Cocktail Recipes for Halloween

The wit and brilliance our loyal reader(s) have grown accustomed to over the decades do not always come easily. Indeed, the savvy plays on words, les mots justes and the overall stylistic mastery contained within the virtual walls of this website occasionally require a bit of fuel. Serendipitously, a nice, handsome bottle of Three Olives Orange Vodka politely tapped on our door the other day — kindly providing us with the energy source we needed and a few cocktail recipes in time for the Halloween weekend.

Jack-O-lantern

3 oz. Three Olives Rangtang Vodka

¾ oz. orange juice

¾ oz. lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Rangtang Zombie-Tini

2 oz. Three Olives Rangtang Vodka

1 oz. lime sours

1.5 oz POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice

Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lime twist.

Gummy Worm Martini

1 ½ oz. Three Olives Purple Vodka

½ oz. Blue Curacao

1 oz. lemon-lime soda

Pour over ice into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Purple People Eater

1 oz. Three Olives Purple Vodka

1 oz. Peach schnapps

4 oz. Cranberry juice

Pour vodka and schnapps into a martini glass filled with ice and top with cranberry juice. Garnish with a few blueberries.