Top Halloween Cocktail Recipes

Halloween is one of those events that seems to be a lot about the kids – what, with trick or treating and costumes, baking scary cupcakes and having their friends around for a party.  But if you don’t have kids or yours have gone to someone else’s party, then there’s no reason that a few Halloween cocktails can’t be made up to celebrate the event for the adults!

Simple combinations

Cocktails can be as complicated or as simple as you like – depends on how much you feel like imitating Tom Cruise!  For those who want simple options, the Black Devil Martini is a great starter.  All you need is two ounces of dark rum to half an ounce of dry vermouth for a deep red coloured martini that looks a lot like blood.  Frost the edge of the glass with orange sugar crystals and pop a black olive or two on a stick to garnish.

The Witches Brew is another must-have cocktail recipe for Halloween and makes a longer drink.  Take that personalised tumbler that the kids got you for your birthday and add in one ounce of pineapple juice and another of cranberry juice.  Add the same amount again of 7UP or another lemon and lime fizzy pop then put one and a quarter ounces of coconut rum, such as Malibu, by tipping along the side of the glass so it pools into the bottom.

Punch

An easy option for self-service drinks at a party is a punch and for Halloween, there has to be plenty of red involved.  Take your large punch bowl and put ice in the bottom.  Next up add ten ounces of vodka, five ounces of triple sec, two ounces of bitters and about ten ounces of freshly squeezed blood orange juice (or use the stuff from the carton if you prefer!) before finishing with around twenty ounces of black cherry soda.  Stir everything together.  Take the punch glasses and rim them with grenadine for that fresh blood look then use a ladle to add the punch.

Sangria is great drink to serve at parties in the same way as punch and with a little preparation, the Severed Hand Sangria will get a few shrieks as well as complements!  The night before the party, take a few latex gloves and fill them with filtered water.  Tie them up and pop them in the freezer overnight.  In the punch bowl, combine two bottles of red wine, around thirty ounces of sparking water and the same amount of freshly squeezed orange juice.  Also add three ounces of brandy or Cointreau depending on your preference and three tablespoons of brown sugar.  The fruit element comes from two thinly sliced oranges, two pink grapefruit cut similarly, two lemons and two limes, all thinly sliced and finally a cup full of natural sour cherries.  Once the ingredients are mixed, take out the latex gloves, remove it and pop the hand shaped ice cubes into the bowl – spooky!

Armed with your creepy cupcakes and spooky sandwiches, you will be ready for the perfect adults-only Halloween party!