Halloween Drinks

Are you hosting a Halloween party this year? Your friends will love these Halloween themed drinks!

1. Caramel Apple Mimosas

   1 pitcher:
   1 cup apple cider
   8oz caramel vodka
   1 (750 mL) bottle of champagne

   

   Combine all ingredients in a pitcher. Serve in champagne flutes.

2. Bloody Brain Shooters

   ½ shot peach schnapps
   ½ shot irish cream
   Dash of grenadine

   

   Fill shot glass halfway with peach schnapps.
   Pour in irish cream with pourer or use a straw to drizzle cream in
   Irish cream will curdle giving the “brain” effect
   Add a few drops of grenadine for “blood”

3. Cinnamon Toast Crunch Shots

   1 ½ oz Rumchata
   1 ½ oz Fireball whiskey
   ¾ oz vanilla vodka

   

   Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
   Shake, then pour into 2 shot glasses

4. Harry Potter themed shooters

   

   1. Gryffindor
      1 shot of strawberry vodka
      dash of grenadine
      Combine in shot glass
   2. Slytherin
      1 part sour apple pucker
      1 part vodka
      Pour vodka into shot glass.  Layer on sour apple pucker.
   3. Ravenclaw
      ½ shot white Rum
      1 splash Lime juice
      ½ shot Blue curacao
      Pour 1/2 shot of rum into a shot glass.  Layer on blue curacao.  Add a dash of lime juice.
   4. Hufflepuff
      ¾ oz Malibu rum
      ½ oz lemon juice
      ½ oz pineapple juice
      Combine in shaker with ice. Shake and strain into shot glass
5. Fall Backwards Shooters
   ½ oz caramel vodka
   ½ oz pumpkin spice liqueur (try my recipe for homemade pumpkin spice liqueur!)
   ½ oz rumchata

   

   Shake in shaker with ice
   Strain into shot glass

I love Halloween. I love dressing up, I love candy, I love stepping on crunchy leaves, and I really love Halloween themed drinks. I’ve hosted Halloween parties several times in my life and having fabulous themed drinks is always a hit (okay, so when I was 8 it was a little different). A lot of these drinks would be fun to have all autumn long, so enjoy!

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Shout-outs!

Caramel apple mimosas inspired by http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a49432/caramel-apple-mimosas-recipe/ (we also got the photo from them)

Bloody brain shooter inspired by

Fall Backwards inspired by: http://www.mantitlement.com/recipes/pumpkin-pie-shots/

Cinnamon Toast Crunch inspired by Michael Anthony (photo credit: https://www.liquor.com/articles/fireball-drinks/)

Harry Potter shooters inspired by the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Liqueur

Ingredients:

½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 oz vodka
½ oz simple syrup

Instructions:

1. Combine pumpkin pie spice and vodka in a small bottle
2. Close and shake vigorously until spices are mostly dissolved (liquid will turn brown)
3. Let sit at least 2 hours (for best results, let sit overnight). Shake occasionally.
4.  Strain liquid through coffee filter (I ended up with about 1 ½ oz of liquid after straining) and discard solids.
5. Add simple syrup to liquid and mix thoroughly

This recipe is pretty simple and perfect for fall drinks (or even coffee, we won’t judge). Enjoy!

Inspired by: https://www.tastingtable.com/cook/recipes/pumpkin-spice-liqueur-recipe