Spooky HALLOWEEN Cocktails, Mocktails, and Coffee!
As it may be no surprise, Taylor and I really enjoy cocktails. One of our favorite things to do is put our own twist on a classic cocktail and share it with friends!
Taylor favors rum and gin, while I prefer gin and whiskey. With Halloween being right around the corner, we wanted to take the opportunity to share some fun cocktail, mocktail, and coffee cocktail recipes with you! Some of these drinks may feel pretty familiar with a little ‘Fiore twist’, and others might seem a little wacky! Feel free to share these with your friends and family as well as share some of your favorites in the comment section below!
When we were testing all these drinks, we decided it would be a good idea to use our fog machine to give the photos a little extra ambiance. Well, that little extra ambiance turned into a house completely covered in fog and us rushing to open windows before it got too crazy. Lol.
Also, Taylor is really not a fan of tequila and we were running low on vodka. So, when we took the photos of the witches brew we didn’t actually use vodka. I used tequila instead. I alerted Taylor to this, but he forgot about that at some point and tasted the cocktail after taking the photos. Thank goodness I was filming this whole situation, because I got some pretty incredible footage of Taylor losing his mind! When I say Taylor is not a fan of tequila, I really mean he is disgusted by it. For example…
For the cocktails, we used four different Spirits: gin, whiskey, vodka, and rum. We made a mocktail for each cocktail so that everyone can participate, and we made a coffee cocktail as well!
Here we go!
Gin & IT + Arnold Palmer
Gin & It
2 oz London Dry Gin
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
Red Lollipop as balloon garnish…or cherry tomato!
Pour the sweet vermouth into a chilled whiskey glass. Add gin. Stir. Pour strained into your fav cocktail glass. Top with A red garnish. Enjoy!
Arnold Palmer
8 oz Tea
3 oz Lemonade
1 oz Lemon-Lime Soda
Fill tall glass with ice, combine ingredients, and Enjoy!
Boulevardier + Shirley Temple
Boulevardier
1 ½ oz Bourbon Whiskey
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
¾ oz Campari
1 twist Lemon
Stir all ingredients over ice. strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with lemon twist. Enjoy!
Shirley Temple
1 oz Grenadine
8 oz Lemon-Lime Soda
Fill tall glass with ice. Pour Lemon-Lime Soda. Slowly pour Grenadine for bloody, spooky effect. Enjoy!
Witches Brew + HyperDrive
Witches Brew
2 oz Vodka
3 oz Cranberry Juice
2 drops Blue Food Coloring
Lime wheel
Fill tall glass halfway with ice. Add cranberry juice. Measure out vodka. Add a couple drops of blue food coloring to the vOdka. Pour into glass. Add lime wheel to rim. Enjoy!
HyperDrive
3 oz Berry Sport Drink
4 ½ oz Cranberry Juice
1 oz Lemon-Lime Soda
Fill tall glass with ice. Pour each ingredient in a layer. Start with the heaviest ingredient (tyPically the sport drink). Enjoy!
Shrunken Skull + Arnold Palmer (with a twist)
Shrunken Skull
1 oz Lime Juice
1 oz Grenadine
1 ½ oz Gold Rum
1 oz Demerara Rum
Fill shaker with ice and all ingredients. Shake vigorously. Pour unstrained into a skull mug (or your fav mug). Enjoy!
Arnold Palmer (with a twist)
8 oz Tea
2 oz Lemonade
1 oz Grenadine
1 oz Lemon-Lime Soda
Fill tall glass with ice. Mix Tea and Lemonade. Float Lemon-Lime Soda. Slowly pour grenadine for extra bloody effect. Enjoy!
Espresso Old Fashioned + Your Favorite Cup of Coffee
Espresso Old Fashioned
2 oz Espresso
1 tsp Bar Sugar
8 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 Cherry
Place 1 cube (or 1 tsp)of sugar into a chilled whiskey glass. Add cherry. Add bitters. Mash/muddle together. Add 1 large ice cube. Add espresso. Enjoy!
Coffee
This one is easy…fill your favorite mug (mine is Fellow) with your favorite coffee! enjoy!
Beer
We’re Coors Banquet people, but we’re always down for a new fall favorite. Taylor prefers the Trader Joe’s Oktoberfest while I prefer the Sam Adam’s Octoberfest!
From left to right: Blue Moon Light Sky, Coors Banquet, Sam Adams Octoberfest, Trader Joe’s Oktoberfest.
Water
Nothing better than good old H2O!
I hope you enjoy these options and share them with your friends and family!
If you have any recipes near and dear to your heart, I would love to hear about them! Please share them in the comments below, or over on discord! We have a recipe section waiting for your input!
