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    Home » Recipes » Holiday » Halloween » Halloween Cocktails: 12 Spooky Sippers You’ll Want to Make

    LAST UPDATED: January 29, 2022 • FIRST PUBLISHED: October 11, 2018 By Toni Dash 49 Comments

    Halloween Cocktails: 12 Spooky Sippers You’ll Want to Make

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    Halloween Cocktails collage title

    Halloween Cocktails really can be the life of an adult Halloween Party. These spooky sippers deliver great flavor and fun presentation! This post is for those of legal drinking age.

    Halloween Cocktails collage

    Originally published October 2016; updated October 2018

    Halloween really is unlike any other holidays for the whimsy of it all. All ages are excited about dressing up (as witnessed by full families that come to our house for Trick-or-Treating) and out into the night.

    It doesn’t take much to make the evening fun for adults as well as kids. If you are in the festive spirit, these tips for throwing a Halloween will make easy work of throwing a bash.

    Halloween Cocktails Shortcut

    Not feeling like mixing up individual cocktails? Make a Halloween cocktail punch.

    It’s easy (my favorite thing when entertaining), crowds can serve themselves AND you can do a couple things to make it fun.

    Pick a great boozy punch recipe like:

    • Sparkling Cranberry Vodka Punch or
    • Sparkling Cranberry-Orange Champagne Punch

    OR spike a mocktail punch like:

    • Slow Cooker Vampire Punch (can be served warm or cold) or
    • Off with Your Hand Halloween punch

    Spooky Slow Cooker Vampire Punch in skull glasses on an antique silver tray

    Make it more exciting by:

    • Adding dry ice (this dry ice guide will give you the whole scoop on using it) or
    • Make a frozen ice Severed Hand as shown in the Off with Your Hand Halloween Punch.

    Both are easy and fun additions to keep it simple.

    Halloween Punch with floating ice hand in punch bowl title

    Supplies for Halloween Cocktails

    Home mixology all requires the same equipment:

    • A cocktail shaker,
    • jigger for measuring the liquor,
    • strainer (if the shaker doesn’t already have one) for straining shaken cocktails,
    • a muddler when muddling or mashing fresh ingredients,
    • a cocktail spoon are all key.
    • If you like making fun garnishes a zester with a channel knife is good to have too.

    Halloween Themed Supplies

    Themed cocktail napkins (or make your own!). From funny, to cute or simple, having cocktails napkins is an easy decorating touch and keeps guest from leaving drinks on surfaces you’d like protected.

    Spooky ice cube trays. It’s an easy thing to make (beforehand, which is great) to make simple drinks more special. I love these 3-D skull ice cubes.

    Cocktail picks for garnishes: simple orange and black, picks, skulls or classic swords in Halloween colors.

    Halloween glasses that make an ordinary drink extraordinary.

    • Beer skull glasses
    • shot glasses
    • beakers (I used some for Creepy Shirley Temples and they are a great effect)
    • Skeleton disposable cups
    • Poison drink dispenser (perfect for punch)

    Halloween Cocktails

    Nothing screams Halloween Party more than spooky Halloween Cocktails! Between the concept and presentation, it makes the holiday just as fun for adults as it is for kids.

    Speaking of kids (and teetotalers) you can find some easy, fun non-alcoholic drink ideas in the Halloween recipe section. Today I’ve rounded up 12 Spooky Halloween Cocktails You’ll Want to Make.

    Candy Corn Martini with Pop Rocks Rim

    This Halloween cocktail is a fun surprise with homemade Candy Corn vodka whipped into a martini with a gorgeous orange glow.

    When infusing the candy corn the sickly-sweet aspect melts away leaving a buttery flavored vodka.

    A cocktail glass rimmed with Halloween edition Pop Rocks makes this a cocktail to remember.

    Candy Corn Martini with Pop Rocks Rim

    The Grave Digger Cocktail

    Flavors of apple and ginger make this Halloween cocktail a refreshing one. It’s easy to mix up and serve for grave diggers and friends alike to celebrate fall and Halloween.

    Grave Digger Cocktail

    Drink If You Dare Shooters

    These creepy shooters actually taste delicious (if you can get past the look and texture to try them)! Four unsuspecting ingredients combine to create this fantastic effect and really do taste delish too!
    brain hemorrhage shooters for Halloween

    Glow-In-The-Dark Infected Brain Cocktail

    These fun cocktails glow in the dark thanks to frozen tonic water brain ice cubes (tinted flesh color of course). The Halloween cocktail boasts a glowing green color thanks to a special ingredient (that also gives the cocktail a great flavor). Links for Where-To-Buy the beakers and brain ice cube mold are in the cocktail recipe post.

