Bonfires burning & bright pumpkin faces in the night…

Witches, ghosts, vampires & zombies gathering in the shadows…

It’s definitely time to get ready for the most frightful night of the year!

Line up the candy apples, befriend a few spiders, get working on the pumpkin carving & dust the old potion book…

… For there’s no Halloween party without a spooky (witches’) brew of a Halloween cocktail!

My elixir of choice? How about a Bloody Ghoul’s Goblet*?!

The perfect mix of sweet & sour, this spooky serve, inspired by thebar.com Smirnoff Ghoul’s Goblet, is sure to cast a spell on your guests!

Just don’t be alarmed when you see some creepy creatures at the bottom of your glass, for if you don’t garnish drinks with worms & tarantula brains on Halloween, then when?

Bloody Ghoul’s Goblet (serves 1)

Ingredients:

• 35ml Tanqueray gin
• 150ml ginger ale
• 2 slices blood orange + juice of 1/4
• a few drops red food colouring
• Gummy worm sweets, mini plastic spiders, pomegranate seeds & small blackberries

1. Fill an ice tray with gummy worms sweets, plastic spiders & small blackberries (a few to each square) and add water. Add a few drops of food colouring, then freeze.

2. Add 2–3 gummy worm sweet ice cubes to a tumbler glass.

3. Pour Tanqueray gin into the tumbler, add the blood orange juice and top with ginger ale.

4. Garnish with blood orange slices and pomegranate seeds & serve immediately.

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* This post was sponsored by thebar.com and the featured recipe was inspired by their Smirnoff Ghoul’s Goblet but all text, pictures and Halloween cocktail excitement my own.