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50 Scary-Good Halloween Cocktails

Celebrate Halloween with one of our devilishly delightful drink recipes including flavored martinis, fruity sangrias, crowd-pleasing punches and jiggly gelatin shots — all guaranteed to raise spirits at your monster mash.

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Photo: Heather Baird, SprinkleBakes.com. From: Heather Baird.

Potent Potables

Need a signature cocktail for your Halloween party or looking for a tasty libation to sip when and your boo curl up and watch horror movies? Vodka, gin, bourbon, rum, wine or whiskey, no matter your poison, we’ve got an array of scary-good drink recipes including a bourbon pumpkin-pie milkshake, lime-green gelatin shots, a chocolate martini and a caramel apple aperitif.

To help make your party complete, we’ve also got menu ideas and recipes for tasty appetizers and delectable desserts for all your guests. Start your decorating early with our decor ideas for indoors and outdoors. For the kids, we’ve got a slew of crafting ideas, trunk-or-treat themes and party games and activities.

Figuring out what you’re going to wear on Halloween is often the most difficult part. Peruse our galleries to find ideas for family costumes, DIY kid-friendly get-ups, couples costumes, last-minute ideas, pet costumes and costumes you can make from a simple white t-shirt.

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Photo: Heather Baird, SprinkleBakes.com. From: Heather Baird.

Monster Bourbon Smash Cocktail

Give the classic bourbon smash a berry scary update with muddled fresh blackberries. For special effect, pipe edible monster stitches onto each glass using melted candy.

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Butter Beer

Make (delicious!) Halloween magic with this witch- and wizard-approved cocktail that's sure to cast a spell on adult party guests.

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Photo: Heather Baird, SprinkleBakes.com. From: Heather Baird.

Dia de los Muertos Mule

Add a south-of-the-border flourish to the classic mule with spicy flavor and a new spirit — tequila! Garnish with a lime wheel and a festive pick before serving. Our recipe, below, shows you how to turn readymade candy skulls into beautiful sugar skulls so you and your crew can party like the undead.

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