Halloween Cocktail Recipes 2018: 24 Quick Alcoholic Drinks With Vodka, Punch, More

With Halloween just around the corner, there’s still time to create the perfect cocktail before the spookiest day of the year arrives. Whether you are planning the ultimate costume party or have decided to watch scary movies at home, everyone deserves a special treat during this celebration.

While kids are focused on mapping out the best places to go trick-or-treating, adults are tasked with picking between vodka, tequila and other spirits to help them kick off their late-night festivities.

Below are 24 delicious Halloween cocktail recipes that you should consider adding to your boozy celebration.

Brockmans Dark Night Negroni

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Brockmans Gin
• 1 oz. Blueberry liqueur
• ¾ oz. Rosso Vermouth
• ¾ oz. Campari
• 2 dashes of orange bitters
• Orange peel and blueberries for garnish

Recreate the blood orange harvest moon with this twisted cocktail. Add one ice cube to a rocks glass and combine all of the ingredients. Stir the contents together and use the ice cube to chill the drink, do not allow it to dilute the beverage. Garnish with a thick orange peel dipped with cinnamon and skewered with blueberries or a wedge.

Blood Orange Tito-Rita

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Tito’s Handmade Vodka
• 2 oz. Blood orange juice
• ¾ oz. Fresh-squeezed lime juice
• 1 squeezed fresh orange juice
• ¼ oz. agave

Combine the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well before straining the beverage over a rocks glass with ice. Use black sugar or salt on the rim of the glass to turn this boozy drink into a spooky Halloween cocktail.

Blue Rasmopolitan

Ingredients:

• 1½ parts SVEDKA Blue Raspberry
• ½ part Fresh lemon juice
• ½ part Triple sec
• ½ part Cranberry juice
• Cotton candy

Build the drink in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well. Strain the beverage into a martini glass and garnish with a sweet piece of cotton candy.

Bat-Tito Bite

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Tito’s Handmade Vodka
• 1 cup Pomegranate juice
• 1 ¾ cup Blood orange soda
• ¾ cup Sparkling mineral water
• ½ tablespoon Simple syrup
• 2 squeezed limes

Add the contents together in a spooky punch bowl and stir. Once the mixture is complete, allow guests to add ice to their individual glasses to keep the punch for becoming watered down.

The Brockmans Smoke On The Water

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Brockmans Gin
• ½ oz. Lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• ¼ oz. Cointreau
• ¾ oz. Lapsang Souchong tea
• ¾ oz. Sage syrup
• Fresh sage leaf and a sprig of rosemary

Make the tea and allow it to cool before adding the sage syrup. Stir the first four ingredients together in an Old Fashioned glass filled with ice. Finally, add in the Lapsang Souchong tea and syrup mixture. Use the sage leaf and sprig of rosemary to garnish the beverage.

Devil Whiskers

Ingredients:

• ¾ part SVEDKA Clementine
• ¾ part Sweet vermouth
• ¾ part Orange juice
• ½ part Orange Curaçao
• Dash orange bitters

Fake Blood Ingredients:

• ½ cup White corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
• ¼ cup Water
• 15 drops Red food coloring
• 1-5 drops Blue food coloring

Drink

Add the contents of the recipe together in a shaker filled with ice and shake. Strain the drink into a Martini glass and use an orange peel to garnish the creepy cocktail.

Fake Blood

Use a bowl to mix the corn syrup and cornstarch together. Continue to add water until the mixture is the same consistency as blood. Add in drops of food coloring until the desired color is achieved.

Paloma De Los Muertos

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Casa Noble Crystal Tequila
• 1 oz. Lime juice
• 1 oz. Grapefruit juice
• 0.5 oz. Agave nectar
• Sparkling water
• Grapefruit wedge

Combine the Casa Noble Crystal Tequila, juices and agave nectar together in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake the drink until it is chilled and strain into a glass over ice. Top the beverage with sparkling water and swirl before garnishing with the grapefruit wedge. Those who want to add an extra kick to their drink can use salt or lime and chili powder to coat the rim of the glass.

From The Crypt

Ingredients:

• 1 part SVEDKA Vodka
• ½ part Melon liqueur
• ½ part Pineapple juice

Place the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well. Strain the beverage into a shot glass and enjoy!

Noble Twist

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. Casa Noble Añejo Tequila
• 0.5 oz. Lemon juice
• 0.5 oz. Lime juice
• 0.25 oz. Green Chartreuse
• 0.5 oz. Simple syrup
• Lemon peel

Combine the first five ingredients together in a glass with ice and swizzle. Squeeze the lemon peel and rub it around the rim of the glass before dropping it into the cocktail.

A Dark & Stormy Death

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Dark Rum
• 5 oz. Brooklyn Crafted Extra Spicy Ginger Beer
• Skull Ice cubes
• Brandied Cherry Juice Floater
• 3 Lychees and 3 blueberries

Place two of the skull ice cubes in a highball glass, then fill a shaker with rum and brandied cherry juice. Shake until chilled before pouring the contents over ice and topping with Brooklyn Crafted ginger beer. Garnish this Halloween cocktail with lychee and blueberry “eyeballs.”

Witch’s Brew

Ingredients:

• 1½ parts SVEDKA Cherry
• 1½ parts Watermelon juice
• Splash orange liqueur
• ¼ part Fresh lime juice
• Pinch salt
• 2 drops black food coloring (red/green/blue mixed together)
• Star anise

Fill a shaker with ice and add in the ingredients. Shake the contents together and strain the brew into a Martini glass. Garnish with a sugared rim and star anise before daring your guests to take a sip of this haunting cocktail.

