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Blood orange harvest cocktail
From: Maureen Petrosky
INGREDIENTS
• 2 ounces Charbay blood orange vodka
• Juice of 1 whole (blood) orange (or 1.5 ounce fresh blood orange juice)
• 1 ounce simple syrup
red food coloring. Drizzle around edge of martini glass to look drippy and oozy.
Mix ingredients in a shaker with ice; shake and strain into an oozy-rimmed martini glass, garnish with a skewer of Halloween candy — see eyeball ideas below.
Eyeball martini
From: Maureen Petrosky
INGREDIENTS
• 2 1/2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
• 2 radishes, hollowed out to hold an olive, peeled or carved with a paring knife to look like veins
• 2 pimento-stuffed green olives
DIRECTIONS
Peel and hollow out radishes so they can hold an olive. Then drop them into a Crystal Head Vodka martini, which also doubles as a centerpiece.
If you want more radishes and olives to show lots of eyeballs, it's easy to display these in an ice cube tray — you can also freeze this garnish into ice cubes to use in drinks on the rocks.
TIPS
Use a paring knife to peel or carve the radishes. It will help add the appearance of veins.
Halloween punch in a pumpkin
From: Maureen Petrosky
INGREDIENTS
• 1 part Midori melon liqueur
• 1 part dark rum
• 1 part light rum
• 2 parts white cranberry juice
• 1 part unfiltered apple juice
• 1 part simple syrup
• Juice of one lemon
DIRECTIONS
For a punch bowl (32 ounces), use this recipe times 8. Add the liquid ingredients and mix well.
If you'd like, you can top with apple slices, blueberries and melon balls.
Pumpkin pie milkshake
From: Maureen Petrosky
INGREDIENTS
• 1/2 gallon Edy's Slow Churned Limited Edition Pumpkin Ice cream, softened
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 to 2 1/2 cups whole milk (depending how thick you like it)
• Whipped cream for garnish
• Cinnamon for garnish
• Straws for serving
DIRECTIONS
Place the ice cream, vanilla, and milk into a blender. Puree until desired thickness. Pour into mini pumpkins, top with whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Sip on devilish Halloween drinks
Oct. 30: Maureen Petrosky, author of “The Wine Club,” shows you how to mix up some festive cocktails for Halloween.
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