15 Spooky Good Halloween Cocktails

Planning a Halloween party for grownups? Then you’ll want to check out these easy to make and spooky good cocktails. Also included are mocktail recipes for the kids. Choose one to serve as a bewitching bevvie and decorate your bar with spiders, pumpkins and fun glassware to get the party started!

two Halloween cocktails with small pumpkins on a farm table

Origins of Halloween

Halloween is a truly unique holiday. It’s believed Halloween began as the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Near the end of summer, the Celts of Ireland thought the barrier between the human world and the world of spirits became so thin that spirits could cross over. So they held parties to scare the ghosts away. Through the centuries, the tradition spread and morphed into the costume-wearing, candy-collecting debauchery we know and love in the U.S. and parts of Europe.

Two Bloody Mary Halloween cocktails in skull glasses. — Is a Bloody Mary too gruesome for Halloween? Not if you’re expecting vampires! Photo: Shutterstock

But Halloween is not just for kids. Adults love Halloween too, and not just for the costumes and candy. It’s the odd festivity of the night that makes it the perfect reason to host a creepy, creative party and craft a specialty cocktail. Or two.

Cocktails for a Halloween Party

Pick your poison. We have lined up 15 pretty Halloween cocktails that will impress and bewitch your most ghoulish guest! From a positively “boo”-tiful Cotton Candy Martini to the more sinister Bloody Zombie Rum Cocktail, you will find the perfect cocktail for a monster of a party.

Mocktail Suggestion for the Kids

For the little ghouls and boys at your party, tint clear soda or lemonade using food color. To get orange, start with one drop of red and two of yellow and make adjustments until you get the perfect pumpkin color! Serve with retro (and environmentally friendly!) black and white paper straws, for a wicked good Halloween mocktail.

Read More: Easy Halloween Candles to Make

If you want to pull out all the stops, you’ll want to use dry ice to chill your drinks and create some spooky fog. Warning – this is not for amateurs! For tips on how to store, handle and serve drinks using dry ice, check out this Betty Crocker post.

I’ve included a pumpkin spice drink too. Because, well, it’s also pumpkin spice season.

Magic Cotton Candy Martini | The Cookie Rookie

The Witch’s Heart Cocktail | The Flavor Bender

Hocus Pocus Halloween Cocktail | The Foodie Affair

Caramel Apple Sangria | The Sweetest Occasion

Poison Apple Cocktail | A Cup Full Sass

Candy Corn Cocktail | Tammilee Tips

Raspberry Peach Margarita | Cooks With Cocktails

Blood Orange Blackberry Rum Punch | Heather Christo

Witches Potion | Lil Luna

Devils Dark and Stormy with Dry Ice | Parsnips and Pastries

Black Heart Cider | Paper and Cake