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Wow your party guests with these spooky rum sips
This Halloween
By N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe
October 31, 2022 (IANSlife) Halloween is here and it’s time to transform and shapeshift into your favorite character as you gear up to throw the perfect house party for your friends. Pumpkin-spiced lattes, spooky decorations, and a whole lot of candy are essentials, but Halloween feels incomplete without some yummy, yet spooky sips too!
You don’t have to be an experienced mixologist to whip up the fruity Ghost eyes or try out the sweet and nostalgic Grave digger. Whichever you pick, you can’t go wrong with this selection, so get creative:
GHOST EYES
Ingredients:
- 60ML White Rum
- 75ML Lychee Juice
- 10ML Blue Curacao syrup
- Top up with Ginger Ale
Preparation: Build ingredients over ice and slowly pour blue curacao over the top. Serve in highball glass with 2 lychees stuffed with black olives. Beware, the spirits are always watching.
BLOODY ZOMBIE
Ingredients:
- 60ML White Rum
- 40ML Orange Juice
- 40ML Pineapple Juice
- 10ML Lime Juice
- 10ML Grenadine syrup
Preparation: Build up over ice. Add Grenadine in a pipette/dropper, and invite your guests to press it into the drink. Garnish with orange wedges and cherries on a cocktail stick.
GRAVE DIGGER
Ingredients:
- 60ML White Rum
- 45ML Black Coffee
- 15ML Sugar syrup
- 25ML Fresh Cream
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain over fresh ice in glass. Sprinkle OREO cookies on one side of the glass with a skull prop. Pro tip- Blend oreo cookies in a dry blender and store in a jar. Use as required.
WITCH’S CAULDRON
Ingredients:
- 50ML White Rum
- 40ML Cranberry Juice
- 10ML Peach Syrup
- 10ML Lime Juice
Preparation: Stirred slowly is the witch’s brew, serves two. Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into 2 pumpkin props and serve as shooters.
(Recipes curated by experts at Bacardi India)
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N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe can be contacted at lothungbeni.h@ians.in
