Halloween is a great occasion to organize a friendly party. To make the holiday a success, you need not only to develop a script, but also carefully consider the menu. Today's article will present interesting selection cocktail recipes for halloween.
In order for the party you organized to go as planned, you need to try to do everything possible to create the appropriate atmosphere. And decorations on glasses will help you with this. They do not have to be purchased in specialized stores. Today, there are many ways to turn an ordinary drink into a terrible potion.
For example, you can decorate a cocktail glass with eyes made from the Chinese lychee fruit. To do this, it is filled with bright red jam, stuffed with blueberries and pricked on a straw.
To create the appropriate atmosphere, glasses can be braided with cobwebs. For this, bitter chocolate is melted with a small amount milk or cream, and then they draw it into a syringe and draw a pattern. Such a web looks especially impressive on glass glasses filled with a transparent drink.
You can make bloody smudges on the walls of the glasses. To do this, red juice is combined with swollen gelatin, heated and slightly cooled. The edges of the glasses are dipped into the resulting mixture and quickly turned over so that drops begin to flow down the glass walls.
An amazing effect can be achieved by pouring a little grenadine into the bottom of a glass with ice.
Spicy pumpkin drink
This unusual smoothie contains no alcohol. Therefore, it can be offered not only to adults, but also to small guests. To prepare it you will need:
- 1.5 cups cow's or almond milk
- 2 ripe banana.
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg.
- A glass of ice and baked pumpkin puree.
- A large spoonful of ground flaxseeds.
- ¼ cup oatmeal.
- A teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Honey (to taste)
This is one of the easiest alcoholic cocktails on Halloween. To prepare it, peeled bananas, ice, milk, pumpkin and other components are sent to the blender bowl. Whisk everything well until smooth, pour into tall glasses and serve.
berry cocktail
This one is delicious and sure to be appreciated by the little guests. It successfully combines berries, ice cream and fruit juice. To make a cocktail you will need:
- A dozen strawberries.
- 2 ¼ cups natural orange juice.
- 2/3 of a bag of blueberries.
- 2 large scoops of ice cream
At the bottom of the glasses lay the blueberries whipped in a blender. Strawberry puree diluted with a little citrus juice is placed on top. All this is covered with the remains of fresh orange juice mixed with ice cream.
with spiders
Because in the composition this drink there is alcohol, they should not be treated to children. To make this Halloween alcoholic cocktail, you will need:
- 110 milliliters of chocolate liqueur.
- 5 ice cubes.
- Standard dark chocolate bar.
- 70 milliliters of vodka.
- Chocolate spiders (for decoration).
First of all, you need to do the preparation of glasses. Their edges are carefully dipped into melted chocolate. Then the cocktail itself is carefully poured into the glasses, made from vodka, liquor and ice mixed in a shaker. A couple of chocolate spiders are thrown into each serving of the drink.
witch's potion
It is one of the most popular drinks often served on Halloween. The recipe for an alcoholic cocktail involves the use of a not quite standard set of components, so prepare in advance:
- 50 milliliters of vanilla vodka.
- 30 ml orange liqueur.
- 50 milliliters of schnapps.
- 20 ml lemon juice.
- 100 milliliters of champagne.
- A tablespoon of sugar.
- dry ice and food coloring Green colour.
You need to start the process with the preparation of glasses. Their edges are moistened with water, and then carefully dipped in sugar mixed with green dye. A cocktail made from lemon juice, schnapps, liqueur, vanilla vodka and champagne is poured into a glass treated in this way. Dry ice is neatly spread on top, which will give the finished drink an eerily-mysterious look.
funny pumpkin
This delicious orange drink will be a real decoration of a party organized especially for Halloween. The cocktail recipe, the photo of which can be found in this article, provides for the presence of a certain set of ingredients. Therefore, take care in advance that at the right time you have at hand:
- 500 milliliters of pumpkin juice.
- 50 ml of Bianco vermouth.
- 150 milliliters of vodka.
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper.
- 300 grams of ice.
- 3 sprigs of mint.
Vodka is mixed in one bowl, pumpkin juice and vermouth. The resulting liquid is seasoned with black pepper, poured into glasses and decorated with mint. This drink is served with ice.
jack lantern
We draw your attention to one more interesting cocktail on Halloween. This drink has a bright orange tint and a pleasant citrus aroma. To prepare it you will need:
- Whole orange.
