Spooktacular Halloween Cocktails for Grown Up Fun

October 24, 2018 – Halloween brings out the kid in all of us and if we’re going to dress up, then let’s have Halloween cocktails to match! We’ve rounded up some really fun recipes from Bacardi, Smirnoff and Svedka. We’re told the Svedka cocktails are being served at Heidi Klum’s Halloween party (to which we were not invited, sigh.) But! We have the recipes.
We’re starting off with Bacardi’s Zombie, a classic Tiki cocktail made with both Bacardi Superior and Bacardi Black. Count us in for anything Tiki. Smirnoff is into the ghoul theme with gummy worms and eyeballs in Mexican flavored Boooo-zy Preparada. Svedka stretches the gamut from cotton candy in the pretty Blue Rasmopolitan to (edible) fake blood in Devil Whiskers. There’s something for everyone in the six recipes below. Take ownership and make it your signature Halloween cocktail(s). Plus they are easy to make which is always a good thing if you are hosting a gathering. For simplicity, consider 1 part = 1 ounce.
Have a ghoulishly delicious Halloween. We’ll see you on the other side!
Bacardi Zombie
2 parts Bacardi Superior Rum
1 1/3 parts Bacardi Black Rum
1 part Triple Sec
2 parts Sweet & Sour mix
2 parts orange juice
1 part Grenadine
Method: Pour all ingredients into a shaker full of ice and shake vigorously. Strain and pour into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with fresh fruit. This recipe translates nicely from one drink to a jug serving a crowd.
Boooo-zy Preparada (Makes 1)
1 bottle Smirnoff Ice Original
0.5 oz. Chamoy (spicey/sweet sauce widely available)
Tajin for the rim (chilli/lime/salt seasoning)
Mandarin Orange Sections and/or slices of Blood Orange
Frozen Raspberries
Frozen sour gummy worms
Gummy Eyeballs
Method: Dip a hurricane glass in lime juice and rim with Tajin. Add Chamoy to the glass, fill with frozen oranges and raspberries. Add gummy worms and gummy eyeballs. Top with Smirnoff Ice Original. Garnish with additional gummies and a maraschino cherry
Spooky Screwdriver (Makes 2)
1 Bottle Smirnoff Ice Screwdriver
1.5 oz. Smirnoff No 21
Grenadine
Black Rock Candy for garnish
Method: Fill a glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, shake together the Smirnoff Ice and Smirnoff No. 21. Pour over the ice and top with a splash of Grenadine.
Garnish with rock candy
Blue Rasmopolitan
1½ parts Svedka Blue Raspberry
½ part fresh lemon juice
½ part Triple Sec
½ part cranberry juice
cotton candy
Method: Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with cotton candy
Devil Whiskers
¾ part Svedka Clementine
¾ part sweet vermouth
¾ part orange juice
½ part orange Curaçao
Dash orange bitters
Method: Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake, and strain in to a Martini glass. Pour the fake blood around the rim. Garnish with an orange peel.
Fake blood: In a bowl, mix the corn syrup and the corn starch together. Add water until the mixture is the consistency of blood. Mix in food coloring until you achieve the desired color.
- ½ cup white corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ¼ cup water
- 15 drops red food coloring
- 1-5 drops blue food coloring
Witch’s Brew
1½ parts Svedka Cherry
1½ parts watermelon juice
Splash orange liqueur
¼ part fresh lime juice
Pinch salt
2 drops black food coloring (red/green/blue mixed together)
Method: Sugar the rim of a Martini glass. Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake, and strain in to a glass. Garnish with star anise.
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