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Greet guests with devilishly good Halloween recipes, and the most bewitching cocktails, wines and beers.
Spook-tacular Cocktails
Old Fashioned Fright
Add ½ tsp (2 mL) sugar and 3 dashes of bitters to a rocks glass. Muddle and stir until sugar is nearly dissolved. Add 2 oz bourbon and stir. Fill glass with a single large ice cube or large cubes and stir until chilled. Slice an orange zest coin into a jack-o'-lantern.
Make with Buffalo Trace Bourbon
Manhattan Haunt
Measure and add 1 oz sweet (red) vermouth and 2 oz rye whisky to a chilled mixing glass three-quarters full of ice. Add 2 dashes of bitters. Stir well, until flavours blend. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass over ice. Garnish with a gummy worm piercing an apple slice.
Make with Dillon's Rye Whisky
Witchy Sour
Add 2 oz whisky, ¾ oz lemon juice, 1 tsp (5 mL) superfine sugar, a pasteurized egg white and 6 ice cubes to a cocktail shaker. Vigorously shake for 60 seconds. Strain into a small cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange wheel topped with a plastic spider.
Make with Michter's Kentucky Bourbon
Bloody Nail
Rim a rocks glass with red gel icing and sprinkle with black salt. Pour in 1½ oz Scotch whisky and ½ oz Drambuie. Stir well and garnish with lemon peel, if you like.
Make with Grant's Scotch WhiskyShop These Spooky Products
Ghoulishly Good Ideas from Food & Drink
Mushroom Skull Pizza
To turn white mushrooms into scary skulls for pizza or a sauté, all you need is a paring knife and a straw. Halve the mushrooms (if you’re using them as a pizza topping), then poke out eye sockets with the straw. Cut two slits for the nose then scrape teeth in the stem with the knife’s tip.
Homemade Pumpkin Seeds
Roasting your own pumpkin seeds is simple and rewarding. Use an ice cream scoop to scrape the seeds from your pumpkin easily, then rinse in a colander, rubbing them until they’re pretty clean. Lay out the seeds on paper towels to dry thoroughly. Toss the dry seeds with vegetable oil, salt and pepper and, if you like, your favourite spices — think chili powder, cumin and cayenne. Roast at 300°F (149°C) on a parchment-lined baking sheet until crispy and delightful!
Make Your Own Witches' Brew
You don’t need a recipe to make witches’ brew! Here’s how to conjure up your own enchanting Halloween punch.
MIX MASTER: Use a combo of spirits plus juice or soda — dark-coloured juices like grape or blackcurrant are best. Or make it glow with pop like Mountain Dew.
VESSELS: For the full effect, whip up a big batch in a “cauldron” punch bowl and float “eyeballs” made from canned lychees stuffed with blueberries.
