Snake bitten punch: Creepy cocktails that require a few tricks but are sure to be a treat

MILWAUKEE -- Believe it or not -- Halloween is a week from today! So we called in chef Alisa Malavenda to whip up some creepy cocktails that will get you in the mood for something spooky.

Creepy Cocktails – Real Milwaukee

Chef Alisa Malavenda

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Snake Bitten Punch

3 bottles or cans of ginger beer

4 C. apple cider

1 ½ C.  whiskey or vodka

3 cinnamon sticks

Vampire Kiss :

1.5 oz blavod black vodka ( or regular vodka)

1.5 oz Chambord

3 oz cranberry or pomegranate juice

.5 oz fresh squeezed lime juice

candy apple coating for rim ( recipe follows )

Candy Coating:

For the Cocktail : Shake all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Strain mixture carefully into a martini glass and garnish with fangs.

 Dark Shadows Sour

1.5 oz black rum

1 oz Jagermeister

.5  oz fresh lime juice

1 oz simple syrup

egg white from a medium or large egg

Garnish :

Halloween stencil or toothpick

1 capsule of activated charcoal or edible glitter

Corpse Reviver

Said to wake the dead and was created for the hang over “hair of the dog”

1 oz gin ( I prefer Bombay for it’s botanical elements in this drink)

1 oz Cointreau ( or triple sec)

1 oz Cocchi Americano or Lillet Blanc

1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice

Just a dash of absinthe or Pernod ( licorice flavor )

Add all the ingredients to an ice filled cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted. Strain in to a chilled cocktail glass.

Skull and Crossbones Toxic Tonic

1.5 oz Bourbon

.5 oz St Germain

.5 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice

1 oz peppercorn ginger syrup (recipe follows) and 4 oz soda water

few dashes of Bitters

Layer all the ingredients in order in a tall Collins glass. Add the skull and cross bones tea infuser with dry ice to create a creepy illusion, always taken care when using dry ice. Alternatively you can serve this drink over ice cubes.

Ginger Syrup

1 piece about 4 inches long of fresh ginger

1 C sugar

1 C water

1 t whole black peppercorns

Halloween Hypnotist

1.5 oz vodka

3 oz tonic water

1 oz fresh lemon juice

1 skewered piece of cotton candy

1 glow stick

( black light for even more of an effect)

Mix vodka, tonic and lemon juice in a ice filled cocktail shaker , strain into a martini glass , garnish  with cotton candy and a glow stick .

Fiery Caramel Apple

Small lady apples ( 8-10 or 5 -6 regular size)

Syringe

Fireball whiskey

Bag of Kraft Caramels (11 oz) plus 2 T water

And sometimes it is all in the garnish !

Bleeding Beet Hearts – Orange Pumpkin Caps- h”EYE”balls -Gummy Worm Ice Cubes, Hibiscus Flowers in syrup and Dry Ice, any of these can turn your sparkling wine , martinis and old fashions into creepy cocktails and are great for no alcoholic kid friendly drinks too.