Sugar and spice and not all things nice! Add these cocktails to your Halloween bar menu

Halloween is all about spooky costumes and treats! But as adults the trick or treating option goes out of the window. However, replacing candies with yummy cocktails is the upside of being an adult.

So, if you're throwing a Halloween party (and if you're not, you might just want to after looking at these), these classy cocktails are sure to delight your guests:

Blood Sucker Punch

Ingredients
Pineapple juice: 90 ml
Cranberry juice: 90 ml
Grape juice: 60 ml
Dark rum: 45 ml
Anise Spirit: 15 ml
Fresh lime: 10 ml



Method
- Shake all the ingredients and pour it into the glass filled with ice cubes.
- Garnish with grenadine and strawberry syrup mix.
- Serve in a brandy snifter/ big cocktail glass.

Pirates Paradise



Ingredients
Red wine: 90 ml
Cognac VS: 30 ml
Grape juice: 90 ml
Brown sugar: 1 cube

Method
- Shake all the ingredients and pour into the glass filled with ice.
- Garnish with herbs.
- Serve in a scull shaped glass.

Gruesome Graveyard

Ingredients
Lavender infused vodka: 50 ml
Blue curacao: 10 ml
Sweet n sour mix: 20 ml
Red Berry puree: 60 ml

Method
- Mix all the ingredients and pour into a hollow bell pepper.
- Garnish with red berries.

Devils at Work

Ingredients
Vodka: 45 ml
White chocolate liqueur: 15 ml
Star anise syrup: 30 ml
Grenadine: 5 drops

Method
- Chill the vodka.
- Take the grenadine in a glass and pour in star anise liqueur.
- Float vodka on top and top with white chocolate liqueur.
- Garnish with red chillies and serve in a martini glass.



(Recipe courtesy: Sandeep Singh, F&B Director at Shangri-La's - Eros Hotel, New Delhi.)