Wickedly Good Halloween Cocktails [COCKTAIL TIME]

The spookiest day of the year is upon us and we’ve pulled together some last minute Halloween cocktail recipes that are sure to fright and delight! 

From a Witching Hour Martini to a Bloody Maria to a Watermelon Jack-O-Lantern –  you and your holiday guests are sure to have a frightfully fun time. No tricks – just *treats* –  in every glass with these creative cocktails! 

Many thanks to to the spirit and wine brands for sharing some of their favorite Halloween cocktails including Banfi, Ilegal Mezcal, Revivalist Gin, The Kraken Rum, Woodford Reserve + more!  

Banfi Rosa Regale Vampire’s Delight

Ingredients:

• 1 oz white crème de cacao
• 1 oz chocolate vodka

Method: Shake over ice, strain into a glass rimmed with chocolate sauce and dipped in cacao nibs. Top with 2 oz of Rosa Regale Red.

 

Bloody Maria 

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Dulce Vida Lime Tequila 
• 1/2 oz Olive Juice
• Spicy Bloody Mary Mix

Garnishes: Pickle 

Method: Add Dulce Vida Lime Tequila and Bloody Mary Mix into a cocktail shaker. Stir. Add Olive Juice. Mix well. Pour into glass over ice. 

 

Bloody Party Punch

Serves 6-8 people

Ingredients:

• 4 oz Fraser & Thompson North American Whiskey
• 1 cup pomegranate juice
• Zest of 1 orange
• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 (750 ml) bottle Prosecco or sparkling wine, chilled
• Arils from 1 pomegranate

Method: In a large pitcher, combine Fraser & Thompson, pomegranate juice, orange zest and orange juice. Chill until ready to serve. Just before serving, add ice to the punch bowl and pour over the contents of the pitcher. Top with Prosecco and pomegranate arils. Enjoy!

 

Diplomatico Rum Blood Moon Negroni

Ingredients:

• 1 Part Diplomatico Mantuano
• 1 Part Sweet Vermouth
• 1 Part Bitter Italian Aperitif
• Grapefruit Peel

Method: Add ingredients into an ice filled mixing glass and stir to combine/chill. Strain into a Double Old Fashioned rocks glass containing a large rock of ice, and garnish with expressed grapefruit peel.

 

Flecha Azul Cursed Citrus Sour

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Flecha Azul Reposado Tequila
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 1/2 oz agave nectar
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 egg white or ½ oz aquafaba

Method: Add the tequila, lemon juice, lime juice, agave, bitters, and egg white to a cocktail shaker without ice. Shake for 15 seconds.Add the ice to the cocktail shaker. Shake again for 30 seconds. Strain the drink into a glass; the foam will collect at the top. Serve with a lime wedge and a cocktail Cherry.

 

Graveyard Smash

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Empress 1908 Cucumber Lemon Gin 
• ¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• ¾ oz Simple Syrup
• 4 Mint Leaves
• 3 Cantaloupe Cubes 
• Garnishes: Mint Leaves and Cantaloupe Cubes 

Method: In a shaker tin, muddle cantaloupe cubes with the liquid ingredients. Add mint leaves and lightly press to express oils. Shake over ice and strain over crushed ice. Garnish with mint sprig and cantaloupe balls. ​

 

Ilegal Mezcal Margarita de Granada

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
• 1 oz lime
• 1 oz agave syrup
• .5 oz pomegranate juice
• Pomegranate seeds and lime wheel

Method: Add mezcal, lime, agave syrup and pomegranate juice to a shaker, shake until chilled and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with pomegranate seeds and lime wheel.

 

Italicus Spritz

Ingredients: 

• • 1 part ITALICUS ROSOLIO DI BERGAMOTTO
  • 2 parts Prosecco
  • 3 green olives to garnish

• Build in a wine glass over ice

Method: Simply combine one part Italicus with two parts Prosecco or Champagne over ice. Add garnish with three green olives to balance the floral aromas with a touch of saltiness. 

 

Kraken Bones Punch

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Kraken Black Spiced Rum
• 3 oz Pineapple Juice
• Splash of Grenadine
• Garnish: Bone shaped candies

Method: Combine all ingredients  over ice in a shaker. Dump into glass and garnish with cherry and bone-shaped candies.

 

Proper No. Twelve Apple Slime Shots

Ingredients: 

• 3 oz Proper No. Twelve Irish Apple
• 3 oz Peach Schnapps
• 3 oz Sour Mix
• Splash of Lemon Lime soda

Method: Pour all ingredients into a Boston Shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 4 shot glasses. 

 

Revivalist Salted Plum Sake Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Garden gin 
• 1 oz joto umeshu plum sake 
• 1/4 oz dry vermouth 
• Garnish: Saline solution mist

Method: Add all ingredients to mixing glass Add ice, stir until perfect dilution. Strain into Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with Saline solution mist

 

SAVOIA NEGRONI

Ingredients: 

• 2 parts SAVOIA AMERICANO
• 1 part London Dry Gin
• 4-5  ice cubes
• Garnish with three green grapes

Method: :Rock glass, fill with ice cubes, add the ingredients, stir gently, and garnish with green and red grapes.

 

Tequila Herradura Reposado Margarita

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Tequila Herradura Reposado
• 1 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
• 1/2 – 3/4 oz Agave Nectar 
• Salt (garnish) 
• Lime Wheel (garnish) 
• Gold Dust (garnish)

Method: Add all ingredients to a shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a margarita glass half-rimmed with gold-dusted salt over a large ice cube. Garnish with gold-dusted lime.

 

There Will Be Blood (Orange)

Ingredients: 

• 1.5 oz Dos Hombres Mezcal
• 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
• 1/2 oz Blood Orange Purée
• 1/4 oz Ancho Reyes Chile Liquor
• 3/4 oz Lime Juice

Method: Served on the Rocks. Garnish: Dehydrated Blood Orange Wheel

 

Watermelon Jack-O-Lantern

Ingredients: 

• 2 parts The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum 
• 6 parts Fresh Watermelon Juice
• 1 part Lime Juice
• 1 part Orange Liqueur 
• Garnishes: Lime 

Method: Combine all ingredients inside watermelon. Add ice, stir and pour into glass. Garnish and enjoy. 

 

Witching Hour Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Glendalough Wild Rose Irish Gin
• 1 oz Cocchi Rosa Aperitivo Americano
• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• 2 oz Dry Sparkling wine
• Garnish: Dried Rose Buds or Edible Flowers

Method: Shake the first four ingredients with ice, then double strain into a chilled glass and top with chilled sparkling wine, and garnish.

 

Woodford Reserve Spiced Apple Sparkler

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon

• 1/2 oz Spiced Apple Cocktail Mixer

• 1/2 oz lemon juice

• 4 oz Korbel Prosecco

Method: Combine Woodford Reserve, lemon juice, and the Woodford Reserve x Williams Sonoma Spiced Apple Cocktail mixer to a shaker tin. Shake with ice until chilled and double strain into a flute glass. Garnish with floating cranberries or apple slices.

 

Apple Cider Margarita

Ingredients: 

• 2oz Flecha Azul Anejo Tequila
• 2oz apple cider
• 1oz lime juice
• 1oz Triple sec
• ½oz agave syrup
• Rim
• 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon sea salt

Directions: Rim the glass by running a lime wedge over the lip. On a separate shallow plate, combine cinnamon sugar and salt. Dip glass. Fill the glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, add cocktail ingredients. Shake well. Garnish and serve. 

 

Happy Halloween!

Please drink responsibly.