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

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.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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).

Red Apple Cider Sangria {Chocolate Moosey}

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

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.

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!

Please remember to always drink responsibly!