- 5 milliliters of lime juice.
- 60 ml citrus vodka.
- 30 milliliters of mango juice.
- 10 ml of regular syrup.
- 15 milliliters of orange juice.
- Some ice.
All liquid ingredients are mixed in a shaker, shaken and poured into glasses. Some ice is also sent there, and an orange sliced \u200b\u200bin slices is laid on top.
Ghoul bite
This interesting Halloween cocktail consists of simple ingredients, which are always in every home bar. To prepare it you will need:
- 30 milliliters of absinthe.
- 30 ml lemon liqueur.
- 30 milliliters of pineapple juice.
- 30 ml lemonade.
- A little grenadine (for taste and color).
All ingredients, with the exception of the last two, are mixed in a shaker, shaken vigorously and poured into two small glasses. Lemonade and grenadine are also added there.
Lollipop Cocktail
The process of preparing this interesting drink takes a certain amount of time. Therefore, you need to start it a few hours before the intended party. To do this, you should have at hand:
- Half a glass
- The white of one egg.
- A glass of vodka.
- 60 milliliters of orange liqueur.
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Some of the available lollipops are poured with vodka, covered with a lid and left for the whole night. Then in a shaker combine egg white, orange liqueur and lemon juice. There also add 100 milliliters of vodka and ice. All this is vigorously shaken and poured into glasses. AT ready drink add the rest of the vodka with candy.
poisoned apple
- 700 milliliters of apple soda.
- 2 glasses of vodka with salted caramel.
- Apple slices (for decoration)
All liquid ingredients are combined in one container, mixed and poured into glasses. Ready cocktail decorate apple slices. Those who want to achieve an unusual effect can be recommended to add ice cubes to the drink. Then it will start to bubble.
Enchanted Highball
This one is delicious and just right. strong drink perfect for a Halloween party. The cocktail is different simple composition and has a milky tint. To prepare it you will need:
- 30 ml white cream cocoa.
- 30 milliliters of milk-cream mixture.
- 30 ml white chocolate liqueur.
- 30 milliliters of vanilla vodka.
- Hazelnut liqueur (to taste)
Ghost faces are drawn on the glasses with black marker and then filled with ice and a drink made from a mixture of all the liquid ingredients. The finished cocktail is served to the guests.
Apple caramel sangria
Another interesting cocktail can be offered to the participants of the party organized on the occasion of the celebration of Halloween. To prepare it you will need:
- Liter of white wine.
- 250 ml caramel vodka.
- 1.5 liters fresh apple cider.
- 60 ml caramel syrup.
- 5 apples.
Washed fruits are cut into small cubes and put on the bottom of a large jug. Caramel syrup, vodka, apple cider and white wine are also added there. All mix well and put in the refrigerator. Not earlier than four hours later, the drink is poured into glasses and served to guests.
"Goblin" mimosa
To prepare a drink with such unusual name no expensive or rare components needed. This time you will need:
- 75 milliliters of orange juice.
- 40 ml black vodka.
- 75 milliliters of champagne.
- Olives and mozzarella (for decoration).
Chilled champagne is poured into pre-prepared glasses. Then add there Orange juice and black vodka. The finished cocktail is decorated with olives chopped on skewers, inside of which a little mozzarella was placed.
This is in many ways a celebration of bar culture, which you guess as soon as you enter a pub on the night of the 31st. There you will find an orgy of alcoholic beverages, crazy girls in witch costumes, and intoxicated red faces. But there are not many drinks in bars that can really hit the nerve, surprise and shock, especially if you live in a small city.
Real devilish cocktails are made at home, not at the bartender's counter. But in order to taste the best of them, you must search long and hard for secret recipes. Although you can borrow in a couple of minutes suitable recipe we have already found everything for you.
1. Black velvet
Ingredients:
1 part cold stout (Guinness will become the best choice);
- 1 part red sparkling wine(take dry).
Cooking:
1. Take a large glass, cool it and fill it halfway with cold stout.
2. Add wine and, if you wish, throw in a couple of ice cubes. Mix gently.
2. Black sun
Ingredients:
25 ml Cointreau liqueur;
- 50 ml of dark rum;
- Coca Cola;
- a slice of orange;
- ice.
