Must-Try Halloween Cocktails of 2022

For some people, Halloween brings out their inner decorating monster, others get super creative with costumes, and then there are the creepy cocktail connoisseurs! These mixologists of mayhem are the ones who fuel the fun for all their fellow ghouls, and without them we’d just be adults dressed like children standing around someone’s yard. So, in order to get the most out of your Halloween hootenanny, check out this list of devilishly delicious cocktail recipes sure to keep your spirits raised until the witching hour!

Dracula Juice

Ingredients

• 750 ml Kraken Rum
• 64 oz Apple Cider
• 64 oz Cranberry Juice
• 1L Fever Tree Ginger Ale
• Dry ice

Directions

1. Chill ingredients prior to serving. Add all ingredients to a punch bowl and stir. Garnish with dry ice*. *** Using tongs, add a 1-inch chunk of dry ice to the punch bowl. Wait 5-10 mins for the ice to dissolve before drinking.

Melted Witch Martini

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz Hendrick’s Lunar Gin
• ¾ oz Blue Curacao Liqueur
• 1 ½ oz pineapple juice
• 1 ½ oz orange juice

Directions

1. Make your witch broomstick by shredding the end of a chocolate Twizzler with scissors.
2. Dip the rim of a martini glass in honey and sprinkles until the rim is coated.
3. Add gin, blue curacao, orange juice, pineapple juice, and ice into a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into glasses and garnish with a broomstick.

Ghosts Shots

Ingredients

• 6 oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• 1 cup milk
• 2 Scoops vanilla ice cream
• Simple syrup
• Black sanding sugar

Directions

1. For the shot glass rim, dip the glasses in the simple syrup and then in the black sanding sugar.
2. In a blender mix together the milk, ice cream, and white chocolate liqueur.

Monster Mule

Ingredients

• 2 oz Crystal Head Vodka
• 6 oz Monster Mule
• 4 cherries
• 1 oz lime juice
• Lime wedge

Directions

1. Muddle 4 cherries and add lime juice, vodka, and ice. T
2. op with Monster Mule.
3. Garnish with a lime wedge and dry ice (optional). Sip carefully or wait about five minutes until the dry ice sublimates.

Spider Cider

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz Bumbu Rum
• 6 oz spiced apple cider
• A few dashes of cherry bitters

Directions

1. Dip the rim of your glass in honey and dip the glass into sprinkles.
2. Pour rum, apple cider and cherry extract into a mixing glass.
3. Stir and pour over ice-filled glass.

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