Marigold Punch

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. Casa Noble Crystal Tequila
• 0.5 oz. Lime juice
• 1 oz. Pineapple juice
• 0.75 oz. Simple syrup
• Soda water
• Dash bitters
• Pineapple wedge

Place the Casa Noble Crystal Tequila, lime juice, pineapple juice, and simple syrup in a shaker with ice. Shake until chilled and strain the contents into a glass. Top the cocktail with soda and dash bitters. Garnish with the pineapple wedge and a Marigold.

Rosé-Jito

Ingredients:

• 4 sprigs of fresh mint
• 2 oz. Agave syrup or simple syrup
• 3 oz. Fresh lime juice
• 20 oz. Kim Crawford Rosé
• 10 oz. Grapefruit flavored soda water

Gently muddle the sprigs of mint with syrup in a large pitcher, then add in the lime juice, rosé and soda water. Mix well and serve over ice, using grapefruit slices to garnish the cocktail.

Halloween Sangria

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle of Santa Margherita Chianti Classico Riserva
• 1 large orange, sliced
• 1 large apple, chopped
• 1 large pear, chopped
• Seeds of 1 pomegranate
• 4 cinnamon sticks

Add the fruits to a large pitcher and top with Santa Margherita Chianti Classico Riserva. Place the pitcher in the fridge for an hour before enjoying or add ice to the top if waiting is not an option. To make the most out of this refreshing cocktail, spoon fruit into individual glasses before pouring the wine. This recipe, which serves four, should be garnished with a cinnamon stick.

Bloody Sunrise

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz. Tequila CAZADORES Reposado
• 3 oz. Orange Juice
• ½ oz. Grenadine
• 1 Orange slice
• Cherry

Combine the ingredients together in a collins glass with ice and top with grenadine. Garnish the Halloween-themed cocktail using an orange slice and cherry.

Crimson Clementine Punch

Ingredients:

• 1 part SVEDKA Clementine
• 1 part Sweet vermouth
• 1 part Fruit punch

This simple recipe is served chill, so be sure to refrigerate all liquids prior to making the cocktail. Mix the chilled ingredients together in a glass and stir well. Distribute the drink into shot glasses and enjoy!

Sparkling Green Goblin

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. Barefoot Moscato
• 1.5 oz. Barefoot Brut Cuvée
• 2 oz. Spiced apple cocktail mixer

Pull out your favorite champagne flute and rim the edge with green sugar crystals. Pour the well-chilled Barefoot Moscato, Barefoot Brut Cuvée, and spiced apple cocktail mixer into the glass and stir. To achieve a deeper green, add one drop of green food coloring. Garnish this ghoulish cocktail with a skewered green grape.

Sangrita

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Tequila CAZADORES Añejo
• 2 oz. Spicy Bloody Mary Mix
• ¼ oz. Orange Juice
• ¼ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
• 1 dash of Hot Sauce

This quick recipe, crafted by CAZADORES Global Brand Ambassador Manny Hinojosa, calls for the ingredients to be combined in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain the beverage into a shot glass. To keep your boozy celebration going all night long, serve each cocktail with a shot of Tequila Cazadores Reposado.

Hello Halloween Sparkler

Ingredients:

• 3 oz. Barefoot Bubbly Red Moscato
• 3/4 oz. Pomegranate juice
• 1/4 oz. Pineapple juice
• 1/4 oz. Black Cherry Soda
• 1 Orange slice
• 2 Pineapple slices

Mix the juices and soda together in a wine glass with ice before adding the fruit slices. Top the drink with Barefoot Bubbly Red Moscato and stir. Spoil yourself with a sweet treat by garnishing this delicious cocktail with gummy worms.

Geb’s Reviver

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin
• .75 oz. Pineapple lemon oleo
• .5 oz. Lemon juice
• .5 tsp Matcha powder
• Dehydrated rhubarb and carrot powder

Use a shaker to combine the first four ingredients together and pour the contents into a glass. Top with Oleo foam and garnish with dusting powder on top.

Every Rose Has Its Thorns

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Hibiscus-infused D’USSE Cognac
• 1 oz. Rose Water
• 1.5 oz. Vanilla bean syrup
• 2 dashes Cinnamon syrup
• Martini & Rossi Prosecco
• Red rose petal

Add D’USSE, rose water, vanilla syrup, and cinnamon bitters together in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain the contents into a champagne flute. Top off the cocktail with Martini & Rossi Prosecco and garnish with a rose petal.

Ghoulish Grape

Ingredients:

• 1 Bottle Smirnoff Ice Grape
• 1.5 oz. Chambord
• 1.5 oz. Orange Juice Dry Ice

This recipe for two requires a cocktail shaker to combine the Smirnoff Ice, Chambord and orange juice. After blending together, pour the contents into a glass filled with ice and top with a small piece of dry ice. Allow the dry ice to melt before enjoying the beverage.

Murderers’ Row

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Fonseca Bin 27
• ¾ oz. Bourbon
• 1 oz. fresh Pear juice
• 2 muddled blackberries
• ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
• ¼ oz. agave syrup

Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing glass and shake well before straining the beverage into a chilled coupe glass. This recipe, crafted by mixologist Andy Seymour, should be garnished with a grapefruit peel and blackberry.

The Evil Queen

Ingredients:

• ½ oz. Chambord Liqueur
• 1½ oz. Woodford Reserve Bourbon
• Dash of bitters
• Maraschino cherry

Pour the Chambord, bourbon, and a dash of bitters into a shaker filled with ice. Mix the ingredients together and strain into a fancy glass. Top this sinister cocktail with a Maraschino cherry and enjoy this boozy Halloween treat!