In this day and age, throwing a Halloween party requires a bit more than some simple spider-web decorations and turning the lights down. Although we all love a tasty red punch and some snacks, having great Halloween cocktails will always level up your party game.
Halloween and all its lore give us infinite possibilities to create delicious drinks that everybody will rush to post on their social media. Ghosts, pumpkins, ghouls, vampires, witches, zombies… you name it, all these iconic creatures and monsters are great inspirations to create spooky and tasty Halloween cocktails.
Gather some cool glasses, you can even get some inexpensive themed ones, and let the creative juices do their thing! Here are our favorite Halloween cocktails!
Zombie Virus
Ingredients:
- 200 ml pineapple juice
- 100 ml coconut milk
- 50 ml orange juice
- 50 ml cream
- 20 ml coconut syrup
- Blue curaçao/ Coconut flakes
- 40ml Blue Curaçao syrup
How to:
Add all the ingredients to a blender full of ice. Before serving, add some blue curaçao syrup to a top glass to decorate. Add an adrip of curaçao and stir gently. Garnish your drink with some coconut flakes and add some spooky eyeball gummies. If you want to make it a bit scarier you can add a few droplets of red dye on the eyes.
Halloween Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 cup fresh sliced strawberries
- 1 liter cranberry juice
- 1 cup lemon juice
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ liter sparkling water
- Ice
- 1 cup of vodka
- 1/2 liter of champagne
Instructions:
Let’s make the ice cubes first. In a tray for big icecubes place some eyeball gummies. Fill with cranberry juice and save it in the freezer. You can add some drops of red dye without stirring to make your ice cubes look more vibrant.
Once your ice cubes are ready and the party is about to start, combine the raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and 1 cup of cranberry juice, lemon juice, vodka, and sugar in a large punch bowl. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the sparkling water, the champagne, and ice small regular ice. Stir to combine. Once it’s perfectly stirred place carefully our spooky eye icecubes.
Spooky Margarita
Ingredients:
- 20 ml lemon juice
- 20 ml lime juice
- 1 sp simple syrup
- 50 ml tequila
- ¼ tsp activated charcoal
- 1 tsp purple Sugar
- Edible glitter
- Dried citrus fruits
How to:
Garnish your martini glass with lemon and purple sugar. In a shaker filled with ice, add all the liquid ingredients and the activated charcoal. Shake well for 10 minutes. Serve your drink on your glass and add a dash of edible glitter. Stir. Add a dried wedge of orange or lemon to decorate.
Halloween Aviation
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces of purple gin
- ½ ounce Creme de Violette liqueur
- ½ ounce Maraschino liqueur
- ½ ounce lemon juice
- Black salt
How to:
Garnish your glass with lemon and black sugar or black lava salt. Combine all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake thoroughly for five minutes and strain into a glass.
Candy Corn Colada
Ingredients:
- 1½ cups frozen pineapple
- 1½ cups frozen mango
- 1 squeeze of lime
- Orange gel food coloring
- 2 frozen bananas
- 1 can coconut cream
- 1-2 oz. Malibu Rum
- Additional milk of choice
How to:
Add ⅔ of the coconut cream to the blender and an ounce of pineapple rum alongside the pineapple and mango chunks. Squeeze the lime and blend until you get a smooth consistency. Add additional milk if you feel you need to soften the mixture a little bit more. Pour ⅔ of your smoothie on some tall glasses. Add orange food coloring to the remaining smoothie and bled it a bit more until you get the perfect color match. Serve on your glasses. In your clean blender, add the rest of the coconut cream, one ounce of rum, and frozen bananas. It should be a whitish mix. Pour on top of your glasses.
Bloody Heart
Ingredients:
- 25 ml Syrup Violet
- 10 ml Syrup Peach
- 120 ml cranberry juice
- 5 ml lemon juice
- Blue gummy sticks
How to:
In a shaker full of ice add the peach and violet syrups, the cranberry juice, and the lemon juice. Shake for 3 minutes and serve in a tall glass. Let it sit for a couple of minutes so the syrups go to the bottom of the glass. Add a pair of blue candy sticks to decorate and add a big chunk of ice at the top.
Fall Long Island Tea Potion
Ingredients:
- ½ oz. vodka
- ½ oz. spiced rum
- ½ oz. white tequila
- ½ oz. triple sec
- 2 oz. apple cider
- 1 oz. cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- Edible glitter
How to:
As simple as it gets, add all the ingredients in a pitcher filled with ice and stir well. Serve the drink in some fun potion glasses to make it extra special.
Cherry Vampire
Ingredients:
- 1 cup lime soda
- ½ cup grenadine syrup
- 1 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 cup rum
- Maraschino Cherries
- Black sugar sprinkles
- Red gel food coloring
- Purple cotton candy
How to:
In a large pitcher mix the liquid ingredients. Prepare the rim of your glass with lemon and black sugar. Drip some red food coloring all over the rim to simulate dripping blood. Add ice, cherries, and some gummy eyeballs to the glass and pour your tasty drink. Top your cocktail with some purple cotton candy and add a cool straw.
Black Widow Vodka
Ingredients:
- ½ scoop s’mores syrup
- 1 ounce caramel syrup
- ½ cool whip
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup of vodka
- White marshmallows
- Black food coloring
How to:
Mix all the liquid ingredients in a blender filled with ice until all ingredients are fully blended. Add some drops of black food coloring until you get the desired color. Serve on a wide glass. Heat the marshmallows a little bit in the microwave and carefully place them on top of the glass to simulate a spiderweb. Add a straw and some clean plastic spiders.
Witches Brew
Ingredients:
- 30 ml bubble gum syrup
- 120 ml lemonade
- 20 ml cranberry juice
- 10 ml lemon juice
- Purple food color
- Purple glitter
How to:
Pour all the liquid ingredients and the purple food coloring into a shaker filled with ice and shake consistently for 5 minutes. Add more ice to a glass and pour your drink leaving some space in the glass. Add some purple glitter and stir carefully. Top with some lemonade.
