Halloween season is approaching and it’s time to gather your troops and arrange a Halloween cocktail party. But to really bring your A-game and have a great time at the party, you’ll need some amazing spooky Halloween cocktails! You don’t need to spend too much as you can make some by yourself in your home bar. So, gather your ingredients, barware, and tools, and let’s get started by having a look at some of the best Halloween cocktail recipes.
Top 7 Spooky Halloween Cocktails
- Vampire’s Kiss Cocktail
- Witches Brew
- Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned
- Corpse Reviver No. 1
- Zombie
- Bloody Mary
- Dark And Stormy
Vampire’s Kiss Cocktail
Get your Halloween party ready with the vampire-inspired cocktail made out of vodka raspberry liqueur. It’s essentially a berry-flavored vodka martini that is bright red in color. There are a few variations of this cocktail and most recipes use champagne instead of lemon juice. You can do the same if you want to have a strong cocktail, but either works absolutely fine and depends on personal preference. So if you’re hosting a Halloween party, impress your friends with the Vampire’s Kiss, particularly the ones who could never truly give up their Twilight obsession!
Ingredients
- 2 ounces of vodka
- 1 ½ ounce of Chambord
- 1 ounce of grenadine
- 1 ounce of unsweetened cranberry juice
- 1 ounce of lemon juice
How To Make Vampire’s Kiss Cocktail
- Add all of your ingredients to a cocktail shaker, add some crushed ice, and give it a good shake until they blend well and turn icy cold.
- Strain this in a cocktail glass over ice pebbles, and your drink is ready to be served.
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Witches Brew
Looking for a spooky Halloween cocktail that’s easy to make and tastes heavenly? Witches Brew is the cocktail you must try. Like most Halloween-themed cocktails, even Witches Brew has ample variations. Typically it’s green, blue, or purple in color and served as a punch. This cocktail has citrus and sweet notes mixed with melon liqueur which gives it a refreshing depth. Witches Brew is one of the most interesting cocktails on the list and you will surely love it!
Ingredients
- 2 ounces of Midori
- 2 ounces of Triple Sec
- 1 ounce of fresh lemon juice
- An orange slice for garnish
How To Make Witches Brew
- In a cocktail glass add some ice cubes, pour the Midori, Triple Sec, and lemon juice, and stir it for about a minute.
- Top this off with the orange slices for garnish and your cocktail is ready.
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Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned
Jack ‘O Lanterns aren’t the only way pumpkins are involved with Halloween! We’ve all heard of the Classic Old Fashioned, but for a special occasion like Halloween you can try out the Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned cocktail instead. It’s one of the best bourbon cocktails you can make at home and is packed with some good flavors. The orange bitters add a very good citrusy depth to the cocktail and together, the ingredients make a delicious autumny Halloween cocktail.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces of Breckenridge bourbon or any other bourbon you like
- ½ ounce of pumpkin syrup
- 2 dashes of orange bitters
- 1 orange wedge
- Cinnamon stick for garnish
How To Make Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned
- In a bowl add the pumpkin syrup, orange bitters, and orange wedge, and muddle until all of them mix well.
- Pour this mix into a cocktail glass, add some crushed ice, pour the bourbon, and stir it all for a few seconds.
- Add the cinnamon stick, give it another stir for a few more seconds and the delicious Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned is ready to be served.
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Corpse Reviver No. 1
The Corpse Reviver is a family of cocktails that became extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Traditionally, these cocktails were consumed as relief and refreshment from a hangover. This changed over the years as the cocktail was refined in terms of its ingredients. Corpse Reviver No. 1 is surely going to be the easiest to make as it only requires 3 ingredients. Typically, Calvados brandy is used to make this cocktail, but you could use any apple brandy that is available.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce of cognac
- 1 ounce of Calvados or any other apple brandy
- ½ ounce of sweet vermouth
How To Make Corpse Reviver No. 1
- Add Calvados, cognac, and sweet vermouth into a cocktail shaker along with some ice, and shake it well.
- Strain this mixture into a cocktail glass and enjoy your drink.
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Zombie
What’s better than a spooky Halloween cocktail that has a spooky name and tastes amazing as well? Zombie is one of the classic cocktails that fit perfectly into the Halloween theme. This one is a complex cocktail that includes a lot of ingredients and multiple rums, so you know that Zombie is packed with flavors and is pretty strong too. It has the perfect mixture of sweet, citrusy, and spicy flavors which give the Zombie cocktail the perfect punch. The ingredient list might be intimidating, but once you’ve made this cocktail, you’ll be happy with how it turns out.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce of dark rum
- 1 ½ ounce of light rum
- 1 ½ ounce of gold rum
- ⅛ teaspoon of Pernod
- 1 dash of Angostura bitters
- ½ ounce of Donn’s Mix
- ¾ ounce of lime juice
- ½ ounce of falernum
- 1 teaspoon of grenadine
- Mint sprig for garnish
How To Make Zombie
- Add all of your ingredients into a blender, pour in about 5 ounces of crushed ice, and blend it at high speed for 5 seconds.
