How to Make a Poison Apple Cocktail

Our spooky poison apple cocktail, complete with foggy dry ice effects, is the perfect Halloween cocktail (or mocktail). Keep scrolling for the printable recipe and be sure to Pin your favorite images for later.

Who says Halloween is just for kids!! Actually, beyond trick or treating, we find more adult friends of ours enjoying festivities throughout the month of October than the kids. Today, we are sharing this fun, spooky poison apple cocktail recipe that is perfect for adult Halloween celebrations. In addition to this blood red version, we are also sharing variation ideas, and a mocktail twist. Keep reading for our tips and the full recipe. Jump to Recipe

Halloween Cocktail Serving Suggestions

How should you serve up this spooky Halloween cocktail? We enjoyed serving this poison apple cocktail in both spooky skeleton hand glasses, and traditional lowball glassware. I love the idea of Halloween inspired glassware, but anything you have on hand also does the trick!

Here are some of our favorite poison apple cocktail serving suggestions:

• Skeleton hand cocktail glasses
• Low-ball glasses with a pebble size of dry ice for effect
• Coat the rim of your glass with a mixture of light corn syrup and red food coloring. This will create a “dripping blood” effect down the side of the glass.
• Hollow out red or green apples and serve the cocktail inside with a straw
• Use a crystal glass pitcher or serving bowl
• Use a large punch bowl and larger pieces of dry ice for a smoky effect

In addition to these fun serving suggestions, we also have a few variation ideas for this cocktail, including a mocktail version that is super tasty.

Poison Apple Cocktail Variations

If blood red isn’t your jam, we have a few more serving suggestion ideas for this Halloween cocktail.

Green Apple: Swap out the cinnamon vodka with sour apple schnapps liqueur and apple juice for sour apple mixer.

Dark & Moody: Swap out vodka for whisky or bourbon and add a cinnamon stick for garnish.

Mocktail: Use apple cider, cranberry juice and sparkling water or sparkling lemon/lime juice.

Poison Apple Cocktail

Ingredients Needed

• 1 oz cinnamon vodka
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz apple cider or apple juice
• Apple slices for garnish
• Dry ice for effect

Directions

1. Add ice to a cocktail shaker along with the other ingredients listed. Shake to mix.
2. Add an apple slice and a pea sized piece of dry ice as garnish.
3. Serve immediately.

Spooky has definitely grown on me after having kids. They seem to get a kick out of skeletons and all things spooky. So, why not carry over their excitement for the weirdness that is Halloween by serving up a bit of scariness in the form of a delicious cocktail!? Enjoy.

For more fun cocktail recipes, don’t miss the following:

Spooky Raven Cocktail Recipe

The Orange Mule

Color Shift Cocktail