Halloween-errific

Halloweenerrific’s Halloween Cocktail receipes  part 4.

This year I have been watching some great programmes on TV which have cocktail recipes. From that, I have noted down ingredients, instructions, and have used personal taste to change certain elements (and improve the taste) in order to put up a great new list of alcoholic Halloween cocktail receipes for you Halloween party goers.

Remember, drink responsibly!

Witch doctor

A great West Indian style cocktail for lovers of rum. A Halloween cocktail with a real kick!

Ingredients

2 dashes bitters
4 small chunks fresh papaya
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
2 tsp vanilla syrup
2 tsp falernum syrup (traditional sweet syrup used in the Caribbean, flavoured with lime, almond, ginger and spices)
1 tbsp dry orange liqueur
4 tsp Jamaican white rum
4 tsp Trinidadian golden rum
4 tsp Barbados dark rum
25ml/1fl oz mango juice
25ml/1fl oz guava juice
To garnish
2 fresh pineapple leaves

Directions

1. Place all of the ingredients, except the garnish, into a cocktail shaker and top up with ice.
2. Shake well and strain the liquid into a cocktail glass filled with ice.
3. To serve, garnish with pineapple leaves.

Grey Lady

Yes, this Halloween cocktail really does have tea in it!

Ingredients

25ml/1fl oz lemon juice
1 tbsp Earl Grey tea syrup (available from specialist suppliers)
1 tsp black tea liqueur (available from specialist suppliers)
50ml/2fl oz gin
lemon slice, to garnish

Directions

1. Place the lemon juice, Earl Grey syrup, black tea liqueur and gin into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a large Martini glass.
2. Garnish with a lemon slice and serve.

Corpse reviver

Ingredients

splash of absinthe, to rinse the glass
25ml/1fl oz brandy
25ml/1fl oz calvados
25ml/1fl oz sweet vermouth
ice, to taste

Directions

1. Pour a splash of absinthe into a Martini glass and swirl around to rinse the glass, pouring out any excess liquid.
2. Place the brandy, calvados, sweet vermouth and ice into a cocktail shaker and shake hard.
3. Pour the drink into the prepared Martini glass and serve straightaway.

Zombie punch

When you have a lot of guests coming, a punch is a great way to cater for everyone.

Ingredients

10 tbsp dark brown sugar
300ml/10½fl oz lemon juice
300ml/10½fl oz white rum
300ml/10½fl oz gold rum
300ml/10½fl oz demerara rum (preferably 151 proof)
300ml/10½fl oz pineapple juice
300ml/10½fl oz lime juice
300ml/10½fl oz passion fruit syrup
8-10 dashes bitters
1 pineapple
To serve
1 large pumpkin, top removed and flesh and seeds carved out and discarded, optional
1 lemon, cut into eight pieces
1 lime, cut into eight pieces

Directions

1. Place the brown sugar and the lemon juice into a jug and stir to dissolve.
2. Place the lemon mixture and all the other ingredients into a large bowl and stir well.
3. Either serve the punch in the bowl or pour into the hollowed-out pumpkin. Add the lemon and lime pieces and serve.

Vampire killer:

A Halloween cocktail that actually contains garlic! Excellent for any unwanted blood-sucking guests.

Ingredients

35ml/1½fl oz cognac
1 tbsp apricot brandy
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 garlic clove, peeled
ginger beer, to top up
lime wedge, to garnish

Directions

1. Place the cognac, apricot brandy, lemon juice and whole garlic clove into a cocktail shaker and shake well, but avoid crushing the garlic.
2. To serve, strain into a highball glass and top up with ginger beer. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

White Lady

This is one Halloween cocktail that may well haunt you the next day.

Ingredients

50ml/2fl oz gin
25ml/1fl oz orange liqueur
½ free-range egg white
25ml/1fl oz lemon juice
1 tsp sugar syrup

Directions

1. Place the gin, orange liqueur, egg white, lemon juice and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well.
2. Strain into a sour glass.

Black Widow

A Halloween cocktail with real bite.

Ingredients

55ml/2fl oz black vodka
200ml/7fl oz orange juice
20ml/¾fl oz passion fruit syrup

Directions

1. Pour the orange juice and passion fruit syrup into tall glass.
2. Very carefully pour the black vodka onto the top, so that it floats on top of the fruit juices to leave a two-tiered drink.
1. Place the gin, orange liqueur, egg white, lemon juice and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well.
2. Strain into a sour glass.

Blue Banshee

A Halloween cocktail that will leave you screaming for more!

Ingredients

35ml/1¼fl oz citrus vodka
1 tbsp blue curaçao
20ml/¾fl oz white cranberry juice
20ml/¾fl oz white grape juice
2 tbsp granulated sugar

Directions

1. Place all of the ingredients, except the sugar, into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice and shake well.
2. Moisten the rim of a Martini glass, then dip the rim into the sugar to lightly coat.
3. Strain the cocktail into the Martini glass and serve.

Witchcraft

Ingredients

25ml/1fl oz black vodka
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp vanilla syrup
25ml/1fl oz blackberry liqueur
25ml/1fl oz fresh apple juice
To garnish
1 lychee, peeled
½ tsp strawberry jam
1 blueberry

Directions

1. Place the vodka, lemon juice, vanilla syrup, blackberry liqueur and apple juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well. Pour into a cocktail glass.
2. To garnish, cut a small hole into the lychee. Fill with strawberry jam, then stick the blueberry into the jam to create an ‘eyeball’. Float the ‘eyeball’ in the cocktail and serve.

Have fun enjoying each Halloween cocktail, and feel free to let me know what you thought about it (comments below)!

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