6 Halloween Cocktail Recipes To Die For

There’s something in the air, and we don’t just mean the leaves blowing off the trees. Spirits seem to swirl around us in October. Or maybe it’s the spirits we’re stirring up here, in our roundup of Halloween cocktail recipes. We asked bartenders to tell us about their favorite cocktails for the spookiest time of year. Replicate them if you dare!

One-Eyed Willy Halloween Cocktail Recipe

At Borracha in Nevada’s Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa, mixologist Mike Monrreal channels the famous pirate in his Day of the Dead-themed bar.

2 ounces Botran Reserva Rum

1 ounce Cruzan Aged 151 Rum

1 ounce Pineapple Juice

1 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice

1 ounce Funkin Passion Fruit Puree

¾ ounce Monin Hibiscus Syrup

½ ounce Giffard Orgeat Liqueur (almond flavored liqueur)

Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a skull-shaped glass over crushed ice. Garnish with a pineapple top and a hollowed out lime half filled with 151 rum. Light the rum on fire for spectacular effect.

The Spiked Tootsie Halloween Cocktail Recipe

Coyote Café in Santa Fe, New Mexico builds on its city’s history for its Halloween cocktail. Santa Fe was the first place Mexico exported its tequila, up the old El Camino Real trail to the Spanish Colonial seat of power. Coyote Cafe Owner John Quinn created the Spiked Tootsie cocktail, which looks and tastes like Halloween in a glass.

2 ounces Patron XO Cafe Coffee-flavored Liqueur

3 ounces Fresh Orange Juice

Pour the coffee liqueur in a glass. Pour the orange juice carefully over an upside down spoon to create a layer over the liqueur. Garnish with an orange twist.

Booberry Sidecar Mimosa Halloween Cocktail Recipe

FireFlies Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia offers the Booberry Sidecar Mimosa – a spin on the classic sidecar cocktail. Daniel Barrios, general manager and craft bartender, says this sidecar is special because the citrus liqueur is made in-house. (But you can substitute Cointreau in its place.) This mimosa also features a blueberry juice ice cube that flavors the drink as it dissolves.

1 ounce Courvoisier VSOP

1 ounce House-made Citrus Rujero Liqueur or Cointreau

½ ounce Fresh Lemon Juice

¼ ounce Fresh Orange Juice

Blueberry Juice

Rim Sugar

Add blueberry juice to an ice cube tray and freeze. Once frozen, mix together Courvoisier VSOP, Cointreau, lemon juice, and orange juice. Pour the mixture over one blueberry juice ice cube and top with Muscanti Brut sparkling wine. Finish with a lemon twist. Rim the glass with sugar.

Candy Corn Martini Halloween Cocktail Recipe

Located in the Santa Fe Sage Inn in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Social Kitchen + Bar serves up the Candy Corn Martini as the ultimate adult Halloween treat.

1 ½ ounce Skyy Vanilla Vodka

3 ounce Sweet & Sour Mix

2 ounces Pineapple Juice

½ ounce Grenadine

Whipped Cream

First, pour grenadine into the bottom of the martini glass. Next, shake the vodka, sour mix and pineapple juice together over ice and strain. Pour the mixture over an upside down spoon to create the yellow layer. Top with whipped cream.

The Sleepy Hollow Halloween Cocktail Recipe

Head Bartender Marti Cassinerio from Local Chop and Grill House in Harrisonburg, Virginia created the Sleepy Hollow to evoke the spirits of the season. The restaurant prides itself on its use of local and seasonal ingredients.

1 ounce Rhum Barbancourt

3/4 ounce Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur

3/4 ounce Housemade Spiced Pumpkin Shrub (Make your own or use this alternative)

1 Egg White

Angustura Bitters

Shake all ingredients (besides bitters) to allow egg to create a foam. Add ice and shake again. Pour into a glass. Add soda water and two dashes of Angostura Bitters. Pour bitters into a spray bottle Place a leaf-shaped stencil over the glass and spray the bitters through the stencil onto the foam.

Midori Lemon Gin Fizz Halloween Cocktail Recipe

According to Dell Cove Spice Co. from Chicago, Illinois this Halloween cocktail not only looks elegantly spooky, but it also tastes great.

2 ounces Gin

2 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice

1 oz Midori Melon Liqueur

2 Egg Whites

Honey or Simple Syrup for Moistening the Rim

Black salt, Such as Dell Cove’s Black Lava Sea Salt, for the Rim

Rim chilled glasses with honey or simple syrup, then dip in black salt. Fill glasses with ice and set aside. Pour gin, lemon juice, melon liqueur and egg white into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Cover and shake vigorously for one to two minutes. Strain into salt rimmed glasses and serve. Want to add a playful touch? Clip on a plastic Halloween spider ring or other toy to the glass rim. (Please don’t eat this, though!)

Which of these Halloween cocktail recipes would you dare try? Let us know in the comments below!

This story was originally published in 2016 and updated in 2017.