Cooking:
1. Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
2. Pour Cointreau and rum into a glass.
3. Fill the remaining space with Coca-Cola.
4. Stir gently and garnish with an orange slice.
3. El Diablo
Ingredients:
50 ml of tequila;
- 20 ml lime juice;
- 20 ml of Creme de Cassis liqueur *;
- ginger beer;
- a little lemon.
* Sold in large alcohol chains, on extreme case you can replace it with currant tincture.
Cooking:
1. Fill shaker with ice, shake well and add tequila, lime juice and Creme de Cassis. Shake hard.
2. Strain the liquid into a large glass filled with ice. Pour in the ginger beer and squeeze the lemon. You can use the slice as a decoration.
4. Last word
Ingredients:
25 ml of gin;
- 25 ml green chartreuse;
- 25 ml of Maraschino liqueur;
- 25 ml lime juice;
- a slice of lime.
Cooking:
1. Mix all the ingredients, except for the lime wedge, in a chilled shaker.
2. After vigorous shaking, strain the drink into a martini glass or a coupe glass.
3. Decorate with a lime, treat a friend.
5. Broken chartreuse
Ingredients:
8 mint leaves;
- 20 ml of lemon juice;
- 2 teaspoons of brown sugar;
- 50 ml green chartreuse;
- ice.
Cooking:
1. Fill a shaker with ice and add brown sugar, lemon juice, chartreuse and mint.
2. Shake the shaker vigorously and continuously.
3. Strain the cocktail into a Collins glass that has been pre-filled crushed ice. Garnish with mint.
6. Caramel Apple Punch
Ingredients:
1 liter apple cider (cool);
- 1 glass of dark rum (take one that is spicy);
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice;
- 1 red apple (cut thinly)
Cooking:
1. In a large pitcher, combine apple cider, rum and lemon juice. If the cider was warm, put the punch in the fridge for a few hours.
2. Add ice and apple slices to the punch.
7. Chocolate Martini
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons of vodka;
- 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup;
- 1 tablespoon chocolate chips;
- 1 tablespoon of chocolate milk;
- a few drops of chocolate liqueur.
Cooking:
1. Fill a shaker with ice and mix vodka, chocolate syrup, milk and liqueur in it. Shake thoroughly.
2. Strain into a glass and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
8 Pumpkin Martini
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon of sugar;
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie;
- 3 tablespoons of vodka;
- 2 tablespoons of chocolate milk;
- 1 tablespoon canned pumpkin puree*;
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup;
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract.
* Pumpkin puree is easy to make yourself if you do not want to take it in jars.
Cooking:
1. Put sugar and pieces of pumpkin pie (1/8) on a plate. Stir.
2. Dip the rim of a chilled cocktail glass into the water and then into the pumpkin sugar.
3. Fill the shaker with ice and mix vodka in it, chocolate milk, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, vanilla extract and the second part of pumpkin pie (1/8).
4. Shake well, then strain the liquid into the prepared glass.
9 Vampire Punch
Ingredients:
50 grams of sugar;
- 100 ml Campari liqueur;
- 150 ml of gin;
- 100 ml of orange juice;
- 50 grams of pomegranate (seeds);
- soda;
- 1 orange (thinly sliced)
Cooking:
1. Mix sugar with a quarter cup of water. Cook it over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Let him cool down.
2. In a large pitcher, combine Campari, gin, orange juice and sugar syrup. Put in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours.
3. Before serving, share in a pitcher of soda and add pomegranate, ice and orange.
10 Devil's Margarita
Ingredients:
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper;
- 1 tablespoon of salt;
- 50 ml lime juice plus half a squeezed lime;
- 3 tablespoons of tequila;
- 1 tablespoon of agave nectar *.
* You can find it in the rows « healthy eating where diabetics buy their sweets.
Cooking:
1. Mix the cayenne pepper with a tablespoon of salt on a small plate.
2. Wipe the rim of the glass with a squeezed lime, then dip the rim in salt and pepper.
3. Fill the shaker with ice and mix lime juice, tequila and agave syrup in it.
4. Shake well, then strain into the prepared glass.
11. Dark and spooky
Ingredients:
100 ml of ginger beer;
- 2 teaspoons of lime juice plus 1 lime wedge;
- 3 tablespoons of dark rum;
- jelly candy in the form of a bat *.
