It’s time to celebrate. The decorations are up, the pumpkins have been carved, the puppies are in costume, and a big bucket of candy is waiting outside for my trick-or-treaters. I’ve got some party foods in the oven, including pigs-in-a-blanket and spooky English muffin pizzas for the kids. Since I’m having children at the party, I will have some spooky mocktails for them and something a little stronger for me. Make sure you pick one color with alcohol and one color without and please if you are using a punchbowl, put the nonalcohol version out. Keep the over 21 version safely away from children and make sure guests that are drinking are not driving-I can’t stress this enough.
I’ve spent this month getting my newest book, Knot A Psychic out on Amazon in the many forms readers like, so I’m completely batty at this point. After the big release I grabbed my favorite horror books from Stephen King, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, and some of the original greats and have been reading. It’s Halloween here all year, so scary books are not in short supply.
This is also the last day 10/31/2025 to pick up your free Kindle copy of Knot An Actress, book 1 of the All Tied Up In Knots series. Don’t wait until the free offer is gone.
With the snacks in the oven and the timer set, it’s time to start making the mock/cocktails. See the recipes below and let me know which is your favorite.
Pick one for adults and one for children (different colors so there are no mix ups).
Dracula’s Teeth- sure to knock the teeth off your favorite vampire! It’s a fun twist on a Kir Royale.
Adult version-(this has alcohol, so drink in moderation and don’t drive or operate heavy machinery)
Making for children or alcohol free peeps-omit all the alcohol (use the substitutions) and put in cute spooky glasses-yes you can add some fangs ’cause its fun. I’ve also used clear plastic cups with lids and bat stickers-huge success.
What you’ll need:
Wax or Plastic Vampire Teeth
Martini Glasses or Champagne Flutes
A bottle of CHILLED Champagne, Spumante, or Moscato depending on your taste (substitute sparkling cider for children)
Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur (substitute 1/2 ounce blackberry juice and 1/2 ounce black cherry juice for children)
Enough Grenadine to dip your fangs in
Recipe- double, triple, or quadruple as needed
1 ounce Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur (5 ounces if you make it by the pitcher)
5 ounces Champagne, Spumante, or Moscato (entire bottle if you make it by the pitcher)
Enough grenadine to dip your glasses in and fangs to garnish your glasses(see image above for inspiration). What I like to do is take a small plate and pour about 2 ounces grenadine onto it and just refill as needed when rimming glasses. You can also add some red dusting sugar if you have sparkly vampires.
- Rim your glasses and soak your fangs in grenadine.
- Add 1 ounce Chambord to your glass.
- Fill to just below the rim with 5 ounces or so of your favorite bubbly.
- Garnish glass with fangs, and serve cold.
Purple People Eaters
Remember, if you are making this for ADULTS THAT DRINK ALCOHOL(over 21) you can use the alcohol version. If you are making this for children or adults that don’t drink alcohol, double the amount and put in cute glasses(not shot glasses).
What you need:
Gummy eyeballs, lots of them!
Shot glasses (or fun cups for children)
Vodka (substitute 7-up or Sprite for children)
Blue Curaçao (substitute Blue Kool-aid for children)
Sweet & Sour Mix (omit for children)
Grenadine (Thicker red kool-aid works fine if you don’t have any on hand)
Cranberry juice- the redder, the better
Ideally, you’re looking to get that purple color so play with ingredients if you don’t like the shade.
Recipe:
1 1/2 ounces vodka
1 ounce Blue Curacao
1 ounce sweet & sour mix
1 ounce grenadine
1 ounce or more cranberry juice
Add all ingredients to a measuring cup or pitcher and pour into shot glasses. Add gummy eyeball, serve.
Remember if you are serving this variation for children, make sure everything (including your grenadine) is alcohol free. Double or triple the recipe for children and don’t forget the gummy eyeballs. Yes, you can make this all in a punch sized bowl, but I prefer cups with lids for small children. (2024 Target had these cute eyeball shaped glasses with lids, perfect for children that want some spooky fun- or you can decorate paper cups with a self adhesive googly eyeball just saying)
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