    Glow in the dark Infected Brain Cocktail

    Caramel Apple Martini and a Caramel Apple Shot

    Caramel Apples are a classic fall and Halloween treat. Why not drink them in your Halloween cocktail?! Both of these cocktails taste just like caramel apples in a beautiful green hue.

    Caramel Apple Martini and Caramel Apple Shot

    Halloween Blood Orange Martini {Culinary Ginger}

    A citrusy martini with a spooky spider web touch makes for a ghoulishly great Halloween cocktail. A cool trick makes the spider web etching a fun addition.

    Halloween Blood Orange Martini

    Liquid Ghost Halloween Cocktail  {Pineapple & Coconut}

    Flavors of coconut rum, Crème de Cacao, vanilla and cream combine for this ghostly libation. If I were a liquified ghost, I’d want to taste like this Halloween cocktail!

     Halloween Liquid Ghost Cocktail

    Vampire Martini {The Hopeless Housewife}

    This mouthwatering sipper refreshes with flavors of watermelon and citrus complete with a raspberry puree in a syringe for guests to inject into their martini.

    Where to buy: small syringes or larger syringes (great for Bloody Maria Shots or Creepy Shirley Temple mocktails too).

    Halloween Vampire Martini

    Red Apple Cider Sangria {Chocolate Moosey}

    Apple cider, red wine, sliced apples and oranges, and warming spices combine for this cold-weather inspired sangria.

    Red Apple Cider Sangria

    Creepy Eyeball Martini {Pineapple & Coconut}

    This ghoulishly green Lychee Matcha and Blood Orange martini is a mouthwatering treat. Made Halloween-perfect with eyeball garnish. This sweet Halloween cocktail will put the life into the party with its looks alone!

    Halloween Creepy Eyeball Martini

    Spider Web Cocktail {Amanda’s Cookin’}

    Calling all Black Russian lovers? This creamy coffee liqueur cocktail has a special addition of a creepy spider web floating on the top.

    Are you thinking ‘I couldn’t make that’? Well YES you can. The recipe has a slick trick to quickly and easily make a perfect spider web every time.

    Halloween Spider Cream Martini

    Shrunken Heads in Spiced Cider {All Roads Lead to the Kitchen}

    Full confession: this is actually a Halloween mocktail recipe. But when life presents you with a fantastic mocktail, turn it into a Halloween cocktail I say!

    These shrunken heads deserve to be at every Halloween party in my opinion.

    How to spike it: if you are hosting a mixed age or cocktail interest party, leave the addition of the liquor to the individuals. This is easier for you because one batch of this spiced cider serves all.

    What to spike it with: Those wanting it to become a Halloween cocktail can add rum, whiskey (scotch, rye, bourbon), cinnamon tequila or vodka or apple brandy. Some people would even add beer!

    Halloween Shrunken Heads in Spiced Cider

    Please remember to always drink responsibly!

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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    TONI DASH
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    Toni Dash, is a Certified Nutrition Coach and the writer/blogger, photographer, recipe developer and creator of Boulder Locavore®. She has been developing easy to make, well-tested recipes since 2010. Her seasonal recipes bring excitement to the dining table for both gluten-free and gluten diners. Toni has been featured in numerous publications and on culinary websites for her creative, delicious recipes and travel features. For more details, check out her About page.

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    Comments

    1. mimi rippee says

      October 15, 2018 at 7:59 am

      Oh my what fun! I especially love the eyeballs!!!

      Reply
    2. Krista says

      October 14, 2018 at 7:04 pm

      These are all so creative! I love all of them! I have to get them all tried out!

      Reply
    3. Kimberly says

      October 12, 2018 at 10:34 pm

      What a fun roundup, so many great options!

      Reply
    4. Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert says

      October 12, 2018 at 4:31 pm

      I love these so much!!! Must try these all!

      Reply
    5. Peter says

      October 12, 2018 at 2:57 pm

      ALl of these are spooky and look delicious. I love the dry ice effect. That sangria looks to die for too

      Reply
    6. Kiwi says

      October 12, 2018 at 2:13 pm

      They are all so pretty! I love when dry ice is added makes it much more festive!

      Reply
    7. Sandra | A Dash of Sanity says

      October 12, 2018 at 11:57 am

      I love all these! They all look really good!

      Reply
    8. Veronica Vilora Solomon says

      October 11, 2018 at 7:23 pm

      Such a great variety of cocktails. I would love to serve a few of these for Halloween. I would be the coolest neighbor ever!

      Reply
    9. Theresa says

      October 11, 2018 at 4:03 pm

      I usually do a children’s Halloween party, but you have me wanting to host an adults only party this year. I think all of these cocktails would be a huge hit with my friends. I am itching to try that candy corn cocktail!

      Reply
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