4 creepy Halloween-themed cocktail recipes
Celebrate Halloween this year by treating yourself to a spooky, yet delicious cocktail.
Image: Boe Gin
With trick or treating off the menu this year, it’s the perfect excuse to spend Halloween enjoying some super fun and spooky cocktail recipes.
Whether you’re celebrating as a household this year or simply want to treat yourself to an extraordinary cocktail, here’s four recipes to get your imagination going.
Bloody pomegranate cosmo
Image: Cranes
This martini is all about the garnish and we think it’ll be a hit at any Halloween gathering.
Ingredients
- 2 parts pomegranate juice
- 1 parts vodka
- 1 part Cranes Cranberry and Blood Orange Liqueur
- ½ part lime juice
- Lychees
- Cranberries
Method
- Fill a shaker with ice
- Add all spirits and juice into the shaker and Squeeze ½ part lime juice into the shaker
- Shake until cold, approx. 10 seconds
- Using a cocktail strainer, strain the liquid into a martini glass
- Insert a cranberry into the middle of the lychee
Lady in black
Image: Grey Goose
If you’re planning on having a sophisticated Halloween then this cocktail might be the perfect accompaniment.
Ingredients
- 35ml Grey goose Original
- 35ml fresh pomegranate juice
- 10ml XO Cognac
- 10ml Crème de cassis
- 10ml clove-water (1 clove infused for 8 hours)
Method
- Put all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker, give it a gentle shake and pour into your glass.
- Garnish with a fresh blackberry on a cocktail stick.
Colour-changing Halloween cocktail
Image: Boe Gin
This cocktail , which uses colour changing butterfly pea flowers, certainly looks the part for celebrating Halloween.
Ingredients
- 60ml Boë Gin Apple & Lime
- 20ml lime simple syrup
- half shell of lime juice
- 1 tsp lime marmalade (for added flavour but not essential)
- Basil leaves
- Liquorice laces
- Egg whites
- Ice cubes
- Butterfly pea flowers (available from supermarkets)
Method
- Add a handful of butterfly pea flowers to a teacup or jug and top with 100ml boiling water. Leave to steep. This will create that vibrant violet colour to your drink.
- To make the simple syrup, combine 300g caster sugar, 150ml water and the juice and zest of 1 lime in a pot and simmer until dissolved (100g sugar to 100ml water). Strain out zest before using.
- Cut the liquorice laces into four 6cm strands. Wrap another lace around in the middle and loop through to secure.
- Add all other ingredients to a shaker and muddle basil. Seal the shaker and shake without ice for 30 seconds.
- Once foamy, fill the shaker with the ice and shake again for another 30 seconds.
- Strain the shaker contents into a glass of choice and use the liquorice spider to the side.
- Your butterfly pea tea should be lovely and purple by now.
- Pour 30ml of the butterfly pea tea over the drink to achieve a purple float.
Tia trick or treat
Image: Tia Maria
Coffee lovers, this one’s for you! Go all out with the Halloween-themed garnishes for that extra special touch.
Ingredients
- 25ml Tia Maria
- 25ml Advocaat
- 10ml orange juice
- 10ml lime juice
- Lemonade
- To garnish – coconut flakes
Method
- Shake the Tia Maria, Advocaat and orange and lime juice together in a cocktail shaker.
- Once mixed, strain the liquid into a rocks glass filled with ice.
- Top with lemonade and garnish.
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