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Pumpkins Won’t be the Only Thing Getting Lit This Halloween

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Wilfrid Laurier chapter.

Halloween is approaching fast, so here are some easy cocktails to try while getting into the Halloween spirit!

Poisoned Apple

Rim a glass with red sugar; add ice, 1oz. Green Apple Sourpuss, 1oz. Green Apple Smirnoff Vodka and Sprite. Garnish with lime.

Vampire’s Dream

Fill glass with ice; add 2oz. white or dark rum, cranberry and pineapple juice. Top with a splash of grenadine.

Pumpkin Spice Mudslide (I know you’re excited!)

Blend 2oz. Baileys Pumpkin Spice, ½ oz. Smirnoff Vodka and 1 cup of ice in a blender. Before pouring, swirl chocolate syrup around your glass!

Black Widow

Fill a glass with ice and cranberry juice, pour 2oz. Blavod Black Vodka on top of the cranberry juice in order to create a layered look. Garnish with lime.

Beetle Juice

Fill a glass with ice; add 1oz. of Vodka, ½ oz. Melon Liqueur, ½ oz. Raspberry Liqueur, ½ oz. Blue Curacao, 2oz. Sweet and Sour (mixture of lemon juice, lime juice and simple syrup) and top off with cranberry juice.

Bloody Mary

Rim a glass with celery salt. Fill the glass with ice, then add 2oz. Vodka, 4 dashes of hot cause, 5 dashes of Worcestershire Sauce, 1 teaspoon of Horseradish, salt and pepper, and fill with Tomato Juice. Garnish with stick of celery, lemon and lime.

Black Magic Margarita

Rim a glass with black sugar and fill with ice; add 2oz. Silver Tequila, 1oz. Triple Sec, and top with lime juice. Add Red, blue and green food colouring. Garnish with lime.

Purple People Eater

Rim a glass with purple sugar (or sprinkles) and fill with ice; add 2oz. Vodka, 1oz. Blue Curacao, then top it with cranberry juice and sweet and sour mix. Pour grenadine over the top.

Embalming Fluid

Fill a glass with ice; add 2 oz. Vodka, 1oz. Green Apple Sour Puss, lime juice and gingerale. You can also add 2 drops of green food colouring for more colour!

Grim Reaper

1oz. Kahlua, 1oz. Bacardi 151 proof Rum and dash of grenadine, served on the rocks.

 

Witches Brew

Rim a glass with black sugar and fill with ice; add 1oz. of Vodka, 1oz. Triple Sec, 1oz. of Blue Curacao and top with lime juice.  

Bonus: If you want to make any of your drinks more festive and creepy, trying adding toy spiders into water in an ice cube tray and freeze it! Add these to drinks so as they melt you have a drink full of spiders.  

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Emma Grace

Wilfrid Laurier

Jenna Steadman

Wilfrid Laurier

4th year Psychology major at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo ON.