Fall Favorites & Frightfully Fun Halloween Cocktail Recipes
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice: Must-Try Fall Flavors & Spooky Sips.
Looking to spice up your fall parties or Halloween gatherings with seasonal cocktails? Don’t shake with fear, stir with confidence- we have your back. Discover the best fall and Halloween cocktail recipes that blend warm autumn flavors like apple cider, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice with spooky, festive twists. Whether you're hosting a cozy bonfire or a haunting Halloween bash, these creative drink ideas will impress your guests. From classic apple cider cocktails to creepy concoctions like the Pumpkin Spice Vanilla or Mexican Hot Chocolate, these fall-inspired cocktails are sure to set the perfect mood. Explore our top fall and Halloween cocktail recipes for a festive and flavorful celebration!
El Diablo
El Diablo cocktail, a bedeviled blend of Tequila, Crème de Cassis, lime and ginger beer. It’s a surprisingly delicious cocktail recipe invented by Vic Bergeron aka Trader Vic. We use Añejo Tequila, Jules Theuriet Cassis and Fever Tree or Cock and Bull ginger beer.
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Brain Duster
Binny’s Home Bartender clears away the cobwebs from this pre-prohibition classic. The absinthe-scented Brain Duster, aka the Waldorf cocktail, is a spellbinding elixir of rye, sweet vermouth, absinthe and bitters.
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Rakefire
Rakefire is an old British pejorative for a person who outstays their welcome in someone's home until the fire has burned down to a few remaining embers. It also evokes thoughts of smoldering piles of leaves, dried sheaves of old John Barleycorn and cool autumn evenings.
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Side Slice
Fall into Fall with the Side Slice, a riff on the classic Sidecar with apple brandy and apple liqueur. Treat yourself to the sophisticated side of fall flavors.
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Forbidden Fall
Forbidden Fall is a creamy, potent, pumpkin spice milkshake. Velvety pumpkin spice in perfect balance with apple and cranberry. Perfect for cozy nights or festive gatherings, this indulgent treat will satisfy your craving for all things pumpkin spice!
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Mexican Hot Chocolate
Need comforting on a dark and stormy night? Curl up with a spicy Mexican Hot Chocolate, complete with a ghoulish garnish of marshmallow ghosts. We use Ancho Reyes Ancho Chile Liqueur to give it a ghoulish kick.
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Corpse Reviver No. 2
By no means should this classic be relegated to reanimation duties only. It can walk among us at all hours of the day. With a sufficiently haunting licorice aroma, The Corpse Reviver No. 2 stands as one of our all-time favorite aperitifs.
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NutElla Fitzgerald
The NutElla Fitzgerald; as rich, smooth and delicious as Ella’s own voice. If you love Nutella then treat yourself to this deliciously decadent dessert cocktail.
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Kentucky Kringle
A sweet, nutty, spicy, and potent concoction that not only tastes like but goes down as easily as a big slice of nutty kringle. It also has the comforting, warming, Bourbon forward profile of a perfect fall or winter sipper.
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Satan's Whiskers
A sinfully delicious gin-based pre prohibition cocktail. Full of fall colors, this citrus-centric concoction is a devilish delight. A signature drink for your Halloween party.
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Black Manhattan
Perfectly built for fall, this Manhattan riff has rocketed to popularity by replacing the Vermouth with the relatively gentle Averna Amaro, lending it a bittersweet caramel and chocolate inflected profile of complexity and balance. A real treat!
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Forbidden Fall
Forbidden Apple is a simple & versatile cocktail that you can try with many different dark rums and hard ciders. This crisp and juicy cocktail will have fall lovers everywhere springing for more!
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Honeymoon
This pre-prohibition era Brandy cocktail fascinates with its complexity, causes cheeks to blush at its spicy content, cuts with acerbic citrusy wit, and scandalizes with its sinfully delicious core of Apple Brandy.
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Pumpkin Spice Vanilla
This simple fall cocktail is super convenient for last minute Halloween party planning treats or something to sip on while putting up your Halloween decorations. Grab your favorite pumpkin beer and mix up this cocktail a few different ways.
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Sheridan Road
Bartender Angie built this cocktail around memories she had with her Grandmother. They would often take a drive in the fall down Sheridan Road from the city up to Highland Park and watch all of the leaves change color. Additionally, the rum of choice is Angie's favorite, and she was quite pleased to find that the port mixed perfectly with the gin and bitters.
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Tea of Knowledge
The apple and spice profile of this cocktail screams autumn. Not only that, it can be made into a classy and cool cocktail served up or on the rocks and is easily modified into a comforting riff on the Hot Toddy.
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Moonlight Graham
Snappy ginger and raspberry mix eloquently with Armagnac and Fernet Branca making for one smooth & delicious Binny's Home Bartender original.
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Carafrío
A luxurious, rich, & comforting pick-me-up. This brandy-based coffee cocktail is perfect for cooler weather, when you might be looking for a little added caffeine in your cup.
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Rattle Skull
Beer cocktails don’t get much attention these days. Probably because craft beer has morphed into an adjunct-laden playground where new releases are already tantamount to a cocktail, straight out of the bottle. The Rattle Skull really has no pre-made corollary and is certainly worth whipping up on a cool autumn night.
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Cold Mulled Apple Cider
A recipe that delivers the flavors of warm, mulled apple cider in a light, bubbly package. An autumn and Thanksgiving cocktail favorite featuring cinnamon whiskey, allspice dram and refreshing semi-sweet hard apple cider.
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