Halloween cocktails don’t need to be scary to be good, though we always appreciate the creative blood red, jet black and monster green concoctions. This year we’re seeing quite a few purple drinks celebrating the Oct. 31 holiday. Here’s our Halloween cocktail roundup for 2026. (And for more, see our 2025 Halloween drinks.)
Wicked Potion
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Middle West Spirits Vim & Petal Gin
- ½ oz. Crème de violette
- ½ oz. Genepy liqueur
- ¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice
- ½ oz. Butterfly pea flower-infused simple syrup
- 1 dash Lavender bitters optional
Instructions
- Rim a chilled coupe with purple sugar.
- Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard until chilled.
- Double strain into coupe.
- Garnish with dried orange slice and cherry.
Notes
The mixologists at Middle West Spirits created this recipe.
Witches Brew (red)
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Cazcanes No. 7 Reposado tequila
- 1 oz. Blood orange juice
- 1 oz. Pomegranate juice
- ½ oz. Triple sec
- ¼ oz. Agave optional
- pinch Edible gold dust
- pinch Ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and shake with ice.
- Strain into rocks glass over a large rock.
- Garnish with blood orange slice and torched rosemary twig.
Notes
The mixologists at Cazcanes created this recipe.
The Witching Hour
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Astral blanco tequila
- 1 oz. Fresh lime juice
- ½ oz. Simple syrup 1:1
- 1 dash Lavender bitters
- ½ oz. “Purple potion” 2 parts Blue Curaçao to 1 part hibiscus rosemary syrup
- Black lava salt
Instructions
- Rim rocks glass with lime and dip in black lava salt.
- Add first four ingredients and ice to a vessel.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Pour into rimmed glass.
- Drizzle with purple potion, allowing it to drip then stir through the drink.
- Garnish with a torched rosemary sprig.
Notes
The mixologists at Astral Tequila created this recipe.
Witches Brew (green)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Patrón blanco tequila
- 1 oz. Midori melon liqueur
- ¾ oz. Fresh lime juice
- Black sea salt rim
Instructions
- Rim a rocks glass with lime and dip in black sea salt.
- Combine ingredients and shake.
- Pour into rimmed glass.
- Garnish with gummy worms.
Notes
The mixologists at Beast & Butterflies at M Social Hotel New York Times Square created this recipe.
It’s Showtime!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Brandy
- ¾ oz. Lemon
- ¾ oz. Maple syrup
- ½ oz. Egg white
- pinch Activated charcoal
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and dry shake.
- Add a few cubes for second shake.
- Strain into coupe glass.
- Garnish with dried orange slice and sprinkle of cayenne pepper.
Notes
The mixologists at Liquor Lab in Louisville, KY, created this Beetlejuice-themed recipe.
Nightmare on Bourbon Street
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Redemption bourbon
- 2 oz. Spiced apple syrup
- 1 oz. Lemon juice
- ¾ oz. Aquafaba
- ⅛ tsp. Red glitter
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and shake with ice.
- Pour into Old Fashioned glass.
- Stir to mix up the glitter.
- Garnish with a skeleton stirrer.
Notes
The mixologists at Burtons Grill & Bar created this recipe.
Pumpkin Chaitini
Ingredients
- 1 bar spoon Aquafaba
- 1 ½ oz. Homemade pumpkin spice syrup
- 1 oz. Chilled chai tea
- 1 oz. Half and half
- 1 ½ oz. Ketel One Vodka
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and shake.
- Strain into coupe glass.
- Garnish with biscotti and sweet vanilla cold foam.
Notes
The mixologists at Society 48 at The Belgrove Resort & Spa West Palm Beach created this recipe.
Midnight in London
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. London Dry Gin
- ¾ oz. Fresh lemon
- ¾ oz. Orgeat
- 3 Black berries muddled
- ¼ oz. Pernod Ricard
Instructions
- Rim a cocktail glass with black sugar rim.
- Combine ingredients and shake.
- Strain into rimmed glass.
- Garnish with blackberry on a sword. Boxwood also uses the Aroma Flow handheld smoke machine to create clouds that linger over the cocktail.
Notes
The mixologists at Boxwood in The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills created this recipe.
