11 Halloween cocktails

Best Halloween cocktail recipes

Blackberry whisky

Blackberries give this homemade whisky cocktail a vampiric-look, perfect for a Halloween party.

Purple rain

This electrifying cocktail – combining blue curaçao with grenadine to create the unusual purple colour – makes a simple but eye-catching drink to serve at your Halloween get-together.

Grasshopper cocktail

Minty crème de menthe gives this grasshopper cocktail a ghoulish teal hue, making it an appropriate tipple to serve at Halloween.

Blue lagoon

Shake up a round of this eye-catching vodka cocktail – blue curacao gives it a retro and acidic-looking edge.

Tomatini

This vodka and tomato cocktail is a lighter take on the sometimes-soupy bloody mary. The tomatini is a fresh, zingy pick-me-up with a delicious savoury note that will (given its blood-red hue) bring a spooky note to a Halloween evening.

Gingerbread espresso martini cocktail

Dark and indulgent, these gingerbread espresso martini cocktails make the perfect drinks to serve at a supernatural soirée.

Tequila Mockingbird

If the presence of tequila doesn't scare your guests enough, the 'suspicious' dark red colour of this prep-ahead cocktail dessert from Sixtyone in Marylebone is sure to unnerve them. Buy dried hibiscus flowers at health food shops or online here.

White Lady cocktail

Gin drinkers will love this elegant White Lady cocktail, where bitter orange Cointreau and fresh lemon juice provide a light, zesty kick.

Blood orange Campari cocktails

Campari is an Italian herbal liqueur famous for its bitter taste, beautiful red colour, and the role it plays in the classic negroni. This, combined with a slice of blood orange, adds a Halloween-appropriate tinge to this refreshing apéritif.

Black russian

Serve this coffee cocktail in an old fashioned glass with ice for a sinister-looking, post-dinner drink with a caffeine kick.

Blueberry margarita

Whizzed up blueberries help create a blood-like hue in this fruity take on a classic margarita cocktail.