Halloween Cocktails and Gory Garnishes

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By Jeanne Benedict
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Nothing shrieks "Halloweeeeeen" like cocktails with creepy, crawly garnishes.

Entice friends at your Halloween Party with Chocolate Tarantulatinis, Frozen Strawberry Spider Bites, or potions they mix themselves at a Mad Lab Cocktail Bar where edible eyeballs and mini body parts are the garnishes of choice.

You're sure to liven up the crowd, even the zombies, with these festive Halloween Treats!

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Chocolate Tarantulini

Godiva liquer and melted chocolate chips make this Halloween cocktail to die for.

While consuming real bugs may be a delicacy in certain countries, we’ve

opted for candy critters to give drinks a hair-raising effect.

Prepare Martini glasses for this specialty drink by coating the rims with melted chocolate.

Drop a candy tarantula in each glass.

Place Chocolate Tarantulatini ingredients on the bar (recipe below).

Give guests the option of chocolate candy cockroach garnishes as well!

Ingredients

1 oz. vodka
2 oz. Godiva Chocolate liqueur
1 oz. crème de cacao
Melted chocolate chips for glass rim
Candy tarantulas

Steps

Melt chocolate chips in the microwave.
Dip the rim of a Martini glass in the melted chocolate.
Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into the chocolate-rimmed Martini glass with a candy tarantula.

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Drac Attack Halloween Cocktails with Fondant Fangs

Made with Baileys Irish Cream Liquer, it's the perfect addition to a "bite" of dessert.

Prepared white fondant*

Put an extra bite into your cocktails by decorating drink glasses with

Fondant Fangs. Fondant is edible sugar clay that is sometimes used

instead of icing on cakes.

Set up the Drac Attack ingredients on the bar (recipe below).

Place the Fondant Fang glasses nearby (fang instructions below).

Invite guests to mix up their own sweet sanguine cocktail in a Count Dracula inspired glass.

Radish Eyeball Instructions at Fabulous Foods, Photo: Mitch Mandell

Ingredients

4 Cup(s) Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur
1 Cup premium vodka
Red food coloring
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
Prepared white fondant*
Red icing gel

Steps

Pre-mix cocktail ingredients by adding Bailey’s and vodka into a glass pitcher. Stir in a drops of red food coloring until mixture resembles blood.
Pour into a Margarita or Daiquiri glass and float a candy spider sac on top.
To make individual cocktails, pour red Bailey's mixture into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a Fondant Fang glass.
Place the Fondant Fang glasses nearby (fang instructions below).
To Make Fondant Fangs:
Sprinkle cornstarch on your work surface.
Roll out prepared white fondant just like you would roll out cookie dough.
Use a knife to cut out 3-inch wide Dracula fangs.
Line up the top edge of the fangs with the top rim of a wineglass.
Apply a little water on the back of the fangs and adhere them to the glass.
Accent fang tips with red icing gel to give them that "fresh bite" look.
Invite guests to mix up their own sweet sanguine cocktail in a Count Dracula inspired glass.