Countdown To Halloween With These 14 Spooky Sips

By Isabella Cruz

These cocktails are no tricks and all treats.

With Halloween 2 weeks away, what better way to get in the spirit than with some spooky cocktails? Check out the roundup of potions below!

Liqueur, Red Wine, Vodka

Banfi Rosa Regale Vampire’s Delight

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. White Crème de Cacao
  • 1 oz. Chocolate Vodka
  • 2 oz. Rosa Regale Red

Preparation

  1. Shake over ice, strain into a glass rimmed with chocolate sauce and dipped in cacao nibs.
  2. Top with 2 oz. of Rosa Regale Red.
Sparkling Wine, Whiskey

Bloody Party Punch

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. Fraser & Thompson North American Whiskey
  • 1 cup Pomegranate Juice
  • Zest of 1 Orange
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed Orange Juice
  • 1 (750 ml) bottle Prosecco or Sparkling Wine, chilled
  • Arils from 1 Pomegranate

Preparation

  1. In a large pitcher, combine Fraser & Thompson, pomegranate juice, orange zest and orange juice.
  2. Chill until ready to serve.
  3. Just before serving, add ice to the punch bowl and pour over the contents of the pitcher.
  4. Top with Prosecco and pomegranate arils.
Rum, Vermouth

Diplomatico Rum Blood Moon Negroni

Ingredients

  • 1 Part Diplomatico Mantuano
  • 1 Part Sweet Vermouth
  • 1 Part Bitter Italian Aperitif
  • Grapefruit Peel

Preparation

  1. Add ingredients into an ice filled mixing glass and stir to combine/chill.
  2. Strain into a Double Old Fashioned rocks glass containing a large rock of ice, and garnish with expressed grapefruit peel.
Gin

Graveyard Smash

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Empress 1908 Cucumber Lemon Gin
  • ¾ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
  • ¾ oz. Simple Syrup
  • 4 Mint Leaves
  • 3 Cantaloupe Cubes

Preparation

  1. In a shaker tin, muddle cantaloupe cubes with the liquid ingredients.
  2. Add mint leaves and lightly press to express oils.
  3. Shake over ice and strain over crushed ice.
  4. Garnish with mint sprig and cantaloupe balls.
Mezcal

Ilegal Mezcal Margarita de Granada

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Joven
  • 1 oz. Lime
  • 1 oz. Agave Syrup
  • .5 oz. Pomegranate Juice

Preparation

  1. Add mezcal, lime, agave syrup and pomegranate juice to a shaker, shake until chilled and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice.
  2. Garnish with pomegranate seeds and lime wheel.
Liqueur, Sparkling Wine, Vermouth

Italicus Spritz

Ingredients

  • 1 part Italicus Rosolio Di Bergamotto
  • 2 parts Prosecco

Preparation

  1. Combine one part Italicus with two parts Prosecco or Champagne over ice in a wine glass.
  2. Add garnish with three green olives to balance the floral aromas with a touch of saltiness.
Rum

Kraken Bones Punch

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Kraken Black Spiced Rum
  • 3 oz. Pineapple Juice
  • Splash of Grenadine

Preparation

  1. Combine all ingredients over ice in a shaker.
  2. Dump into glass and garnish with cherry and bone-shaped candies.
Whiskey

Proper No. Twelve Apple Slime Shots

Ingredients

  • 3 oz. Proper No. Twelve Irish Apple
  • 3 oz. Peach Schnapps
  • 3 oz. Sour Mix
  • Splash of Lemon Lime soda

Preparation

  1. Pour all ingredients into a Boston Shaker filled with ice.
  2. Shake and strain into 4 shot glasses.
Fortified Wine, Gin

Savoia Negroni

Ingredients

  • 2 parts Savoia Americano
  • 1 part London Dry Gin
  • 4-5 Ice Cubes

Preparation

  1. Fill rocks glass with ice cubes.
  2. Add the ingredients and stir gently.
  3. Garnish with green and red grapes.
Liqueur, Mezcal

There Will Be Blood (Orange)

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz. Dos Hombres Mezcal
  • 1/2 oz. Agave Nectar
  • 1/2 oz. Blood Orange Purée
  • 1/4 oz. Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur
  • 3/4 oz. Lime Juice

Preparation

  1. Served on the rocks.
  2. Garnish with a dehydrated blood orange wheel.
Liqueur, Rum

Watermelon Jack-O-Lantern

Ingredients

  • 2 parts The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum
  • 6 parts Fresh Watermelon Juice
  • 1 part Lime Juice
  • 1 part Orange Liqueur

Preparation

  1. Combine all ingredients inside watermelon.
  2. Add ice, stir and pour into glass.
  3. Garnish and enjoy.
Gin, Sparkling Wine

Witching Hour Martini

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Glendalough Wild Rose Irish Gin
  • 1 oz. Cocchi Rosa Aperitivo Americano
  • 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
  • 1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
  • 2 oz. Dry Sparkling wine

Preparation

  1. Shake the first four ingredients with ice, then double strain into a chilled glass.
  2. Top with chilled sparkling wine.
  3. Garnish with dried rose buds (or any edible flowers).
Vermouth, Whiskey

Woodford Reserve Spiced Apple Sparkler

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Woodford Reserve Bourbon
  • 1/2 oz. Spiced Apple Cocktail Mixer
  • 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
  • 4 oz. Korbel Prosecco

Preparation

  1. Combine Woodford Reserve, lemon juice, and the Woodford Reserve x Williams Sonoma Spiced Apple Cocktail mixer to a shaker tin.
  2. Shake with ice until chilled and double strain into a flute glass.
  3. Garnish with floating cranberries or apple slices.
Tequila

Tequila Herradura Reposado Margarita

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Tequila Herradura Reposado
  • 1 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
  • 1/2 - 3/4 oz. Agave Nectar

Preparation

  1. Add all ingredients to a shaker.
  2. Add ice and shake vigorously.
  3. Strain into a margarita glass half-rimmed with gold-dusted salt over a large ice cube.
  4. Garnish with gold-dusted lime.

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