Red Halloween Cocktail

The perfect cocktail for your next Halloween party! An easy Halloween cocktail with vodka that has a gorgeous red color.

The combination of vanilla vodka, Cointreau (orange liqueur), and cranberry juice, refined with freshly squeezed lemon, makes this red Halloween drink a tangy companion for your next Halloween party!

Prepared in just a few minutes, it will delight and refresh you and your guests. The beautiful blood red cocktail color highlights it perfectly!

This somewhat tangy sour cocktail pairs very well with a deliciously sweet spider web cheesecake!

🥘 Ingredients

• Vanilla Vodka - homemade or store-bought
• Cointreau (orange liqueur)
• Fresh lemon juice - freshly squeezed
• Cranberry juice
• Ice cubes

Optional

• Black sanding sugar - to rim the glass

See the recipe card for quantities.

🔪 Instructions

Step 1

Cut a lemon in half and squeeze the juice from one half.

If you wish, you can squeeze the second half separately.

You can decorate the rim of the glass with lemon juice and black sanding sugar . The black sanding sugar gives a spooky look-and-feel and sparkles beautifully.

Our Snowball Cocktail with Bitter Lemon is an excellent example of this. Instead of black sanding sugar, we prepared it with raw cane sugar.

Step 2

Now you need your cocktail shaker. Fill your Shaker with ice. A handful of ice cubes is ideal. Pour vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, and lime juice over the ice, one after the other.

Step 3

Close the shaker and shake the cocktail well.

To serve the cocktail without lemon strands, strain it through a fine sieve (julep strainer).

Pour the finished drink into the prepared cocktail glass. Ideally, use a chilled glass. This way the cocktail stays cold longer.

Eerily decorate your Halloween themed cocktail and serve it ice-cold.

👻 More Spooky Recipes for You to Try

• Sloe Screw
• Spiderweb cookies
• Kraken with Ginger Beer
• Limoncello Vodka
• Spiderweb Cheesecake
• Halloween Cocktails {roundup}
• Gosling's Dark & Stormy
• Kraken Cola
• Kramble
• Spooky Tarts

🍽 Equipment

• Kitchen knife
• Cutting board
• Lemon squeezer
• Cocktail shaker
• Cocktail glass
• Julep strainer or close-meshed sieve

🌡 Storage

We recommend preparing this cocktail fresh and not long in advance. This is how it tastes best.

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📖 Recipe

⛑️ Food Safety

• Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
• Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
• Wash hands after touching raw meat
• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
• Never leave cooking food unattended
• Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
• Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove

For further information, check Safe Food Handling - FDA.