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3 Great Halloween Cocktail Recipes

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Not going trick-or-treating this Halloween, but still looking for something special? Perhaps something of the adult beverage variety? Belvedere Vodka has come up with some new drinks to celebrate the season -- I don't have an allegiance to any particular vodka brand, so I say just use what you've got. Enjoy, and call a cab! Or drink these whilst watching "Hocus Pocus" at home, obviously.

Trick or Treat-ini

  • 1.5 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 oz Pineapple syrup
  • 2 bar spoons Benedictine
  • 2 dashes Peychaud Bitters

To Prepare

Shake and strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Hocus Pocus Punch

  • 1.5 oz Vodka
  • 1.5 oz Pomegranate Juice
  • 1.5 oz Orange Juice
  • Dash Tabasco

To Prepare

Pour orange juice into a highball glass.
Shake rest of ingredients and layer over the top of the orange juice.

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Spooky Swizzle

  • 2 oz Bloody Mary
  • Pulp from one passion fruit
  • Dash simple syrup
  • 1 oz blood orange juice

To Prepare

Build over crushed ice into a rocks glass.
Garnish with a slice of ruby red grapefruit.

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