* Haribo has them. If you can't find it, then forget about the marmalade.
Cooking:
1. Fill a glass with ice and pour in the ginger beer and lime juice.
2. Add dark rum over the knife so that the rum is higher than the beer.
3. Garnish the cocktail with a lime wedge and marmalade, which can be put on a wooden skewer.
12. Devil Killer
Ingredients:
12 cubes of white sugar;
- 100 ml of soda;
- 300 ml of rum;
- 150 ml lime juice;
- 150 ml of pineapple juice;
- 150 ml of dry champagne;
- raspberries (as much as you want).
Cooking:
1. First you need to crush the raspberries, soda and sugar. 12 sugar cubes should turn into homogeneous mass.
2. Take a jug and pour in the sugar mass and other ingredients, except for champagne. Fill pitcher with ice to 3/4 level.
3. Stir, let the mixture cool in the refrigerator.
4. Before serving, pour champagne into the pitcher.
13. Poisoned apple
Ingredients:
50 ml of apple juice;
- 25 ml pomegranate juice;
- 50 ml tequila (white);
- a little bit of dry ice *.
* You often see him when bartenders indulge in “molecular cuisine”. It's really just a show. Dry ice is added just before serving - a few shavings to induce a steamy effect.
Cooking:
1. Fill the shaker with ice and shake all the ingredients in it.
2. Strain the liquid into a chilled glass.
3. Add a couple of dry ice chips.
Halloween is a great occasion to gather all your friends at home, but for the party to be a success, you should thoroughly prepare. While decorating the house and putting on a costume, take care of some delicious treats and don't forget to make amazing cocktails for Halloween. The latter will be discussed further.
Halloween Non-Alcoholic Cocktail Recipes
Halloween Potion Punch
This drink can be decorated in every way, give it any color. However, there is one original version making punch for halloween.
Compound:
- 550 milliliters of cranberry juice;
- one and a half liters of lemonade;
- three limes.
Cooking:
Mix juice, lemonade and a few lime wedges, then leave to cool before serving to guests.
Without wasting time, prepare the decoration: fill the clean rubber glove cold water(you can dye it any color, put spiders or jelly worms in it, etc.), tie it up and put it horizontally in the freezer. Once the water has set, remove the glove from your frozen hand and place it in the punch bowl.
For greater effect, it is even allowed to break off one or two fingers from a frozen hand. “Blood streaks” on the dishes with a drink will also help to supplement the recipe.
Cocktail with blood
It contains "Sprite", grenadine, some ice. You will also need a few syringes. Fill them with grenadine, pour Sprite into glasses and add ice to them.
Before serving, syringes with "blood" should be put in glasses so that guests can squeeze bright syrup out of them and mix it with a drink.
If you want to add a festive atmosphere, add plastic spiders or cockroaches to the ice mold. Just be sure to warn all guests to drink a cocktail through a straw so as not to accidentally swallow the decoration.
Halloween Alcoholic Cocktail Recipes
Cocktails are quite difficult to prepare, so it may not work the first time. But then you can impress your guests during the celebration of Halloween.
Cocktail "Brains"
Cocktail "Brains" has a second name - "Brain Tumor". Outwardly, the drink is not entirely appetizing and really resembles a brain. However, it tastes surprisingly good, so much so that you immediately forget how it looks. Pleasant taste qualities mask the lethality of the drink.
Compound:
- Triple Sec liqueur (can be substituted Cointreau liqueur) - 15 ml;
- pomegranate liqueur Grenadine (replaced lingonberry syrup Lingonsaft) - 20 ml;
- Baileys cream liqueur - 10 ml;
- quality vodka(preferably Finlandia) - 15 m.
Cooking:
- Take a 60 ml glass, pour Triple Sec or Cointreau orange liqueur into it.
- Drip one drop of red lingonberry syrup (or). The syrup should obediently sink to the bottom of the stack. If you do not get a clear boundary between lingonberry syrup and orange liqueur there is no point in continuing, you must start over.
- Lean a cocktail spoon or knife edge against the stack and carefully pour vodka over them. The vodka layer is more transparent than Triple Sec. But if the difference is not visible, then it is also necessary to start over.
