of Vodka (flavored or not, your choice)

1/2 oz. of Tonic water

Cotton candy

*recipe yields 1 drink

Directions:

Pour the vodka and tonic water into a shot glass.
Top the shot with a large piece of cotton candy (it will start to dissolve)

When you drink the shot the vodka-tonic dissolves the cotton candy picking up it’s flavor.

A variation of this recipe is to blend vanilla ice cream, vodka and cotton candy in a blender. Then pour the mixture into shot glasses and serve immediately.

Black Magic Punch

Black Magic Punch is another great punch recipe to make hosting easier while you’re entertaining people this Halloween season. This is a great drink to consider for your guests that do not like the taste of liquor.

Ingredients:

1 bottle (750 ml.) of dark dry red wine (Pinot Noir, Merlot, Syrah, or Cabernet Sauvignon)

2 cups of dark fruit juice (pomegranate juice is preferred)

1/4 of a cup of brandy

1/3 of a cup of raspberry liqueur

1 cup of blackberries (have more to garnish)

1 cup of sliced black grapes

2 sliced plums

Directions:

Mix the wine, juice, brandy, liqueur, blackberry, grapes and plums into a large pitcher or punch bowl. Put into fridge to chill for 1 to 2 hours.
Ladle or pour into cups then garnish with blackberries (and an orange twist if you want).

Salted Carmel Apple Martini

A classic Halloween treat as a kid was caramel apples. They’re still great as an adult too! This fall season you can take the great taste of that caramel apple and combine it with the awesomeness of alcohol to have an even more amazing time. The Salted Caramel Apple Martini will not let you down.

Ingredients:

2 oz. of vodka or apple flavored vodka

1&1/2 oz. of sour apple liqueur

1&1/2 teaspoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice

Caramel sauce

Flaked Maldon sea salt

Green apple (for garnish)

* above recipe yields 1 drink

Directions:

Start by rimming your martini glass (or whatever you have) by rolling it’s rim in the caramel sauce and sprinkle the sea salt on it as well.
Then fill a cocktail shaker with ice, combine the vodka, apple liqueur and lemon juice.
Shake until it’s well chilled and pour into the glass with the caramel and salted rim. Garnish with a green apple wedge.

To keep the apple wedge from browning, rub it with lemon after cutting.