Halloween Cocktail Recipes

Cocktail Academy knows their way around a great drink, but beyond that, they’re all about a crafted cocktail “experience.” In the last 7 years, they’ve become the go-to mixology and bartending firm for everyone from Nike to Netflix and pretty much every spirit’s brand worth their weight, catering an array of services from pop-up dinners, cocktail lessons, spirit tastings and most famously, the ultimate parties. We called on them for the perfect Halloween cocktails.

HALLOWEEN PAINKILLER

This drink is exactly as it sounds: a Halloween-themed cocktail that will make all your spooky shenanigans pain free.

MAKES 1-2

Ingredients

• 2 dsh Angostura bitters
• .5 oz lime 
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1 oz pineapple
• 1.5 oz turmeric coconut syrup
• 1.5 oz Aquavit

Method

1. Combine ingredients into a cocktail glass. 
2. Add crushed ice & swizzle.
3. Add additional ice to full glass. 
4. Garnish with a blackstrap rum float.

TOOTSIE ROLL OLD FASHIONED

This twist on a go-to classic uses Mole Bitters for a unique spice, as well as Tootsie Roll syrup to bring you back to your trick-or-treating days.

MAKES 1-2

Ingredients

• 2 dsh Angostura bitters
• 2 dsh Mole bitters
• .25 Tootsie Roll syrup 
• .5 oz gin
• 1.5 oz blended scotch

Method

1. Combine ingredients into a rocks glass. 
2. Add a large ice cube and stir until chilled & diluted.
3. Garnish with orange peel and Tootsie Roll