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Spooky Halloween Cocktails

Over the next two days, BevMo will share its recipes for their top elixers to get your howliday started.

There are 12 spooky spirits in this list, but we will publish six at a time so you can keep track.

In today's list, candy corn, black clouds and bleeding hearts aim at making your tastebuds scream.  

CANDY CORN MARTINI                                                                   

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  • ¼ cup candy corn                                       
  • 4 ounces Grey Goose Vodka                               
  • BevMo! Tonic Water
  • Garnish with orange sprinkles             

BLACK CLOUD MARTINI

  • ½ cup Boylan’s orange soda                                           
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 shot Bauchant Orange Liqueur
  • 2 shots Blavod Black Vodka
  • 2 licorice wheels

GHOST GOBLET

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  • 3 ounces UV Cake Vodka                               
  • 2 ounces half & half
  • 1 scoop vanilla ice cream                             
  • 1 cup ice
  • Garnish with 1 Peeps Ghost marshmallow

BLEEDING HEART MARTINI                           

  • 2 ounces Dolin De Chambery Dry Vermouth
  • 8 ounces G’vine Floraison Gin
  • 4 Pickled Baby Beets, and Mezzetta Pickles Cocktail Onions each placed on a cocktail skewer
  • Ice cubes

BLOOD ORANGE SHOTS                        

  • 1 1/2 cups fresh blood-orange juice (from 7 to 8 blood oranges), chilled
  • 6 tablespoons Solerno Blood-Orange Liqueur

WITCHES BREW                                                                                

  • 1 cup water, as needed
  • 2 (1.5 fluid ounce) Stirrings Grenadine Syrup, or as desired (optional)
  • Large plastic cauldron (from party store)
  • 2 gallons orange juice
  • 2 (2 liter) bottles lemon-lime soda
  • 1 liter Three Olives Vodka
  • 2 bottles Charles Ninot Sparkling Wine Brut (but one bottle and get the second for 5 cents!)
  • 2 gallons orange sherbet
  • 1 cup peeled green grapes (optional)


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