- Pour into a bottle cap. Dial liquor into a cocktail straw. Pinch the top end of the tube with your fingers so that it does not drip. Gently insert the tube into the bottom of the vodka layer. Release the Baileys liqueur one drop at a time so that its layer is obtained above the border of red syrup and Triple Seca, but below the vodka layer.
- Characteristic granulation should appear. The operation with the tube can be repeated a couple of times.
According to the rules, the Brain cocktail is drunk from the very bottom with the help of a cocktail straw.
"Blood Brain"
The shaker mixes 80 grams of strawberry vodka and 20 grams of lemon juice (lime juice can be used). Next, the mixture is filtered through a fine sieve into a glass.
A little liquor is drawn into the straw (Baileys will do), then its upper end is clamped with one finger, and the straw is lowered into vodka. Now, slowly, you need to release your finger and carefully release the liquor from the straw in the form of several thick threads.
After that, Grenadine syrup (quite a bit) is added to the glass, which is slightly mixed.
"Vampire Kiss"
For this drink, you will need 50 milliliters of champagne and vodka and 20 milliliters of raspberry liqueur. The edge of the glass is decorated with drops of liquor, after which you can pour vodka, 10 milliliters of liquor and champagne into it.
That raspberry liqueur What remains at your disposal should be poured into the bottom of the glass along the knife, thus creating a kind of sediment.
"Eyes of a Madman"
Compound:
- blue liqueur - 15 milliliters;
- lychee juice - 60 milliliters;
- vodka - 30 milliliters;
- red jam (you need a little);
- blueberry;
- lychee fruit (needed for decoration).
Cooking:
All drinks are mixed in a shaker. After shaking the shaker, you can pour all of its contents into a glass.
Bloody Mary for Halloween
Compound:
- vodka - 60 milliliters;
- tomato juice- 120 grams;
- grated horseradish - half a teaspoon;
- some hot sauce.
Cooking:
Pour the glass (its walls and edges) with “blood” and put it in the refrigerator. After the drops have solidified, put ice in the same glass, add vodka, do not forget horseradish, drip sauce and add juice. Mix everything and decorate (use a radish and a celery sprig for decoration).
"Hypnosis"
Compound:
- blue liqueur - 60 milliliters;
- vodka - 30 milliliters;
- lemon juice - 5 milliliters;
- some kind of luminous small stick (as a decoration).
Cooking:
Use a shaker to mix all of the listed ingredients, then strain your party goo and garnish your glass.
It will turn out a very bewitching cocktail that will miraculously fit into the surroundings.
"Wolf Bite"
Compound:
- absinthe - 30 milliliters;
- melon liqueur - 30 milliliters;
- Pineapple juice- 45 milliliters;
- lime or lemon juice -30 milliliters;
- a little grenadine.
Cooking:
The first three components are mixed in a shaker with ice, the drink is filtered into a glass, and lemon juice is poured on top. At the end, you need to drop the syrup, after which it will spread in the drink.
"Ghost from the Graveyard"
Compound:
- black vodka - 60 milliliters;
- cream liqueur - 60 milliliters;
- vanilla ice cream;
- nutmeg(necessarily grated).
Cooking:
First you need to mix liquor and vodka, then place a scoop of ice cream on the bottom of the glass and pour it with this mixture. Sprinkle the drink with nuts and drink immediately.
"Crazy Russian"
Compound:
- vodka and coffee liqueur - 30 milliliters each;
- "Baileys" and schnapps with the taste of creamy toffee - 15 milliliters each;
- milk - 150 milliliters.
All alcohol with ice should be mixed in a shaker, then pour into a glass, and carefully pour milk on top.
"Poison of the Fox"
Compound:
- absinthe and Chartreuse liqueur - 30 milliliters each;
- milk - 50-70 milliliters;
- green "Curaçao" - 10 milliliters;
Lives in the closet. Even the interior is themed. So, it's time to take care of the drinks.
Zavodila.com presents five spooky on the outside but tasty on the inside Halloween cocktails.
See recipes for awesome snacks.
1. Vampire kiss
They say that vampires are great lovers. They always start by kissing a woman's neck. And they do it with such passion that the ladies lose consciousness, and sometimes their lives ... But at the same time they retain honor! Therefore, the first cocktail is dedicated to fanged hero-lovers.
