For many, Halloween is the best holiday. Dressing up and hitting the bar for some spooky spirits (pun intended) and chilling cocktails. But one thing you don’t have to fear is deciding which daunting drinks you’re going to amaze your friends with.
Whether they’re howling out for a cautious cocktail or a blood red wine, we have brought together some of the best Halloween drink mixes.
Baileys Pumpkin Spice Latte
Carving out pumpkins into scary shapes can be thirsty work, and for anyone who loves the rich, seasonal taste of pumpkins, Baileys have the answer with their limited edition Baileys Pumpkin Spice which is infused with cinnamon and nutmeg!
Simply refrigerate, and serve on the rocks to savour the creamy, cinnamon and baking spice flavours; or try this scrummy seasonal latte.
Ingredients:
150ml milk, 50ml Baileys Pumpkin Spice, 50ml coffee
Method:
Warm the milk with a steamer, so it becomes nice and frothy. Pour the Baileys Pumpkin Spice into a glass, add the coffee and then the steamed milk on top. Serve immediately.
Cointreau Fizz Halloween
Cointreau’s cocktail of the month is said to “capture the colours of autumn and tang of Halloween”. It’s easy to enjoy the bittersweet flavours of this fine orange spirit. Best of all, garnish the glass with two slices of blood orange shaped like horns and you really do have a devilish delight.
Ingredients:
40ml Cointreau, 10ml fresh lime juice, 40ml blood orange or red pomelo, 40ml sparkling water
Method:
Fill a large goblet glass with ice, add Cointreau, fresh lime juice and blood orange juice into a glass. Top with sparkling water, stir and garnish.
Hayman’s Haunted Warmer
If you want to seasonally spice up your G&T and get crafty with a versatile mixer, try swapping tonic for Stones Original Ginger Wine, which comes into its own this time of year with raisin and ginger flavours.
Ingredients:
50ml Hayman’s London Dry Gin, 50ml Stone’s Original Green Ginger Wine, dash of sugar or bitters to taste
Method:
Fill a tumbler with cubed ice and pour the ingredients over ice, garnish with a cinnamon stick and large orange wedge. Bartender’s tip: Orange bitters offer just the right level of citrus notes.
Vampire Cocktail
Gin Mare Mediterranean Gin pairs well with the carrot juice (who knew?). Follow our method to create this vicious vampire cocktail.
Ingredients:
50ml Gin Mare, 20ml fresh lemon juice, 40ml coconut cream, ras el hanout spice, 100ml carrot juice
Method:
Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the gin, lemon juice and coconut cream, add a pinch of spice. Shake vigorously, double strain and pour into a porron wine pitcher. Top with carrot juice, garnish with lemon zest. Serving suggestion: If you don’t have a porron, improvise with a large jam jar and serve with red straws.
Hooting Halloween
This wine is filled with scents of plums, blackcurrant and cherry fruits, which follow through hints of with cloves, and herbs. The owl on the label of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2015, Italy also conveniently signals some nocturnal naughtiness!