Description
The Poison Apple Halloween cocktail is a wickedly fun, blood-red drink made with apple vodka, pomegranate juice, and a dash of shimmer. With a haunting glow and a tart-sweet bite, it’s the perfect creepy-cute cocktail for spooky season.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 oz apple vodka (or regular vodka + 1/4 tsp apple extract)
- 1 oz pomegranate juice
- 1 oz cranberry juice
- 1/2 oz triple sec
- 1/2 oz lemon juice
- Black or red food coloring (optional)
- Edible luster dust (optional, for shimmer)
- Black sugar or red sanding sugar, for rimming
- Ice cubes
- Gummy worms or candy apples, for garnish
Instructions
- Rim the glass: Rim a martini or cocktail glass with lemon juice and dip in black or red sugar. Set aside.
- Mix the drink: In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine apple vodka, pomegranate juice, cranberry juice, triple sec, lemon juice, and a small pinch of luster dust. Add food coloring if desired for a deeper hue.
- Shake & strain: Shake well until chilled, then strain into the prepared glass.
- Garnish & serve: Top with a gummy worm or spooky candy garnish and serve immediately.
Notes
To make a mocktail version, swap vodka and triple sec for sparkling apple cider and a splash of orange juice. This drink looks extra spooky under blacklight if you use tonic water ice cubes!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drinks, Cocktails, Halloween
- Method: Shaken
- Cuisine: Holiday, Themed
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 10mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: poison apple halloween cocktail, apple vodka drink, spooky halloween cocktail, red halloween drink, pomegranate cocktail