Four Candy-Themed Cocktails for Halloween

Sweeten up the ladies with these trick-or-treat-themed cocktails.

Sweeten up the ladies with these trick-or-treat-themed cocktails.

Caramel Apple Old-Fashioned 


2 oz. Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy


½ oz. caramelized simple syrup


1/8 tsp. Bar Code Baked Apple Bitters


1. Stir with ice and strain into a chilled old-fashioned glass, with one large chunk of ice.


2. Garnish with a slice of green apple, sprinkled with ground cinnamon.

by Jim Meehan, general manager of PDT

Bazooka


½ oz. fresh egg white


½ oz. simple syrup


1 oz. lemon juice


2 oz. bubblegum-infused vodka (recipe below)


1. Place around 30 pieces of Dubble Bubble gum, each cut in half, into a bottle of vodka and leave for 24 hours. Then strain vodka and store in fridge.


2. Combine all ingredients in a shaker, add ice, then shake and strain into a chilled glass.

by Eben Freeman, director of bar operations forAltamarea Group

Black Witch


2 oz. Jim Beam Black Bourbon


1 oz. Strega


Whipped cream


1. Stir the bourbon and Strega with ice; strain into a chilled glass.


2. Top with a thin layer of freshly whipped cream; garnish with grated cinnamon for a candy-corn-inspired cocktail.

by Jim Meehan, general manager of PDT

Reece’s Pieces


1½ oz. Pueblo Viejo reposado tequila


3/4 oz. Lustau Oloroso sherry


½ oz. Marie Brizard crème de cacao


1 heavy dash of Bittermens Xocolatl Mole chocolate bitters


1 Tbs. sugarcane syrup


1. Stir ingredients; strain into a glass.

by Eryn Reece at Mayahuel