Break Out Your Cauldron: Ten Concoctions To Brew This Halloween

The witching hour is nearly here, so make sure you’re prepared with a cauldron filled with the magical ingredients from one of these Halloween concoctions.

1. Candy Apple Margarita:

1.5 parts Sauza Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila

.5 part DeKuyper Hot Damn! Cinnamon Schnapps Liqueur

1 part Lime Sour

1 part Candy Apple Soda

1 Lime wedge for garnish

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lime wedge and enjoy.

The Girl with the Mermaid Hair. (Courtesy Photo)

2. The Girl with the Mermaid Hair: (Created by Niccole Trzaska of The Liberty NYC)

1 part Sugar Island Coconut Rum

.25 part Butterscotch Schnapps

1 part Coconut Water

.25 part fresh Lemon Juice

Directions: In a mason jar, gently place two different colored cotton candy bunches (Mermaid Hair). Mix all ingredients and shake over ice; slowly pour over the “Mermaid Hair” to liquefy and morph the color of the cocktail. Once all is liquefied, top with ice, a straw and enjoy.

Candy Apple Margarita, Knob Creek Bourbon Street Nightmare, Spooky Sipper, and Basil Hayden’s Spiced Apple Brew. (Courtesy Photos)

3. Spooky Sipper:

1 part Skinnygirl White Cherry Vodka

3 parts Lemon-Lime Sparkling Water

Splash of Cherry Juice

Lime wheel for garnish

Cherry for garnish

Directions: Pour vodka and cherry juice over ice. Top with lemon-lime sparkling water. Garnish with a cherry and lime wheel.

Laphroaig Trick or Treat. (Courtesy Photo)

4. Hocus Pocus Martini:

3 oz. Bai5 Costa Rica Clementine

1.5 oz. Vodka

1.5 oz. Seltzer

1 pack Pop Rocks

Directions: Rim martini glass with pop rocks. Pour vodka and ice cold Bai5 Costa Rica Clementine into glass. Top with 3 oz. of seltzer and stir lightly.

Spooky Shooter and Gummy Graveyard. (Courtesy Photos)

5. Knob Creek Bourbon Street Nightmare:

3 parts Knob Creek Bourbon

3 parts Orange Juice

.5 part Blood Orange Syrup

Directions: Place all ingredients in a Hurricane glass over ice and mix well. Drizzle blood orange syrup over top and garnish with a black licorice wheel.

6. Grande Pumpkin Spiced Smash: (Created by Joshua Perlman of Avec Restaurant, Chicago, IL)

1.5 oz. of Calvados Père Magloire V.S.O.P.

.5 oz. of Pumpkin Puree

.75 oz. of House made Spices (Clove, Lemon Peel, other)

.5 oz. of Lemon Juice

2 dashes of Bitter

Directions: Put all ingredients, including pumpkin puree in a shaker. Shake until well blended. Pour into a double Old fashioned glass on the rocks.

7. Spooky Shooter:

.5 oz. Disaronno Amaretto

.5 oz. Amarula Cream

.5 oz. Vanilla Vodka

Directions: Layer all ingredients into a shot glass, Disaronno first, then the Amarula and then the vodka.

8. Laphroaig Trick or Treat:

1.5 parts Laphroaig 10-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

3 parts Apple Cider

1 part fresh Lemon Sour

Directions: Build over ice in order. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Hocus Pocus Martini. (Courtesy Photo)

9. Basil Hayden’s Spiced Apple Brew: (Created by Thomas Waugh)

1.5 parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon

1.5 parts cool Lapsang Souchong Black Tea

1 part Apple Juice

.5 part Lemon Juice

.5 part Simple Syrup

1 dash Angostura Bitters

1 slice of Ginger

1 Apple

2 to 3 sprigs of Mint

Directions: Muddle small slice of fresh ginger in a cocktail shaker. Add Basil Hayden’s Bourbon, black tea, apple juice, lemon juice, simple syrup and bitters over ice and shake. Strain into a tall highball glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a fan of apple slices and mint sprigs.

10. Gummy Graveyard:

1 oz. Sobieski Cytron Vodka

1 oz. Sobieski Orange Vodka

1.5 oz. Pink Lemonade

.5 oz. Simple Syrup

Splash Grenadine

Gummy Bears for garnish

Directions: Pour all ingredients into an iced shaker. Shake and strain into a freshly iced highball glass. Send the gummy bears to their final resting place in the glass as garnish.