Terrifyingly Tasty Halloween Cocktails

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.

William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Happy Halloween-time, pumpkins! Tis the season of spooks, screams, and sips! Here at Eat. Drink. Work. Play. we have a particular soft spot for it all. In fact, I got so carried away that I decided to show the Twelve Days of Christmas who’s boss!

Allow me to introduce you to: The 13 Days of Halloween. It’s nearly two weeks of terrifyingly tasty Halloween cocktails for All Hallows’ Eve and beyond. You can find all of my petrifying potions on my Insta page @eat.drink.work.play. Today, we’ll be featuring four of my fearsome faves: Witch’s Brew, The Goblet of Fire, Devil’s Brew and The Great Pumpkin Punch.

Grab your cauldrons and your favorite cocktail shakers. We are about have ourselves one sinister season of soirees!

Witches Brew

Witches Brew

Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble with this Witches Brew!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Servings: 1 cocktail

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 tablespoon lime gelatin powder
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 2 ounces chilled vodka
• splash lemon lime flavored soda or ginger ale

Method

 

1. Combine the jello and hot water and stir until dissolved.
2. Combine the liquid jello, pineapple juice and vodka into a shaker with ice and shake away!
3. Dirty pour into a clear glass and top with more ice and bubbles.

Goblet of Fire

Goblet of Fire

If the real Goble tof Fire contained this tantalizing tipple, Harry Potter definitely would have put his name on it!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Servings: 1 cocktail

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

• 1.5 ounce Resposado Tequila
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary for garnish
• 2 bar spoons Pumpkin Puree
• 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
• 3-4 shakes cinnamon
• 3 dashes Black Walnut Bitters
• splash Grapefruit Club Soda
• Black sugar for glass rim

Equipment

• Cocktail Shaker

Method

 

1. Rim glass with black sugar.
2. Combine all ingredients that don't bubble into a shaker with ice. Shake to combine the ingredients and bruise the rosemary.
3. Dirty pour into your glass of choice rimmed with black sugar.
4. Add extra ice and grapefruit infused club soda. Garnish with rosemary sprig.

Spicy Devil’s Brew

Spicy Devil’s Brew

Here's a Halloween cocktail that is straight up sinful!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Servings: 1 cocktail

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 wedge fresh lime
• 2 slices jalapenos, seeds removed
• 2 ounces blanco tequila
• .50 ounce Grand Marnier
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• .50 agave nectar
• 2 drops red food coloring
• Tajin (or chili salt) for glass rim
• 2 small red peppers, cut for the garnish, per photo

Equipment

• Cocktail Shaker

Method

 

1. Rim glass with Tajin.
2. Combine all ingredients (except for Tajin and red peppers) in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until code.
3. Strain into your rimmed glass. Add ice.
4. Cut diagonal lines into your peppers and stick them onto the glass rim like horns.