Hosting a Halloween party? Be sure to check out this deliciously spooky Halloween Cocktail called Creepy Crawler! Martinis or flavored Mocktails are great on a Halloween food menu, as long as you make them look spooky. Flavored with the winning combination of Chocolate and Orange, this is a great martini cocktail recipe. Get creative by drawing a spider web on your martini glasses, and just to get your guests scream out in fear, drop in a spider in their Martini before you serve it! Its easy, its colorful, its delicious, intoxicating, and spooky! Sounds like a perfect Halloween Cocktail, right? What more can you ask for?![Recipe & Photo courtesy of Cocktail Times; Recipe developed by Leo Ramirez]
Ingredients
1 oz Brandy
1 oz Blood Orange Puree
2 oz GranGala Triple Orange Liqueur
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
1-12 oz Bag of Dark Chocolate Chips
1 Orange Truffle or Chocolate-Dipped Orange Slice
1 Plastic Spider (optional)
Directions
Using 8 to 10 chocolate chips for one drink, heat in the microwave for 20 seconds until almost melted. Take chips out of the microwave and stir with a spoon until completely melted (this method creates best chocolate consistency for making the web).
Place the melted chocolate in a squeeze bottle and ‘draw’ a spider web on the inside of the martini glass.
In a Boston shaker, add the rest of the ingredients and shake well. Pour into the decorated martini glass. Garnish with an orange truffle or chocolate dipped orange slice. Add a plastic spider to the drink as an optional garnish!
Tips from the Mixologist: You can create the chocolate web ahead of time, then leave the glasses in a cool place so the chocolate solidifies.
Mansi’s Tip: Use a toothpick dipped in chocolate to draw the web on the glass instead of a cone; it’s much easier!
Spook out your guests with this Creepy Crawler Halloween Cocktail and watch them scream, faint or get all grossed out when they see a spider floating in their Martini!! hey! its Halloween, what do you expect!!:)
Related Recipes:
Perfect Chocolate Martini
Pumpkin Gingerbread Cocktail
I’m glad this found its admirers! and yes, as its Halloween, please go ahead and take a sip from the glass!:)
Can I have one now even though I’m still at work? I could definitely use it!
Sounds amazing! i especially like the optional plastic spider.
Thought you’d be interested in our post on Halloween wines:
http://winedotcom.blogspot.com/2008/10/spooky-halloween-wine-list.html
David
Thanks Mansi. A good one .. saving it.
Happy Halloween.:-D