I have listed all the Halloween themed cocktails in this blog post. Happy Halloween! 🎃
1. True Blood
True Blood
Trick or treat? Happy halloween, drinkstagram! I have a special recipe for today. Red as the color of blood and black as the color of darkness, are the most prominent colors of this special day. So I wanted to use these two colours to create my cocktail and prepared a spicy margarita using wild berries and lychee liqueur. The black rim is a special salt mixture with activated carbon. Coupe glass is a perfect match with the concept. If your favorite Halloween character is a vampire, this cocktail is definitely for you. 🧛🏻♂️💉
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2. Witch’s Potion
Witch’s Potion
Happy Halloween, everyone! I have also mentioned in previous years’ Halloween posts that the animated movie, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is so important for my perception of this special day. In that context, the color palette of the movie is my inspiration when creating halloween cocktails. This year, I selected the colors; orange and purple. You may all know that pumpkin pairs so well with brown spices so Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire is a good choice as the base spirit. So, cheers to the spooky season!
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3. The Pumpkin King
The Pumpkin King
It is that time of the year again. 🎃 Every year, I try to participate in Halloween celebrations at least by creating cocktails and share on #drinkstagram. This year’s mix contains a delicious pumpkin puree and a homemade spice syrup with allspice berries, cloves and cinnamon. And of course, my favorite Halloween character, Jack Skellington is standing there again.
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4. Oogie Boogie
Oogie Boogie
The second and the last Halloween cocktail for this year is inspired from a character from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Green and garnished with a yellow/black snake, here is the Oogie Boogie.
5. Goblin
Goblinhugger
It is time to reveal the halloween cocktails. I am a huge fan of Tim Burton and I can easily say that he is one of my favorite directors. I can not think of halloween apart from Tim Burton and I guess this is my bug. So, this year, you will again see characters from Tim Burton movies standing aside my cocktails. In this one, Pastor Galswells from Corpse Bride is featuring. Getting back to the cocktail, I love the pairing of bourbon, pumpkin syrup and mandarin. This time I used pumpkin spice and added a roasted hazelnut touch.
6. Back to Black
Back to Black
Halloween is coming but I haven’t made this cocktail for halloween, however, it fits the concept. The main idea behind that is to make a smoky and hot cocktail with a cool look. And I used one of my favorite combinations with tequila, mezcal and yellow chartreuse. Be careful with the chili. I witnessed two close friends of mine hospitalized the next day having a very hot cocktail. I was there when they were drinking and I took them to the hospital. No, I was not the one who made the cocktails. 🙂
7. Jack Skellington
Jack Skellington
I think the fun part of Halloween is its beautiful contrary nature. It is spooky but fun, dark but glowing, etc. Accordingly, I wanted to create a cocktail with opposite characteristics. Spicy but sweet, black but glowing with the silver dust (zoom in to see better)
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8. Harlequin Demon
Harlequin Demon
Unfortunately, there is no Halloween concept in Turkey except a couple of parties which are started to be organized in the last few years. I think, I was first introduced to the Halloween with the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” which is one of my favorite animated movies of all time. So, there is no halloween for me without Jack Skellington. After a few failed trials (visually), I created this cocktail with the pairing of pumpkin and mandarin. I used activated carbon and sugar for the rim.
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There is a little witch in all of us
Alice Hoffman