Celebrate the spooky season with these Halloween-inspired cocktails

Scared stiff

For one month each year, expect your drinks to dazzle with flair and extravagance — it’s October, the prime time for Halloween-inspired concoctions. Whether you’re hosting an elegant, spine-chilling dinner or unleashing your wild side with a vibrant costume bash, these cocktails promise to elevate your beverage game. These hauntingly refined recipes are ideal for any assembly of specters, sprites and thrill-seekers.

 Tito’s Handmade Vodka 

Witching Hour

Infuse your cocktail with a spirited spice and a dash of witch’s elixir as the monster movie marathon edges into the Witching Hour.

Ingredients 

1 1/4 ounces Tito’s Handmade Vodka

3 ounces cold brew

1/2 ounce cinnamon syrup

Directions

[1] Add ingredients to a shaker with ice. 2] Shake and strain into a glass, ice optional.

 Hilton Head Distillery 

Mid-century Zombie

Halloween calls for imaginative and opulent twists on cocktail flavors. This concoction seamlessly blends tropical tiki vibes with eerie undertones.

Ingredients 

1 ounce Hilton Head Distillery Panela Rum

1 ounce Hilton Head Distillery Solera Rum

1 ounce pineapple juice

1 ounce lime juice

1 ounce lemon juice

1 ounce passionfruit juice

1/2 ounce Demerara simple syrup

2 dashes of Angostura bitters

Directions

[1] Pour all ingredients into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, and shake vigorously. [2] Strain into your spookiest glass, and fill it with ice. [3] Garnish with a bouquet of fresh mint.