Halloween 2021: Easy and impressive spooky cocktail and drink ideas

17 October 2021, 14:29 | Updated: 2 November 2021, 07:51

By Emma Gritt

@emmagritt

With Halloween falling on a weekend this year, there's bound to be parties galore - if you're hosting, or having a ghoul's night in - why not rustle up one of these spooky showstoppers?

The Devil's Share

Ingredients:

• 45ml Cotswolds Single Malt Whisky
• 25ml Lemon Juice
• 15ml Cotswolds Amaro
• 15ml Honey Syrup 
• 7.5 ml Red Wine 

Method:

• Place all ingredients except the red wine into an ice filled cocktail shaker.
• Shake and strain into an ice filled rocks glass.
• Drizzle red wine over the cocktail and ice to create a 'bleeding' effect in the glass.

Blood Orange Diablo

Ingredients:

• 45ml Crystal Head Onyx
• 22.5ml Créme de Mure
• 15ml Blood Orange Juice
• 60ml Ginger Beer

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a collins glass with crushed ice and stir. Garnish with a dehydrated blood orange wheel.

Haunted Appletini

Ingredients:

• 45ml Crystal Head Onyx
• 10ml Calvados
• 7.5ml Maple Syrup
• 5ml Harvey Bristol Cream Sherry
• A pinch of salt

Directions:

• Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Stir together until very cold. Pour contents into a frozen martini or coupe glass. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.

Vampire's Kiss

Ingredients:

• 60ml Crystal Head Onyx
• 60ml Cantaloupe Juice
• 45ml White Grapefruit Juice
• 1 tsp | 5ml of Grenadine

Directions: 

• Combine Crystal Head Onyx, cantaloupe juice and white grapefruit juice into a shaker with ice and shake. Strain liquid dover ice into a collins glass. Garnish with a cocktail cherry and drizzle with Grenadine.

Scapegrace Gin

Scapegrace is the world’s first naturally ‘Black Gin’ that when mixed with tonic magically changes to a vivid purple colour!

It's not only delicious, but perfect for spooky season.

Where to buy: Amazon, £32

Big Beast Sour

Ingredients:

• 50ml Ardbeg Wee Beastie
• 25ml Fresh Lemon Juice
• 15ml Sugar Syrup
• ½ Egg White
• 15ml Red Wine

Method:

• Shake all ingredients except the red wine over cubed ice.
• Double strain into a glass and drizzle the red wine on top.

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Lucifer’s Margarita

Ingredients:

• 50ml Beefeater Blood Orange
• 20ml lime
• 10ml honey
• Dash of tabasco (optional)
• Garnish with chilli horns

Method:

• Build ingredients in to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice.
• Place on the lid and shake for 10 seconds.
• Strain in to your glass and garnish with sliced chillies

Wildcat Bramble

This Halloween, Tesco's ‘cursed’ blackberry gin comes with its own gothic fairy-tale, written by award winning author Jenni Fagan and performed by Drag Race queen Charity Kase.

Hallow’s Cat is a story based on the life of Captain Dudley Bradstreet, the ‘Patron Saint of Bad Behaviour’ and the inspiration behind the Wildcat range.

Charity Kase, a ‘682-year-old drag monster’ said: “I’ve always been attracted to the dark, twisted and macabre so I’ve loved reading this little tale of devils, cats, curses and alchemy. Drag and horror go hand-in-hand – from the Rocky Horror Picture Show to Beetlejuice, you can’t have Halloween without a little bit of camp."

You can hear the audiobook on Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, or via QR code on bottles of Wildcat Bramble.

Where to buy: Tesco, £21

Dracula Spritz

Ingredients:

• 35ml Beefeater Blood Orange
• 50ml sparkling wine
• 50ml ginger ale
• Garnish with gummy fangs

Method:

• Build in glass with ice and add garnish

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Begroni

Ingredients:

• 30ml Ardbeg Wee Beastie
• 25ml Bitter Aperitif
• 25ml Sweet Vermouth

Method:

• Stir all ingredients over cubed ice in a mixing glass.
• Pour over cubed ice into a glass, and garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

Smoky Spritz

Ingredients:

• 50ml Ardbeg An Oa
• 100ml Blood Orange Soda

Method:

• Pour ingredients over cubed ice.
• Garnish with orange wheel and a burnt sprig of rosemary.

Baileys Chocolate Orange S’Mores martini

Baileys has joined forces with three of the UK’s favourite drag queens; Asia Thorne, Tia Kofi and Veronica Green to bring you the ultimate taste of Halloween indulgence.

Did someone say Hallo-KWEEN?

