Spooky Halloween Cocktails

Wow, how time does fly. We are cruising through this fall season and loving every minute of it. Hallow’s eve is upon us, and we wanted to post some spooky cocktail recipes to get into the Halloween spirit!

Blood Sucker 

                 (Photo Credit: Steve Murello/ HGTV)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Bacardi “0”
1/2 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. pineapple juice
1 Tbs. strawberry or raspberry puree

Preparation:

Pour rum, Cointreau and juice into a shaker with ice. Shake mixture, then pour into a rocks glass. Dip the end of a drinking straw into the berry puree, hold the tip of your finger over the other end and use the straw to squirt puree into the bottom half-inch of the drink, where it will sink in red blobs. Do not stir.

Black Devil Martini

                   (Photo credit: Steve Murrello/HGTV)

Ingredients:

2 oz. dark rum
1/2 oz. dry vermouth
black olive
orange sugar

Preparation:

Stir and strain into chilled martini glass that has been rimmed with orange sugar, then garnish with black olives.

Black Widow

           (Photo credit: Dugan McDonnel/Liquor.com)

Ingredients: 

2 Blackberries

3 Basil leaves

1.5 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila

1 oz Fresh lime juice1 teaspoon Agave nectar

Preparation: 

In a shaker, muddle the blackberries and basil. Add the remaining ingredients and fill with ice. Shake well and strain into a stemless Martini glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with a blackberry and basil leaf on a toothpick.

Serve these at your next costume party and have a happy Halloween!

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