Trick-or-Treating for 21+
Keep the ghostly spirit alive by crafting a creative, (mostly) healthy cocktail for your Halloween party guests. These delicious drink recipes will delight ghouls and goblins alike.
Happy Halloween!
EYEBALL HIGHBALL COCKTAIL
Keeping an eye on your figure? This healthy cocktail from This Mama Cooks! is loaded with radishes and pimiento-stuffed olives disguised as Creepy Frozen Eyeballs.
14 medium radishes
7 pimiento-stuffed olives, halved crosswise
16 ounces gin or vodka
1 ounce dry vermouth
THE SLUDGE MONSTER MARTINI
Nom Nom Crunch paired the healthy ingredients of a juice cleanse with a little alcohol to concoct a monstrously green cocktail.
1/2 cup fresh spinach
1/2 red delicious apple
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp orange juice
1 shot triple sec
1/2 shot vodka
WALKER BLOOD SANGRIA
Nothing says Halloween quite like a bloody drink. Themed after AMC’s The Walking Dead, Cravings of a Lunatic’s Walker Blood Sangria is to die for!
1 (750 ml) bottle of wine, I used Merlot
2 cups pomegranate juice
1/4 cup Cointreau, or any orange liqueur (you can also substitute orange juice)
2 cups sparkling water
2 cups ice, if desired, you can always freeze wine ice cubes ahead of time
Optional:
1 to 2 cups pomegranate arils
1 to 2 oranges, sliced
POTION DE MUERTO COCKTAIL
Impress your guests with a sophisticated beet juice drink featuring an awe-inspiring blood dripping effect from Liquor.com.
2 oz. Hornitos Black Barrel Tequila
1/2 oz. beet juice
3/4 oz. fresh orange juice
3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz. agave syrup
2 dashes orange bitters
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