Ingredients:
Black vodka - 30 ml
Lemon juice - 15 ml
Cranberry juice - 30 ml
Champagne
lemon peel
corn syrup
Red food coloring
Cooking:
- Mix a few drops of food coloring with corn syrup in a shallow bowl.
- Dip the rim of a champagne glass into the syrup bowl. Turn over and put on a leg so that the "blood" runs down the glass.
- In a shaker, mix vodka, lemon and cranberry juice. Pour into glass.
- Pour champagne into a glass, garnish with lemon peel.
2. Bubbling Blood Witch Cocktail
What's Halloween without a witch? Without that sly hag with the wart on her nose? And her smoking potions? That is what we will do. 
Ingredients:
Carbonated soda water - half a glass
White rum - 1/4 cup
Grenadine syrup - a tablespoon
Dry ice - 1 cube.
Cooking:
- In a whiskey glass, mix rum, grenadine and water.
- Gently add the dry ice cube to the glass with tongs.
- Immediately put on the table while the "smoke" effect is in effect.
3. Storm, aka Brain Hemorrhage
The look of the cocktail is mesmerizing. Just have a drink and recharge with storm energy or someone's brains. 
Ingredients:
peach schnapps
Baileys Irish Cream liqueur
Blue Curacao Syrup
Syrup Grenadine
Cooking:
- Pour peach schnapps into a glass
- Add Baileys, carefully pouring over the blade of a knife or spoon so that the liquor stays on top.
- Add syrups.
4. Black Widow
Rumor has it that one Black Widow cocktail can turn an evil witch into a good witch, two cocktails into a lustful witch, and three into a fail-safe witch. But do not overdo it, otherwise it can turn into firewood. 
Ingredients:
Black vodka - 40 ml
Cranberry juice - 15 ml
Cocktail cherry - 1 piece
crushed ice
red sugar
Cooking:
- A small glass (a sherry glass is suitable) garnish with red sugar along the rim. To do this, moisten the bezel lemon juice and dip in sugar. Red sugar can be obtained by adding liquid food coloring to it and mixing thoroughly.
- Fill glass with ice.
- Pour cranberry juice into ¾ glass.
- Carefully pour vodka over the knife blade.
- Decorate with a cherry.
5. Jar with eyes
I think this cocktail is following me! 
Ingredients (per 300 ml glass):
Fresh (or fresh-frozen) blueberries
Canned lychees and syrup from them (or any other) - 1 tablespoon
Blueberry or blackcurrant juice - 120 ml
Lemon or lime juice - 15 ml
Carbonated water - 80 ml
Gin or vodka - 40 ml
Ice (optional)
Cooking:
- We make “eyes” by stuffing blueberries (1-2 pieces each) into lychees. A more affordable option is to cut out eyeballs from apples, pardon the pun. Wrap in foil for baking and place in the freezer for an hour. Before tossing the finished "eyes" into the glasses, let them thaw slightly so as not to accidentally choke.
- Mix juices, syrup, gin (or vodka) and pour into a tall glass.
- Add sparkling water.
- We throw our "eyes" into the glass.
Great holiday to all and a clear head in the morning!
Celebrated on the last day of October, Halloween is a fun carnival designed to imitate visits to our world by the spirits of the dead and various other evil spirits. Since the time of the ancient Celts who lived in the British Isles, this holiday, which marked the end of the agricultural year, was accompanied by the drinking of specially prepared ritual drinks.
Today's lovers of Halloween fun, often forgetting the traditional Celtic recipes, are inventing more and more new drinks that allow you to relax at a friendly party and at the same time correspond to the spirit of this unusual holiday.
Thus, when preparing for Halloween, it is important to know not only what people drank on this day hundreds and even thousands of years ago, but also how to create something new.
The essence of the holiday and its traditions
Once the celebration of Halloween, among other things, was associated with the end of the harvest of apples. Therefore, it is not surprising that the only traditional Halloween drink known to us - lembswool - is prepared on the basis of baked apples and apple cider. Whole or crushed baked apples, placed in a punch bowl, are poured with warmed cider (in a non-alcoholic version - ginger ale), flavored with sugar and various spices, and in this form are served at the festive table.
Because with light hand Americans have become an invariable attribute and symbol of Halloween with a pumpkin, from which frightening Jack-o'-lanterns are carved everywhere, pumpkin juice (for children) and Pumpkin Martini (for adults) were among the popular drinks for this holiday.
