Description
A dramatic Halloween cocktail blending apple cider, dark rum or bourbon, grenadine, and blackberries with a black-sugar rim and eerie garnishes. Serve as a single drink, spooky shots, or scale to a party punch.
Ingredients
4 oz fresh apple cider
1.5 oz dark rum or bourbon
0.5 oz grenadine
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
4–5 fresh blackberries, plus extra for garnish
Ice cubes
1 cinnamon stick, for garnish
Black sanding sugar, for rimming (optional)
Honey or lemon juice, for rimming
Edible glitter, pinch (optional)
Food-safe dry ice, tiny piece per glass (optional, handle carefully)
Instructions
1. Rim the glass: Brush the rim with honey or lemon juice, then dip into black sanding sugar.
2. Muddle: In a shaker, muddle 4–5 blackberries until juicy.
3. Shake: Add apple cider, rum or bourbon, grenadine, lemon juice, and ice. Shake briskly 10–12 seconds.
4. Strain: Fill a chilled glass with fresh ice and strain the cocktail over it.
5. Garnish: Add a cinnamon stick, a blackberry skewer, and a pinch of edible glitter if using.
6. Optional spooky effect: Carefully add a tiny piece of food-safe dry ice to the glass; wait until fully dissipated before sipping.
7. For spooky shots: Strain into shot glasses without ice; garnish lightly.
8. Party batch: In a pitcher, combine 32 oz cider, 12 oz rum or bourbon, 4 oz grenadine, 4 oz lemon juice, and 1/2 pint muddled blackberries. Stir, chill with ice, and serve with garnishes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes