My girlfriend and I have decided to throw a big Halloween shindig at our house the day before the holiday, and I’ve come across some cool things while surfing the web for party ideas.
Firstly, drinks! Obviously the most important aspect of any party.
Vampire Kiss Martini
Ingredients:
1 oz. good quality vodka, chilled
1 oz. champagne, chilled
1 oz. Chambord raspberry liqueur, chilled
Instructions: 1. Pour vodka into a martini glass. Pour champagne over.
2. Slowly pour Chambord liqueur over the back of a spoon to make it float.
Brain Hemorrhage Shots
Ingredients (x1):
1 oz. peach or strawberry schnapps
1 tsp. Bailey’s Irish Cream
splash of grenadine
Instructions: 1. Pour the schnapps into a shot glass.
2. Slowly pour Bailey’s over. Don’t mix!
3. In a moment, the Bailey’s will begin to clump and “curdle” and look like a brain. Pour a tiny amount of grenadine “blood” over.
4. Watch your guests gag over the look of one of the nastiest-looking Halloween drinks around.
Green Goblin Jello Shot
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces Lime or Apple flavored Jello (large package)
- 16 ounces Water (boiling)
- 6 ounces Water (cold)
- 10 ounces Vodka
Steps:
- Mix the jello mix with the boiling water until the powder is fully dissolved.
- Add the cold water and alcohol.
- Pour the cooling mixture into either shot glasses or paper cups. Shot glasses are more attractive, but drinker can turn the paper cups inside-out to more easily eat the alcoholic jello.
Garnish by placing a jelly worm restinghalfway outside the shot glass before refrigerating. When the jellohardens, the worm will be suspended in the drink.
Wolf Bite
Ingredients
- 1 Oz Lucid absinthe
- 1 Oz Midori® Melon Liqueur
- 1 Oz Lemon-lime soda
- 1 Oz Pineapple juice
Steps
In a cocktail shaker add Lucid Absinthe, Midori Melon Liqueur, pineapple juice, and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into 2oz. shot glass. Splash lemon-lime soda on top and a drizzle of grenadine.
Red Devil
1 oz. Campari
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Orange Juice
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Black Cat Cocktail
Ingredients (x1):
2 oz. black vodka
1/2 oz. Chambord liqueur
Instructions: 1. In an ice-filled shaker, combine vodka and Chambord.
2. Shake well til ice cold. Strain into a martini glass.
Ghost Martini
1 1/2 oz. Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka
1/4 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
1/4 oz. Half-and-Half
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup
1/4 oz. Shavings of White Chocolate
Fill shaker with ice. Add Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka, Godiva Chocolate Liqueur, half-and-half, and simple syrup. Shake. Strain into chilled martini glass rimmed with white chocolate
Garnish with white chocolate shavings.
Massacre
A few will slaughter you
2 oz. Tequila
1 tsp. Campari
4 oz. Ginger Ale
Start by filling a highball glass with ice. Add the tequila and Campari. Top with ginger ale and stir well.
Red Zombie
2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. Cranberry juice
½ oz. Triple sec
Combine all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled martini glass with sugar rim.
Dark Angel: You’ll need black vodka, Jagermeister and Red Bull to make this creepy concoction. Create this layered drink upside-down. First add Red Bull and ice to a highball glass. Then layer shots of black vodka and Jagermeister, with the black layer on top. This is a cool orange and black Halloween drink to match your party!
Bloody Cocktails: One fun idea for a Halloween cocktail party is to set up a “blood bar.” Using different red-colored juices and/or liqueurs, make a batch each of four of five different red-colored cocktails. Name each one after a blood type, such as A-Positive, B-Positive, O-Negative, etc. See below for some ideas for red Halloween drinks. Or just make your favorites.
Screwed-Up Screwdriver
Serves 1
1/4 cup ice
1/2 cup freshly squeezed tangerine juice
1 1/2 ounces black vodka
1 black licorice twist, for serving
Place ice in a tall glass. Pour juice into glass. Pour vodka over the back of a cocktail spoon into glass so it sits on top of juice and creates a layer of black. Slice 1/4 inch off each end of licorice, and use as a straw. Serve immediately.
Red Apple Martini
Ingredients
- 1 Fl. Oz. Fris Apple Vodka
- 2 Fl. Oz. Apple Juice
- 1 Tsp Grenadine
Steps
- Combine all ingredients in a shaker with cracked ice, cover and shake. Served in a chilled martini cocktail glass, rimmed with sugar and garnished with a red apple slice.
- To rim the glass with sugar: pour a small amount of grenadine onto a small plate. Set the rim of the chilled martini glass into the grenadine and carefully rotate the glass for even coverage. Then, to rim with the sugar: using sugar on a separate plate after the glass has been rimmed with the grenadine, gently sit the rim of the glass into the sugar and remove. Immediately after, strain the chilled martini mixture into the sugar rimmed glass and garnish with a thinly sliced, red apple slice.
Black Punch
1 750 ml bottle Vodka
2 packets Grape Kool Aid
3 Quarts Water
2 Cups Sugar
1 Liter Ginger Ale
Make Kool Aid according to instuctions using the water, sugar and Kool Aide in a large punch bowl. After sugar is disolved, add a block of ice or dry ice. Then, mix in the Vodka. Finally, when ready to serve add the Giger Ale.
Serves 30.
Ideas for making your Halloween beverages absolutely “ghastly”: http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Halloween-Drinks-Spooky-Sipping/Detail.aspx
These websites also had some nifty halloween drink recipes:
http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/special/halloween.htm
http://www.foodnetwork.com/holidays-and-parties/halloween–creepy-cocktail-recipes/index.html
