10 Halloween Cocktail Ideas to Make at Home This Fall

These travel-inspired Halloween cocktail ideas come from hotels, restaurants, bars, and makers across the U.S. Whether you’re mixing festive drinks for Halloween parties or settling in at home with horror movies and a classic cocktail with a spooky twist, make these easy fall cocktail recipes at home to add a memorable autumnal flavor to the season.

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1. One-Eyed Willy Cocktail

At Borracha Mexican Cantina at the Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa in Henderson, Nevada, mixologist Mike Monrreal channeled the famous pirate from The Goonies with this cocktail. The One-Eyed Willy Cocktail fits right into this hotel’s Day of the Dead-themed bar.

Recipe

• 2 ounces Botran Reserva Rum
• 1 ounce Cruzan Aged 151 Rum
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 ounce Funkin Passion Fruit Puree
• ¾ ounce Monin Hibiscus Syrup
• ½ ounce Giffard Orgeat Liqueur (almond-flavored liqueur)

Put all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a skull-shaped glass over crushed ice. Garnish with a pineapple slice and a hollowed-out lime half filled with 151 rum. Light the rum on fire for a spectacularly spooky presentation.

2. The Spiked Tootsie Cocktail

Coyote Café in Santa Fe, New Mexico, built this candy-inspired festive cocktail on the city’s tequila-trade history. Santa Fe was the first place Mexico exported tequila, up the old El Camino Real trail to the Spanish colonial seat of power. The restaurant’s owner, John Quinn, created the Spiked Tootsie Cocktail, which looks and tastes like Halloween in a glass.

Recipe

• 2 ounces Patron XO Cafe Coffee-flavored Liqueur
• 3 ounces fresh orange juice

Pour the coffee liqueur into a glass. Carefully pour the orange juice over an upside-down spoon to create a layer over the liqueur. Garnish with an orange Halloween twist.

3. Candy Corn Martini

At The Sage Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Social Kitchen + Bar dreamed up this Candy Corn Martini as the ultimate adult treat. The tri-colored concoction is a fun twist on the classic Halloween candy.

Recipe

• 1 ½ ounces Skyy Vanilla Vodka
• 3 ounces sweet and sour mix
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• ½ ounce Grenadine
• whipped cream

First, pour grenadine into the bottom of the martini glass. Next, shake the vodka, sour mix, and pineapple juice with ice. Then strain. Pour the mixture over an upside-down spoon to create the yellow layer. Top with whipped cream.

4. The Sleepy Hollow Cocktail

Head Bartender Marti Cassinerio of Local Chop and Grill House in Harrisonburg, Virginia, created the Sleepy Hollow Cocktail to capture the season’s spirit. Named after the spooky American legend of the Headless Horseman, this cocktail epitomizes the restaurant’s pride in using local, seasonal ingredients.

Recipe

• 1 ounce Rhum Barbancourt
• 3/4 ounce Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur
• 3/4 ounce Pumpkin Shrub (Make your own or use this alternative)
• 1 egg white
• Angostura Bitters

Shake all ingredients (except the bitters) to build foam. Add ice and shake again. Pour into a glass. Add soda water and two dashes of Angostura Bitters. Pour bitters into a cocktail atomizer. Place a leaf-shaped stencil over the glass. Then spray the bitters through the stencil onto the foam to create a festive fall design.

5. Midori Lemon Gin Fizz

Dell Cove Spice Co. in Chicago, Illinois, created this alien green cocktail. The black salted rim adds a zippy look and sip, sure to impress guests at your next Halloween party.

Recipe

• 2 ounces gin
• 2 ounces fresh lemon juice
• 1 ounce Midori Melon Liqueur
• 2 egg whites
• honey or simple syrup for moistening the rim
• black salt, such as Dell Cove’s Black Lava Sea Salt

Rim chilled glasses with honey or simple syrup, then dip in black salt. Fill glasses with ice and set aside. Pour gin, lemon juice, melon liqueur, and egg white into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice, cover, and shake vigorously for one to two minutes. Strain into salt-rimmed glasses and serve. For a playful touch, clip a plastic Halloween spider ring to the glass rim.

6. Cider Sangria

Adams County, Pennsylvania, surrounds historic Gettysburg and is one of the largest apple-growing regions in the U.S. At One Lincoln, the bar inside the iconic Gettysburg Hotel, they use local hard apple cider as the base for their fall-flavored Halloween sangria.

Recipe

• ¼ Diced Adams County Red Delicious Apple
• 2 ounces hard cider
• 1 ounce Pinot Noir
• ½ ounce Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey
• 2 ounces cranberry juice

Combine these simple ingredients and serve over ice to make a single cider sangria cocktail. You may want to multiply this delicious recipe to make a pitcher.

7. Rye Bar Smoked Coffee

The Rye Bar at the Rosewood Hotel Washington, D.C. created this smoky coffee cocktail to warm up as guests sit in leather chairs overlooking the C&O Canal in Georgetown. What could be more cozy?

Recipe

• 3/4 ounce mezcal
• 1 1/4 ounces Redemption Rye
• 1 shot of espresso
• 1/2 ounce Pedro Ximénez Sherry
• 1 cube of brown sugar
• fresh cream
• dark chocolate shavings

Mix ingredients together, then top with hot water and a fresh cream float. Finish with shavings of dark, spicy chili chocolate.

8. Fall in the 305

“Fall is one of my favorite seasons,” said Spencer Taliaferro, Lead Bartender at LILT Lounge at Kimpton’s EPIC Hotel in Miami, Florida. “Being from the suburbs of New Jersey and living in Florida, I miss the fall of my childhood: the changing leaves, the spices, pumpkins, the aromas, and the overall feel of fall. I wanted to pay tribute to the season that I love by creating Fall in the 305, while still maintaining the spirit of South Florida.”

Recipe

• 2 ounces Mount Gay Rum (Taliaferro’s Blend)
• 1 ounce Banyuls Dessert Wine
• Apple cider vinegar shrub syrup to taste
• 1 ounce Carpano Antica
• 2 dashes apple spice bitters
• spiced apple chip

Add all ingredients into a mixing beaker, add ice, and stir well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a spiced apple chip.

9. Maple Trea

Michigan isn’t known for its maple syrup, but maybe it should be, since locals have been tapping their maples for years. Bartender Amos Arinda at Zingerman’s Roadhouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan, created this fall cocktail using the best, full-flavored ingredients available. Maple syrup from Snow’s Sugarbush in nearby Mason is the highlighted flavor. The base liquor is Scotch, which adds a smoky note reminiscent of burning leaves.

Recipe

• 1 1/2 ounces Scotch
• 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce maple syrup
• 3/4 ounce freshly brewed iced tea
• 1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake all ingredients and strain over ice. Then garnish with a lemon twist.

10. Pumpkin Spice Latte Cocktail

Greg Janacek of Over Easy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, created this coffeehouse-inspired cocktail to beat the fall doldrums. It features autumnal flavors like pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Recipe

• 2 ounces pumpkin pie vodka
• 2 ounces coffee liqueur
• dash of ground ginger
• dash of cinnamon
• dash of nutmeg
• graham crackers and a cinnamon stick for garnish

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a martini glass rimmed with crushed graham crackers and serve with a cinnamon stick to garnish.

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