Halloween Cocktails: 11 Concoctions You Can Make At Home

Salud! Halloween is this weekend, and although the 2020 celebration would be different, it doesn't mean you can't have a great and safe time at home.

Find below spooktacular cocktails you can make in your kitchen.

• Bloody Dutch Sour

1 oz. Ketel One Vodka

5 oz. Aperol

5 oz. Lillet Blanc

5 oz. blood orange reduction simple syrup

75 oz. fresh lemon juice

Egg white

• Ketel One Marvelous Espresso Cocktail

1.5oz Ketel One Vodka

1oz (Locally Sourced) Espresso

3/4oz Coffee Liqueur

1/8oz Simple Syrup

• Ketel One Winter Mary

1.5oz Ketel One Vodka

3.5 Equal parts carrot & apple juice

1oz Freshly squeezed orange juice

One pinch of rock salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and dried chili flakes

1/2 tsp tamarind

1/2 tsp ginger paste

• Peach Toddy

2-ounce KOB Peach & Orange Blossom

1 Peach Teabag

1 Large Lemon Wedge

1 Tbsp. Honey

1 Cinnamon Stick

One dash Orange Bitters

4-5 ounces Hot Water

• Hibiscus Tommy’s Margarita

by Nate Fishman, Santera Brand Ambassador, and bartender at Liquor Lab

2 oz Santera Blanco Tequila infused with hibiscus tea for 2 minutes

¾ oz agave syrup

¾ oz lime juice

Add all ingredients to a shaker, add ice, shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime.

• Spicy Cinnamon Paloma

by Nate Fishman, Santera Brand Ambassador, and bartender at Liquor Lab

2 oz Santera Reposado Tequila

One small pinch of chili flakes

One small pinch of cinnamon

¾ oz agave syrup

½ oz lime juice

1 oz grapefruit juice

Finished with soda water

Cinnamon salt for rim

Rim your Collins glass with cinnamon salt. Add the first six ingredients to a shaker, add ice, shake and strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice, top with soda water to fill. Garnish with a rim of cinnamon & salt.

• Salsa-Rita

by Nate Fishman, Santera Brand Ambassador, and bartender at Liquor Lab

2 oz Santera Blanco Tequila

Four leaves of cilantro

4 halved cherry tomatoes

One slice jalapeño

¾ oz lime

½ oz agave

Muddle avocado and jalapeno, add the rest of the ingredients, add ice, shake and fine strain, using a mesh strainer, into your cocktail glass, garnish with a cherry tomato or cilantro bunch.

• Porter’s Rye Way To Hell Punch

6 cups of your favorite apple cider

25 oz. Porter’s Small Batch Rye Whiskey

25 drops of bitters (Angostura Aromatics or Maple)

20 ounces of your favorite hard cider

7 cups of ice

1 tsp. Absinthe (per glass)

Mix Porter’s Rye Whiskey, apple cider, and bitters in a large drink dispenser or punch bowl of your choosing. A potion can be mixed and stored up to two days before serving to strengthen the taste. Before serving, add in the hard cider and accompanying ice. Enhance the flavor with other bitters if needed. When ready to celebrate and enjoy, rim each party glass with a drizzle of Absinthe. Add ice cubes to the glass and pour in the infusion. Garnish glasses and punch bowl with a crew of spooky carved apples for a hair-raising experience when served.

• Madam Morticia

3 oz. Madam Pattirini Gin

½ oz. Lemon Juice

Dash of Grenadine

1 oz Grapefruit Juice

Soda Water

Pour Madam Pattirini Gin, lemon juice, and grapefruit juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; shake until cold. Serve into a bone-chilling Champagne glass and add a small dash of grenadine. Top with a splash of chilled soda water and get a wicked start to the bewitching hour.

• 1800 Rainbow Skull Elixir ft. Okuda San Miguel

2 oz 1800 Essential Artists Series Silver Tequila

75 oz pineapple juice

5 oz lime juice

5 oz simple syrup

Four sage leaves

Jalapeño slices to taste

In a cocktail shaker, muddle sage leaves and Jalapeño slices in simple syrup. Add all other ingredients and shake with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.

• Maple Margarita

1.5 oz PATRÓN Silver

75 oz PATRÓN Citrónge Orange

25 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven

1 oz Maple syrup

1 oz Lime juice

Salt rim

Maple leaf for garnish

Combine ingredients in a shaker tin and shake with ice to chill. Strain into a coupe glass rimmed with salt. Garnish with a maple leaf.