Halloween Cocktails and Margaritas: From Witches’ Brew to Blood Orange Margs

Every Halloween party has a few staples: scary decorations, a lot of sweet treats, and cocktails with spooky names. After all, cocktails already come in different colors; all we really need to do is give them a creepy name. These Halloween cocktails and margaritas go beyond just names. 

Discover spooky Halloween cocktails and margaritas, festive fall drinks, and easy Halloween party recipes. Halloween parties are the most fun to host. The entire planning stage is all about finding new ways to scare or creep out your party guests.

This means finding unique decorations to turn your comfy home into a nightmare dwelling. Then there’s the food. Usually, we stress over everything looking perfect, but not this time.

Instead, we want our food to look gross; the more disgusting, the better. This means we don’t have to stress over perfection, which is always nice. Lastly, we need some cocktails.

Cocktails aren’t always necessary, but they sure do help make all the scary decor scarier. Halloween cocktails aren’t much different than regular cocktails. Cocktails usually come in various colors, so we just need to find Halloween-friendly colors like purple, green, black, red, and orange.

That might mean switching up some ingredients on classic cocktails to get those colors or using fun garnishes to make them extra creepy. Either way, these Halloween cocktails and margaritas are perfect for any gathering on Halloween night.

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Halloween Margaritas

Margaritas are among the easiest to find for Halloween. Most margaritas use a fruit of some kind to add flavor, but that fruit also lends color to the drink. These strawberry jalapeno margaritas are perfect because they’re red, but also have a haunting spiciness to them.

Another fantastic option for Halloween party margaritas is this bloody margarita recipe. It’s not that the margarita is red; instead, it is the blood oranges that give that cocktail its name.

We can even use club soda to make it a sparkling blood orange margarita. These margaritas are perfect for Halloween and can be made in large batches for a party, but they aren’t the only options.

Halloween Cocktails with Vodka

Tequila is going to be a popular choice for Halloween cocktails and margaritas, but it isn’t the only option. We can really play with colors while using vodka. One of the most popular Halloween cocktails is the witch’s brew recipe.

The reason vodka is such a good choice is that it is clear, so we can simply add food coloring to make it whatever color we want. The witch’s brew is purple, but this poison apple cocktail is bright green.

Both cocktails can be made in large batches and served up in a punch bowl. Though these pumpkin spice mule cocktails are better made to order. Still, solving the crowd issue is easier with larger recipes.

Halloween Cocktails for a Crowd

Serving up the best Halloween cocktails and margaritas is not light work. Yes, cocktails are mostly just pouring liquids into a cup, but do it a few dozen times in one night and you’ll start to see the real horrors of Halloween.

That’s why batch cocktails are even better, think Halloween punch recipe. These cocktails are self-serve cocktails. All you need to do is dump the ingredients into a punch bowl, add a ladle, stir, and call it a night.

You can even theme the punch like in this zombie punch recipe. Another great idea would be to use a sangria recipe for Halloween. Sangria is simply wine and fruit slices that have had time to mix together.

All of these cocktails can be made in large batches, but these punch recipes do the math for you.

Halloween Cocktails and Margaritas

Hosting a spooky party is fun; scaring your guests is even more fun—theme your party with cocktails that match the night’s vibes. A bowl of zombie punch or a batch of Sleepy Hollow cocktails will go a long way.

You can make things more fun with how you serve the cocktails. The witch’s brew is perfect, but this cauldron cocktail recipe dives even deeper. The beauty of the night is that perfection is against the rules.

Instead, get sloppy, brew up some potions, and just exhibit a bunch of hocus pocus with a drink. 

More Halloween Recipes and Fun

Free Nintendo Pumpkin Stencils | Carving pumpkins is a great way to add some decor to your home that will bring out the Halloween spirit(s).

Pumpkin Drinks for Kids and Adults | Kids can get involved in the fun, too; just maybe leave out the alcohol from these pumpkin drinks.

You’ve Been Booed Printables | You can also get more involved with your community by restarting the “You’ve been booed” trend. 

Bloody Margarita Cocktail for Halloween | There’s nothing wrong with even more Halloween cocktails to fill your party’s menu.

Blood Orange Moscow Mule | You can also enjoy a refreshing mule, this time with a spooky twist.