Dia de los Muertos & Halloween Cocktail Recipes

13 Devilishly Delicious Dia de los Muertos & Halloween Cocktails!

By Samantha Leal • October 19, 2013 • 10:00am

Fall is here and that means it's almost time for Halloween and Day of the Dead! But when it comes to spirits, we think they're better in drinks. Here are some wickedly fantastic shots, cocktails and drinks to try:

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La Bru-ja-ja-ja

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 1/2 ounces Tequila Don Julio Blanco

2 1/2 ounces pomegranate juice

2 teaspoons fine sugar

1/2 ounce lime juice

Sugar (to rim glass)

1 lime wedge

Instructions:

Combine Don Julio Blanco, pomegranate juice, fine sugar and lime juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well.
Rim r glass with sugar.
Strain ingredients into rocks glass.
Garnish with lime.

Ideal Serving Glass:

Rock glass

Crisp Harvest Sparkler

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

3 oz. Gallo Family Vineyards Moscato

2 oz. Sparkling Apple Cider

A dash of Angostura

Instructions:

Combine all in champagne flute.

Hennessy Big Apple

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1.5 oz Hennessy VS
.5 oz calvados
.25 oz cynar herbal liqueur
1/3rd oz of Agave Nectar
.5 oz fresh lime juice
2 dashes angostura bitters
1 dash fee brothers cherry bitters

Glassware

Rocks Glass

Garnish

Pear fan

Instructions

1. Add all liquids to a shaker tin with ice and shake until well chilled

2. Strain into Rocks glass with fresh crushed ice

3. Garnish with a pear fan

Hennessy La Ofrenda (The Offering)

A tribute to Mexico and the traditions of Dia De Los Muertos

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1.5oz Hennessy V.S

.5 oz Brewed Espresso

.5 oz Agave Nectar

2 oz Almond Milk

2 Dashes of Aztec Mole Bitters

Grated Ibarra Mexican Chocolate

Glassware

Martini Glass

Garnish

Grated Ibarra Mexican Chocolate

Instructions

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass
Garnish with a fresh grate of Ibarra Chocolate

Hennessy VS Blood Orange Punch

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 oz Hennessy V.S

.5 oz Grand Marnier

1 oz Blood Orange Juice

.5 oz POM Pomegranate Juice

.25 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

2 Dashes Old Fashioned Bitters

Splash Chandon Brut

3 Blackberries

2 Lemon Slices

2 Orange Slices

Marigold Flower

Glassware

Stemless Wine Glass

Garnish

Marigold flower

Instructions

1. Combine Hennessy, Grand Marnier, blood orange, pomegranate, lemon juices, bitters and fruit into a shaker with ice

2. Shake vigorously and pour into a stemless wine glass

3. Top with a float of Chandon Brut

4. Garnish with a Marigold flower

Grape to meet you

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S

5 white grapes

5 mint leaves

.25 oz fresh lime juice

Dash of fee brothers lemon bitters (6 drops)

Splash of soda

Glassware

Rocks Glass

Garnish

3 grapes

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice

2. Shake until well chilled and strain into a rocks glass, and splash of soda

3. Garnish with 3 grapes on a skewer

Goblin’s Blood

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 ½ oz. Patron XO Café Coffee Liqueur

½ oz. Cinnamon Schnapps

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients over ice and strain into a shot glass.

Wake the Dead

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 oz. Patron XO Café Coffee Liquer

1 oz. Patron silver

½ oz. Espresso

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients over ice and strain into a shot glass.

Thin Lizzy Borden

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 ½ oz. Patron XO Café Coffee Liqueur

1 oz. Irish Whiskey

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients over ice and strain into a shot glass.

The Raven

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 ½ oz. Patron XO Café Coffee Liqueur

Cola

Instructions:

Combine ingredients over ice and garnish with a lime.

Pumpkin Patch-tini (from Havana Central in NYC)

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 ounce Bols pumpkin smash liqueur

½ ounce hazelnut liqueur

½ ounce high proof rum

½ ounce gold rum

2 ounces ice cream base

Pinch of cinnamon sugar

Cinnamon sugar rim

Instructions:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled martini glass rimmed with cinnamon and sugar.

Blood Orange Habanero Margarita

By Chef Richard Sandoval

Ingredients for the margarita:

1 oz. 100% Agave Tequila Reposado

1 oz. house sour mix

1 oz. habanero-blood orange syrup (recipe below)

Wedge of lime for garnish

Instructions:

1. Mix all ingredients into a mixing glass, then add ice and shake vigorously.

2. Garnish glass with a rim of store-bought mole negro sauce or ground chiles and a lime wedge.

Ingredients for the blood orange-habanero syrup:

2 pints blood orange juice

1 whole habanero pepper

Instructions:

1. Reduce at medium-high heat until thickened into a syrup.

2. Remove habanero before combining with other cocktail ingredients.

Dracula's Kiss

Ingredients (makes 1 drink):

1 1/2 oz Montelobos

3/4 oz Lillet Rose

3/4 oz Strawberry Simple Syrup

1 1/2 oz Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice

1 1/2 oz Soda Water

Instructions:

Combine ingredients (except soda water) and shake well. Strain over fresh ice in a tall glass prepared with a half salt rim, garnish with a lime wheel.