By the way, before Halloween traditions, along with Scottish and Irish settlers, migrated across the ocean, turnips were a traditional material for making frightening-looking lanterns, designed to drive away evil spirits and show the souls of the dead the way to purgatory. According to an Irish legend, it was from her that the sly and drunkard, the blacksmith Jack, who managed to circle the master of the underworld himself around his finger, cut out a lamp in which he hid a particle of hellish flame, in the vain hope of finding the path leading from hell to paradise by its light.
But back to drinks made from pumpkin, which once and for all replaced the less spectacular and more expensive turnip. Delicious and healthy pumpkin juice can be served at the table as in pure, or mixed with carrot or apple juice. As for the Halloween martini variety, this drink is based on pumpkin and cream liqueurs, as well as vanilla vodka, although some lovers of this drink replace vodka with spiced rum, and pumpkin liqueur with raw pumpkin puree.
Considering the eerie and mystical surroundings of Halloween, the alcoholic and soft drinks should give rise to a cheerful fright. This result can be easily achieved by using various kinds of visual effects: giving drinks an ominous color, equipping them with various gothic decorations, or creating other impressive visual images.
So, during the celebration of Halloween, blood-red mixes and cocktails are especially popular. To do this, you should stock up on the appropriate ingredients. The first place among them is occupied by red juices: cranberry, raspberry, strawberry, tomato, etc. They are perfect for creating both "adult" and "children's" drinks. It all depends on the presence or absence of alcohol in them. Also, in order to achieve a "bloody" effect, you can use rich varieties of red wine or liqueurs of the appropriate shade.
In addition, it is worth using drinks of other colors that help create a slightly frightening or simply mysterious atmosphere. First of all, we are talking about a special English black vodka. The unusual color of the drink is achieved by adding catechu acacia extract, which grows in India and Burma. The use of this dark, greenish-bluish infernal drink in layered cocktails will no doubt impress your guests. Yes, and the use of this vodka in the preparation of "Bloody Mary" or "Screwdriver" will have an equally stunning effect.
Create a Halloween colors other dark brown and black colored drinks also contribute: a range of brandies, whiskeys, rums, balms and tinctures. Of particular note is absinthe, which not only has a sinister reputation on its own, but when mixed with water takes on a mysterious misty greenish hue.
Speaking about the serving of drinks, first of all, it is worth dwelling on various jelly dirty tricks produced specifically on the eve of the holiday. Jelly spiders, worms, slugs, cockroaches will look funny on the rim of drinks glasses or even in cocktails themselves. Especially effective in this case will be strung on cocktail skewers or jelly eyes placed on the bottom of the glass.
Some folk craftsmen go even further and create a frightening jelly frozen hand on their own. The boiled mixture of gelatin and some sweet or sour-sweet juice (or juices) is poured into a glove thoroughly washed and turned inside out, which is tied and placed in the freezer. Further, the festive accessory is removed from the freezer immediately before use and, after cutting off the glove, is dipped into the punch bowl. Moreover, this is done in such a way that the fingers and part of the brush are above the level of the drink.
In addition, Halloween drink glasses can be equipped with impressive blood streaks. To do this, their edges need to be dipped in a jelly mass of red juice that is starting to solidify, and then pulled out, quickly turned over and put in the refrigerator, where they will wait for the party to start.
Also, particularly risky hosts of the Halloween feast throw plastic skeletons, bones and skulls into glasses with opaque drinks. At the same time, the "surprise" should not be too small so that it is not accidentally swallowed.
With a little imagination with the laws of physics, you can use other fun visual effects. For example, using a cocktail tube, inject a little Baileys or other cream liqueur into a container with a strong, clear alcoholic drink; as a result, the liquor curdled into balls will look like brains in alcohol. Or, before pouring vodka or gin into a glass or shot, drop a few drops of grenadine syrup to the bottom, thereby giving the drink unambiguous vampire associations.
Witch Potion
To do this, it is advisable to first smoke a capacious vessel intended for mixing a cocktail for the whole company, giving it the appearance of a canonical witch's cauldron, and then before pouring into it necessary ingredients(pineapple or citrus juice, rum, vodka, or both), and a few pieces of dry ice should be placed on the bottom.