- Pour the cocktail into a cocktail glass, add some ice if needed, and garnish it with mint spring.
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Bloody Mary
Of course the Bloody Mary has made it to the list of spooky Halloween cocktails! This one’s a classic vodka cocktail that suits the theme of Halloween and is also extremely easy to make. This cocktail has ample variations that you can try out, but the classic Bloody Mary remains a favorite among many. It has a fairly simple ingredient list (though you will definitely need a supermarket run) and takes about 5 minutes to make. So, what are you waiting for, get your cocktail tools out, get the ingredients ready, and bring forth Bloody Mary!
Ingredients
- 2 ounces of vodka
- 4 ounces tomato juice
- 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce
- 2 teaspoons of prepared horseradish
- 2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 1 pinch of smoked paprika
- 1 lime wedge
- Some celery salt for the rim
- 1 lemon wedge for the rim
- Parsley sprig, 2 speared green olives, and lime wedge for garnish
How To Make Bloody Mary
- Pour some celery salt onto a small plate, rub the lime wedge along the lip of the cocktail glass and rim the glass with the salt.
- Squeeze this lime wedge in the glass, and drop it into the glass.
- Add all the other cocktail ingredients into a cocktail shaker with some crushed ice, and gently shake it.
- Strain this mixture into your prepared glass over some ice pebbles.
- Garnish the cocktail with a parsley sprig, 2 speared green olives, and a lime wedge, and your Bloody Mary cocktail is ready to be served.
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Dark And Stormy
The Dark And Stormy is a simple, elegant, and easy-to-make cocktail that is made with a combination of dark rum, ginger beer, and lime. So, you have spicy and citrus flavors that make this cocktail very appealing. It’s without a doubt, one of the best rum cocktails that you’ll try. Many recipes of Dark And Stormy use ginger ale as a substitute for ginger beer but that takes away from the intense ginger flavor of the cocktail. So make sure you stick to the original recipe and follow it to the T.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces of Old Monk or any other dark rum
- ½ ounce of lime juice
- 4-5 ounces of ginger beer
- A lime wheel for garnish
How To Make Dark And Stormy
- Add some ice, Old Monk (or any other dark rum), and lime juice to a tall cocktail glass, and give it a stir.
- Top it off with ginger beer, garnish your drink with a lime wheel, and your Dark And Stormy cocktail is ready to be served.
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Summing Up
These are some of the best spooky Halloween cocktails you need to try this spooky season. They are all easy to make and require you to gather just a few ingredients. They don’t just look spooky but are also amazing to taste and can be made in large and small batches as well. So if you’re having a Halloween party or enjoying a spooky movie by yourself, definitely give one of these potions a shot!
FAQs
What Alcohols Mix Well Together?
When you make cocktails, it’s common to mix more than one alcoholic drink together. Some of the alcoholic drinks that pair well together are gin and vodka, ginger beer and whiskey, certain liqueurs with spirits like gin and rum.
What Alcohol Can I Add To Sprite?
Sprite is a great mixer to add to your alcoholic beverages. It adds a smooth sweet flavor to the drinks and goes fairly well with most alcoholic spirits like white rum, vodka, gin, and tequila.
What Is A Good Mix With Vodka?
Vodka is a drink that pairs amazingly well with most mixers and is best to add to cocktails. Some of the juices and mixers that pair really well with vodka are
- Cranberry juice
- Orange juice
- Sprite
- Ginger beer
What Are The Top 5 Rum Drinks?
Rum is one of the most popular drinks in the world. It’s one of those liquors that is best to add to cocktails. Daiquiri, Piña Colada, Mai Tai, Dark ‘n Stormy, and the Coquito are the top 5 rum cocktails that you must try at least once.
How Long Does Rum Last Once Opened?
If you didn’t know, alcohol of any kind goes bad after a certain point and rum is no exception. Once you’ve opened up a bottle of rum, it takes about 6 months for it to go bad.
What Are The 7 Classic Cocktails?
When you talk about cocktails, some of the classic cocktails that come to mind are
- Old Fashioned
- Dry Martini
- Manhattan
- Margarita
- Daiquiri
- Whiskey Sour
- Tom Collins
What Cocktail Is Made From Whiskey?
Whiskey is best enjoyed on the rocks but you can’t deny that it is also used as base for some of the best whiskey cocktails. Bourbon Sour, Hot Toddy, Manhattan, Bourbon Old-Fashioned, and Mint Julep are some of the classic ones that are made with whiskey.
