#drinks of doom

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Drinks of Doom: Poison Apple ☠

A note: don’t be like me and serve in a rocks glass - this drink is meant for a coupe glass! Also content warning, this is another cocktail!

There’s no shortage of alcoholic Halloween drink ideas. This one came about as I did some research on what drinks I could make for this series - both with and without alcohol. The idea of a “Poison Apple” drink with Fireball caught my attention and so I made my own - albeit in another style with some different ingredients. For those who enjoy whiskey and Fireball, this is a good one. Personally, I’d prefer spiced rum instead, and omitting the brown sugar simple syrup, but that’s just me.

I thought up adding brown sugar simple syrup as a method of sweetening the whiskey, and to give it more of a fall flavor. But combined with the apple juice, I thought it left the drink too sweet. But others out there may like it!

At the very least, I tried it and I know what I prefer.

I will say this tho - it’s strong! So Fireball really is a good spirit for a poison-apple themed cocktail, cause boy will you feel the effects!

Poison Apple:

2 oz apple juice or apple cider

1 shot Fireball

~ 1 oz brown sugar simple syrup (optional)

2 drops Orange blossom water

Sprinkle of cinnamon, for garnish

Chill coupe glass in freezer

Combine 1 tablespoon brown sugar with 1 tablespoon water. Stir and microwave in 30 minute increments until sugar dissolves and syrup forms. Watch your syrup to make sure it doesn’t boil.

Chill syrup and let it cool.

Measure and pour in apple juice, Fireball, syrup and lastly the two drops of orange blossom water. Shake to combine and until chilled, about 15 seconds.

Drain and pour into chilled coupe glass. Sprinkle cinnamon on top to garnish.

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Drinks of Doom: Blood Soda 🩸

Even vampires enjoy a good carbonated drink every once in a while. But to non-vampires, the taste of blood is anything but refreshing and doesn’t make for a good soda flavor. What’s sweet and looks like blood? Pomegranate juice! It’s they key ingredient that sweetens this soda and gives it its blood red hue, paired with lemon-lime seltzer water for to give it that fizz and add extra flavor. For even more fun, you can freeze pomegranate juice in an ice cube tray for….blood cubes?

Anyway, it’s more pomegranate goodness to add to your soda!

Since we’re mixing pomegranate juice with sparkling water, you don’t need equipment to carbonate the drink yourself. It’s yet another super easy drink to make!

Blood Soda:

Pomegranate juice (a 16 oz bottle should be enough for 18 cubes plus several servings of soda)

Lemon-lime seltzer water (get a big enough bottle, a quart or more should do)

Fill up an ice cube tray with pomegranate juice and pop it into the freezer. Freeze overnight.

Place 3-6 pomegranate ice cubes into your glass.

Pour in a couple of ounces of pomegranate juice.

Fill up the rest of your glass with the lemon-lime soda water. Enjoy! 🩸

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Drinks of Doom: Sour Apple Witch’s Brew 🧹

Content warning: this Drink of Doom is one of the two that contains alcohol - please enjoy responsibly if you drink.

This green apple witch’s brew is sure to put a spell on you.

Closely resembling my Battery Acid cocktail, this is my take on an appletini done with apple juice, fresh lemon juice and citrus vodka, plus a dash of sour apple martini mix (or really, sour apple candy-flavored simple syrup). But if that doesn’t turn it green enough, one drop each of yellow and green food coloring makes this look even more like a classic green potion.

Your cauldron is a cocktail shaker, and your equipment is a kitchen knife, a jigger for measuring your liquid spell ingredients, and a lemon juicer.

Spell ingredients:

3 oz apple juice

1.5 oz lemon juice

1 oz Finest Call Sour Apple Martini Mix

1 shot citrus vodka

1 drop each yellow and green food coloring

Ice

Granny Smith apple slice, for garnish

Chill a coupe glass in the freezer. Cut into a Granny Smith apple and slice thin, slicing a diagonal notch in the center for rim garnish.

Slice lemon in half and juice lemon. Pour about 1.5 oz of fresh lemon juice into your cocktail shaker.

Add the apple juice, citrus vodka, sour apple martini mix and tiny amount of food coloring. Plop in the ice and secure the lid to your cocktail shaker. Shake until very cold, about 15 seconds.

Pour into your chilled coupe glass and garnish with the apple slice.

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Drinks of Doom: Zombie Cure 🧟

Do you feel like a complete zombie in the morning? Has a busy day left you moaning and groaning for a pick-me up? When just a regular cup of coffee isn’t enough, this shot-in-the-dark with cream may be just the thing to perk up even the dead!

You can use whatever ground coffee you’d like. I highly recommend a flavor from Bones Coffee Co.: the perfect coffee brand for Halloween! They offer a variety of defrightful flavors (though I don’t blame you if the price scares you a bit). To match the zombie theme of this coffee, I suggest Army of Dark Chocolate, though I personally used Jacked O’Lantern because it was what I had - and pumpkin spice is one of THE Halloween flavors. It lends itself well to this Zombie Cure.

I must confess that I do not have an espresso machine. But even without one, you can still make espresso with espresso powder which you can find in the baking aisle (or hopefully the coffee aisle as well) of supermarkets. Just mix 1 tablespoon of espresso powder with 4 tablespoons hot water and BAM! Instant espresso.

Disclaimer and warning: Just like any other drug, caffeine can be dangerous and you can overdose! One shot-in-the-dark on occasion is perfectly safe - just don’t make it a habit to drink shot-in-the-darks on a regular basis!

Zombie Cure:

1 tablespoon instant espresso powder

4 tablespoons hot water

Freshly brewed coffee

Half-and-half

Measure out 1 tablespoon of instant espresso powder and add to mug. Stir in 4 tablespoons of hot water and pour in your fresh coffee. But leave room for cream!

Stir in your half-and-half and enjoy!

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Drinks of Doom: Ghostly White Haunt Cocoa 👻

It may not be Deltarune-related but I have some Halloween-themed drink recipes to share! Most are non-alcoholic which is good news for the majority of my audience. First up is a frightfully good white hot cocoa which looks as if a ghost is haunting your mug. With vanilla almondmilk and a melted marshmallow or two mixed in, you have a rich and sweet creamy drink that’ll make your tastebuds scream with delight.

You will need for a single 12 oz serving:

1 and 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1/4 cup white chocolate chips

1 or 2 marshmallows (vegan ones work great)

Pinch of salt

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Whipped cream (it can be nondairy if you’re vegan or simply lactose intolerant)

Combine almond milk and white chocolate chips in a saucepan on medium-low heat. Stir to combine as the white chocolate melts.

Soften marshmallow(s) in the microwave for 10 to 15 seconds, then add to the hot cocoa and stir to melt and dissolve the marshmallow(s). Because the marshmallows add more sugar and sweetens the drink further, one may be all you need unless you like it REALLY sweet.

Lastly, just add a pinch of salt and 1/4 tsp of vanilla and stir to combine. Pour into a mug and top with whipped cream.

As you can see, I served mine in a glass mug with a little ghost face drawn on in black dry-erase marker to add to the ghostly theme (and because it looks cute)! 👻