Thirsty for some Halloween-y brews? Try these!
Horny Devils (top) – from Phyllis Hoffman Celebrate
1 (64-oz) bottle tomato-vegetable juice cocktail
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp hot sauce
2 tsp celery salt
3 cups black vodka, divided
garnish: serrano chili peppers
In a 2-quart pitcher, combine tomato vegetable juice cocktail, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and celery salt. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add 3/4 cup tomato juice mixture. Shake vigorously for 5 to 10 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass. Pour 1/4 cup black vodka over the back of a spoon so that vodka runs down side of glass and floats on top of tomato juice mixture. Repeat procedure for each serving. Garnish rim of glass with chili peppers. (Serves 12)
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Candy Corn Cordials (bottom left) – from The Food Network
1/2 cup candy corn
1 1/2 cups vodka
2 oz orange liqueur Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 large egg white
Combine the candy corn and vodka in an airtight container; set aside for at least 3 hours, then strain.
Add 4 ounces of the candy corn vodka, the orange liqueur, lemon juice and egg white to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds. Strain into 2 chilled martini glasses and garnish with candy corn.
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Hallow-Rita (bottom center) – from LimeTreeCove.com
4 oz Newman’s Own Limeade
2 oz Orange Juice
2 oz Tequila
Splash Triple Sec
Fresh squeezed lime and lime slices
Ice
Natural Orange Colored Sugar from the Mischief Maker Package
Lime Tree Cove Hawaiian Black Lava Salt
In a cocktail shaker, squeeze limes over ice, add limeade, and orange juice. Add triple sec, tequila, and orange sugar. Shake. Wet rim with a lime slice and then dip into Lava Salt.
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Trick or Treat – from Whipped Lightning
1 oz pumpkin liqueur
3/4 oz vanilla vodka
3/4 oz coconut rum
6 oz half and half
Pumkpin Pie Whipped Lightning
Shake all ingredients together with ice. Pour over ice and top with whipahol.