Halloween Cocktails

This Halloween cocktail looks just like a big glass from a Louisiana swamp! Actually, it's a respin of the classic mojito. The blueberries look like stones, little eyeballs or .... gunk. You choose!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Spiced rum (like Captain Morgan)
10-12 Fresh mint leaves
1 tbsp. Brown sugar
1/2 of a Lime, juice of
2 oz. Club soda
Splash of Cola
10-15 Fresh blueberries (optional)

Instructions: 1. In a cocktail glass, combine the brown sugar, lime juice, and mint. Pound together to break up the mint and bring out its flavor.

2. Fill the glass up about three-quarters of the way with crushed ice. Pour the rum over.

3. Add club soda, and a splash of cola to give it a swampy color.

(Thanks, DivineDinnerParty.com!)

This dark and scary drink is good enough to wake the dead! It combines three different spirits including sambuca, a liqueur made from anise seed, which tastes like licorice.

Ingredients (1x):

1 part Kahlúa
2-1/2 parts vanilla vodka
1/4 part sambuca
Chocolate "shoelace licorice" for garnish
(Look for chocolate licorice shoelaces as a garnish, and microwave them for a few seconds around a microwaveable form to set the curl; then snip into garnish-size lengths.)

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and stir until chilled.
Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with three espresso beans.

(Thanks Kahlua!)

Super Yummy, Super Simple, and Super Cool to look at:

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.

Garnish with a set of plastic vampire fangs hung over the edge of the glass!

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This is the Halloween shot drink that is the most absolutely disgusting thing I've ever seen. But, what it lacks in looks it makes up for in taste. Just the thing for your Halloween pah-tay!.

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. The Bailey's will begin to clump and "curdle" and look like a brain. Pour a tiny amount of grenadine "blood" over.

The trick to making the perfect Brain Hemorrhage shot is to use very cold alcohol. Don't have it cold? Slowly pour the Bailey's over an ice-cold spoon to get the same effect. Due to the "texture" of the drink, it's best downed all in one shot!

This black drink garnished with a blood orange is just the thing for all you vamps. .

Ingredients (1x)

1-1/2 part Kahlúa
1/2 part cognac
1/2 part triple sec
3/4 part fresh lemon juice
1/2 part simple syrup
Blood orange wedge for garnish*

Directions:

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Strain into a chilled, half sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with a blood orange wedge, or use a black licorice whip (tied in a knot at one end) as a swizzle stick.

(Thanks Kahlua!)

Ingredients:
20 oz pineapple juice
1 can cream of coconut - (15 oz)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup orange juice
10 oz rum (optional)

Preparation:
Whisk together pineapple juice, cream of coconut, heavy cream, orange juice and rum. Place 2 1/2 cups ice in a blender, then and add 1 cup drink mixture. Blend until smooth, and pour into prepared glasses. (If mixture is too thick, add more pineapple juice before serving.) Repeat process with remaining ice and mixture.

(OR - Make it Quick: Just use frozen or pre-mixed pina colada mix for the drink.)

Then, garnish with "blood rimmed" glasses and lychee "eyeballs". (See Garnish list for more informtion)

(Thanks, HostessBlog.com!)

Bat out of Hell Jello Shots
Start with a large glass measuring cup and measure 1 cup of boiling water. Dissolve 1 package of Orange Jello (3 oz) and stir for at least 2 minutes until fully dissolved. Add 1/2 cup of Red Bull, 1/4 cup of Rum and 1/4 Blue Curacao. Stir until well combined and cool before pouring into jello shot cups.

This recipe makes about 15 shots - adjust as needed for your party.

Creepy Crawler Jello Shots
Start by measuring a cup of boiling water into a large glass measuring cup. Dissolve 1 package of jello (3 oz) for about 2 minutes. Add 3/4 cup of Vodka and 1/4 cup of cold water and stir well. Cool until the liquid is about room temperature (so that you don't melt your cups). Then, pour the liquid into individual jello shot cups. Garnish with a gummy worm or two in each cup and chill until firm.

This recipe makes about 16 shots

Green Devil Jello Shots
Start with a large glass measuring cup and measure 1 cup of boiling water. Dissolve 1 package of Lime Jello (3 oz) and stir until fully dissolved. Add 1/2 cup of cold water, 1/4 cup of Gin and 1/4 cup of Green Creme de Menthe (white will work too). Stir well and cool for a bit before pouring into jello shot cups.

This recipe makes about 15 shots.

Spider Cider Jello Shots
Start with a large glass measuring cup and measure 1 cup of boiling water . Dissolve 1 package of Cranberry Jello (3 oz) and stir until fully dissolved. Add 1/3 cup of cold water , 1/3 cup of Apple Vodka, and 1/3 cup of Apple Schnapps . Stir well and cool before pouring into jello shot cups.

This recipe makes about 16 shots.

(Thanks, Jello-Shots-And-Shooters.Com!)