THE WINNERS...
WITCHES’ WHISPER
BY KAYLA ARTHUR
2 oz Hennessy VSOP
1 oz Espresso
0.75 oz Rare Tea Cellar Bourbon Vanilla infused Demerara syrup
1. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with fresh ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into a cocktail coupe.
2. Top with vanilla bean heavy whipping cream marbles with cinnamon and activated charcoal.
3. Garnish with edible gold leaf.
A bewitching blend of Hennessy VSOP, rich espresso and the alluring sweetness of Chicago-based Rare Tea Cellar bourbon vanilla demerara syrup.
Its ethereal allure is crowned by a vanilla bean heavy whipping cream - marbled with cinnamon and activated charcoal, creating a spell binding concoction.
Garnished with edible gold leaf to bask in all its Halloween glamour.
BRAIN ERASER
BY RACHEL HANCOCK
Bombay Gin
Aperol
St. Germain
Monin Lavender Syrup
Club Soda
MAGICAL MORNING ELIXIR
BY CELESTE DINOS
3 oz Coconut water
1 cup Ghoulish-greens (aka fresh spinach)
1 Baby ghost (aka 1/2 of a banana)
1 Apple-bottom witch fruit (aka Bartlett pear)
3 Thin slices root of ginger
6 Eye of tropics (aka frozen pineapple or mango chunks) Squeeze of killer bee honey
1. Pour coconut water into caldron (blender).
2. Add ghoulish-greens, baby ghost, sliced apple-bottom witch fruit, fresh root of ginger, eye of tropics. Top with a swirl of killer bee honey.
3. Use your wand (or best modern-day technology) to start caldron and… Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble!
4. Once to the consistency of your liking, pour into chalice of choice, garnish with parsley, and enjoy!
5. For an evening adult-only treat, experiment by adding ice and your preferred spirit to the caldron!
A great way to kick off Halloween morning for the entire family (except for those too young and pure for killer bee honey…usually not for those under the age of 2)!
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
BY JEANETTE ROLLA
2 oz Blanco Tequila
1 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
.5 oz Agave
2 Red Jalapeno Peppers
2 drops Red food coloring
2 tb Tajin
6 drops Red Food Coloring
1 Lime rind to rim glass
1. Pour the Tajin on a plate and add red food coloring - mix with a fork
2. Rim your glass and dip edges in the red tajin
3. Add ice to your cocktail shaker and add tequila, triple sec, lime juice & agave & food coloringshake well
4. Strain and pour into glass
5. Make a slice in the bottom of each red pepper a place on either side of the glass - make the peppers face out to look like horns!
HONORABLE MENTIONS
OUTRAGEOUS EXTRAVAGANT REESE’S PIECES BLOODY MARY
BY DON BILLINGS
Bloody Mary anyway you want to mix it, just add Reese’s Pieces, it’s bloody spooktacular and ghoulishly good. Witch Hazel is giving out to-go cups.
Vodka, vodka and some more vodka
JACK-O
BY ASHLEY COLLINS
You know splash of this dash of that :)
Jack Daniels
Jäegermeister
Pumpkin purée
Ginger Ale
Orange bitters
Lime salt rim
Dried orange and lime wheel
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi.
Why did the pumpkin take a detour?
To avoid a seedy part of town.
What did the pumpkins say at happy hour?
Let’s get smashed.
WITCHES BREW
BY JEAN BREUNLE
Devilishly
strong coffee Whipshots Caramel
Inspired by my Halloween coffee mugs!
POISON IVY MARTINI
BY CAMERON GANTEK
Basil leaves
Strawberry simple syrup
1. Line the bottom & rim of glass with strawberry simple syrup.
2. Muddle the basil leaves in a shaker.
3. Add the Limoncello, vodka, and ice to the shaker.
4. Shake thoroughly and pour into your glass.
5. Top with lime Whipshots, drizzle with strawberry simple syrup, and garnish with a basil leaf.
Limoncello
Vodka Lime Whipshots