Ingredients:

• 1 x martini glass (place it in the freezer 20 minutes before, so it’s nice and chilled)
• 75g melted dark chocolate
• 75g finely crushed oaty biscuits
• 75g lightly crushed orange pearl sugar
• Orange zest pared in strips
• A fresh mint sprig 
• 50ml Baileys Original Irish Cream (0.9 units)
• 25ml Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka (0.9 units) 
• 30ml double cream
• Large toasting marshmallow
• Cocktail skewer
• Ice cubes
• Edible gold leaf

Method: 

• Melt your dark chocolate and pour onto a plate then add the crushed oaty biscuits and orange pearl sugar onto a separate plate
• Dip the rim of your chilled martini glass into the melted chocolate and then carefully straight into the crushed biscuits and pearl sugar - leave to set in the fridge
• Put a handful of ice, 50ml Baileys Original Irish Cream, 25ml Vodka, Orange Peel and Mint into a Cocktail Shaker
• Shake for 30 seconds and then strain into the glass
• Carefully pour the double cream on top over the back of a spoon
• Thread a large marshmallow onto a cocktail skewer and carefully toast over a flame 
• Top your cocktail with the toasted marshmallow and sprinkle with the gold leaf

Top Tip: If you haven’t got a blowtorch, why not place a marshmallow on your cocktail skewer and pop it under a grill for 20 seconds

Mint Monster

Drawn from hulking green B-movie monsters, this cocktail is a lively green machine in the same family as a Southside or Mojito. Briny notes of fennel, pine resin and orange are offset against sweet spices.

Ingredients:

• 50ml Ardbeg An Oa
• 25ml Fresh Lime Juice
• 15ml Sugar Syrup
• 8 Fresh Mint Leaves

Merhod:

• Shake all ingredients except the red wine over cubed ice.
• Double strain into a glass and drizzle the red wine on top.

Bride of Frankenstein cocktail 

Inspired by the 1935 hit sci-fi film, the ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ cocktail embodies main character energy and will certainly make a few spines tingle.  Credit: Flickr 

Ingredients:

• 25ml Belvedere Pure Vodka
• 75cl champagne
• 2 tbsp seedless blackberry jam 
• 2 tsp vanilla simple syrup 
• Blackberries for garnish 

Method:

• Use your cocktail shaker to combine the blackberry jam and vanilla syrup, stirring gently.
• Then, top up your shaker with ice before adding your vodka and giving the contents a good old shake.
• Finish off your scary cocktail by topping it off with prosecco and garnishing with blackberries. 

Liquid Ghost Halloween Cocktail 

Ingredients: 

• 60ml vodka 
• 30ml Monin Vanilla Syrup
• 30ml creme de cacao
• 60ml soda 

Method: 

• When it comes to Halloween cocktails, the Liquid Ghost is by far one of the easiest drinks to make.
• You simply need to mix your vanilla syrup, cream, vodka and soda in a cocktail shaker and then serve in a glass. Voila! 

AMAZING BOTTLES FOR YOUR BAR!

• Stone Gaze Sour Berry Rum, 70cl, The Bottle Club, £48.99
• Kah Blanco Tequila, 70cl, The Bottle Club, £40.99
• Crystal Head Onyx Vodka, Dan Aykroyd, The Bottle Club, £44.49

• Dead Man’s Fingers Mason Jar Collection, 4x 50cl, The Bottle Club, £79.99

Halloween is the perfect time to get your hands on this super limited collection from Dead Man's Fingers. Not only do you get to enjoy a brand spanking new flavour, you will be left a cool reusable mason!

Pumpkin martini 

Ingredients:

• 60ml vanilla vodka - link 
• 15ml Bumbu Cream Liqueur
• 15ml pumpkin liqueur 
• 1 tsp whipped cream 
• Cinnamon stick 

Method:  

• Pour the vodka and cream liqueur into your cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake well.
• After that, add the pumpkin liqueur and shake for a final time.
• Finally, strain the contents into a glass and top with a teaspoon of whipped cream. For an added touch, garnish with a cinnamon stick. 

Zombie Brains cocktail

Ingredients:

• 60ml pomegranate juice
• 32g raspberries 
• 60ml orange juice 
• 60ml vodka 
• 30ml Chambord Liqueur 
• Splash of ginger ale 

Method: 

• Start by muddling your raspberries in a cocktail shaker until they break down.
• Then, it’s time to add your pomegranate juice, vodka, Chambord, orange juice and ice.
• Give the contents a good shake and then strain your prepared drink into glasses filled with ice.
• Add a splash of ginger ale as a finishing touch and enjoy! 

The Witches’ Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 25ml apple brandy or apple vodka (chilled) 
• 50ml Hogg Norton Blackberry Fruit Liqueur
• 1 tsp grenadine 
• ½ - 1 tsp of powdered dry ice 

Method: 

• Firstly, add your powdered dry ice to the bottom of the glass (note this is optional).
• Then, combine your apple brandy or vodka in your cocktail shaker and add one ice cube before shaking for a few seconds.
• Once done, strain your spooky cocktail creation into a martini glass. 
• To create the ‘bleeding’ effect of your drink, pour your grenadine syrup about an inch from the surface of the drink (the grenadine should sink to the bottom).
• As a final touch, garnish the cocktail with about half a teaspoon of powdered dry ice and serve! 

• Nitro Spiced Rum Zombie, £2, Sainsbury's

This cocktail is made with pineapple juice and rum, and has a vibrant flavour and the velvety-smooth texture of a cocktail crafted at the bar.