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Candy Cocktails for Halloween!

Posted on the 07 October 2014 by Jamie Gall @50states50wines

Disclosure: Sponsor is providing the Candy Cocktail Book to the Winner.

With Halloween right around the corner how many of you have been trying to craft the perfect cocktail?  With all the candy options out there don’t you think it’d be a GREAT way to add crafty fun to your cocktails?

Sisters Flannery and Katherine Good  definitely thought so from the fun blogging site, “Fashionably Bombed.” And they’ve recently released their first Candy Cocktail book.  

Candy-CocktailsI mean, just see some of the fun cocktail creations below:

Candy Corn Martini (page 126)

candy-corn-martini

Lemon juice, for rim

Yellow, orange and white Jimmies (sprinkles), for rim

1 ounce candy corn vodka infusion

1 ounce fresh lemon juice

1/2 ounce Drambuie

Rim a martini glass with lemon juice and the sprinkles and set aside. Shake the rest of the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker and then strain the mixture into the glass.

Black Licorice Widow (page 128)

black-licorice-widow

2 ounces black vodka

1 ounce Jagermeister

1 ounce blueberry pomegranate juice

1 black licorice wheel, for garnish

Shake the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker and strain the mixture into a martini glass.  Garnish by cutting the black licorice strings and making them look like spider legs coming out of the glass!

Peanut Butter Cup (page 50)

peanut-butter-cup

Milk chocolate, melted, for rim

Crushed chocolate wafer cookies, for rim

1/4 cup salted peanut butter

1/4 cup whole milk

1/2 ounce vodka

1 ounce creme de cacao

4 to 6 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Minis, for garnish

Rim a martini glass with melted milk chocolate and then with crushed chocolate wafer cookies, and set aside.  Combine the peanut butter, milk, vodka, and creme de cacao in a blender until smooth.  Shake mixture with ice in a cocktail shaker and strain into a martini glass.  Garnish with the stack of mini peanut butter cups.

And now ONE of my lucky readers has a chance to win a copy:

Retail Value: 16.50
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No purchase necessary, void where prohibited.  Must be 21 years or older and reside in the US.  Winner will be notified by email and sponsor will ship out the prize.  All other rules can be found here.


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