🎃🕸 Spooky Sips Await! 🍸✨ Elevated Halloween Cocktails (Yes, with Balsamic & Olive Oil!)🥂

1. Blackberry Black Devil with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

This spooky cocktail presents lively flavors from fresh blackberries and the full-bodied decadence of extra virgin olive oil. The slightly sweet and tart nature of the drink works well with the genial savory touch of the olive oil, making for an intriguing drink just in time for Halloween.

This Halloween, skip the ordinary and stir up something extraordinary with our hauntingly delicious cocktails made using Redstone’s Extra Virgin Olive Oils & AgedBalsamic Vinegars. From the Blackberry Black Devil to the Witch’s Brew, each recipe combines sweet, savory, and spooky for the perfect festive drink. 🦇🍇🍊

👻 Whether you’re hosting a party or just want to treat yourself, these cocktails will add a little eerie elegance to your night. 🕷 Plus, enjoy 15% OFF with code Halloween15 (valid one-time only!)

👉 Tap to get the recipes & shop the key ingredients:

● Blackberry Ginger Balsamic

● Cara Cara Orange Vanilla Balsamic

● Pomegranate Balsamic

● Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Ingredients:

● 2 oz. vodka

● 1 oz. fresh lemon juice

● 0.75 oz. of Redstone Blackberry Ginger Balsamic

● 6 fresh blackberries

● 0.25 oz. high-quality extra virgin olive oil

● Ice cubes

●  Blackberries for garnish

Instructions:

1. Muddle fresh blackberries in a cocktail shaker with the lemon juice and balsamic until the blackberries break down and release juice.

2. Add in vodka and a small splash of extra virgin olive oil.

3. Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 15 to 20 seconds.

4. Strain into a glass of ice.

5. Garnish with a whole blackberry (for the spooky factor).

Note: The Blackberry Black Devil is a hauntingly rich and silky experience from sip to sip!

2. Blood Orange Sangria with Olive Oil

A fun, festive, and slightly spooky sangria for your Halloween gathering. The red wine is accompanied by fruity brandy and orange liqueur. Blood orange slices plus adrizzle of extra virgin olive oil add depth and complexity. Every sip is chilling and dark when served well-chilled.

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle (750 ml) red wine (Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon, for example)
• 1 cup blood orange juice
• ½ cup brandy
• ½ cup orange liqueur (Cointreau is a good choice)
• 1 blood orange sliced
• 1 orange sliced
• 1 lemon sliced
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• Redstone Cara Cara Orange Vanilla Balsamic
• Ice cubes
  

Instructions:

1. Combine red wine, blood orange juice, brandy, and orange liqueur in a large pitcher. 

2. Add orange juice, orange, and lemon slices. 

3. Drizzle the extra virgin olive oil over the fruit and stir to combine. 

4. Add a dash of balsamic.

5. Refrigerate for 2–4 hours (overnight is best). 

6. Serve over ice, and make sure to include some fruit in each glass.

Note: This Blood Orange Sangria is spooky yet elegant with the perfect balance of fruitiness, the citrus zing, and a slight silkiness from the olive oil.

3. Olive Oil Martini

This is a sophisticated and umami twist on the old-school martini! Extra virgin olive oil adds a silky mouth feel and an earthy and slightly herbal note to gin's botanical complexity, making it an excellent option for an elegant Halloween.

Ingredients :

• 2 oz gin (or vodka)
• 0.5 oz dry vermouth
• 0.25 oz extra virgin olive oil
• Ice cubes
• Squeeze of fresh lemon juice or lemon twist (green olive) to garnish

Instructions:

1. Fill a mixing glass with ice. 

2. In the mixing glass, add the gin and dry vermouth. 

3. Add the extra virgin olive oil. 

4. Stir the glass gently for 10-15 seconds. 

5. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

6. Garnish with a lemon twist or green olive.

Note: Olive Oil Martini is silky and herbaceous and provides just a subtle hint of complexity, making it a refined Halloween cocktail.

4. Olive Oil Witch's Brew

This darkly colorful drink includes vodka, apple cider, pomegranate juice, and fresh lemon juice. The flavor of the olive oil makes it even more interesting. A black sugar rim plus dry ice (optional, for effect) makes this drink spooky enough for fall festivities, especially Halloween festivities.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
  
• 2 oz apple cider
• 1 oz Redstone Pomegranate Balsamic
• 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
• 0.25 oz extra virgin olive oil
• Black sugar (rim glass)
• Dry ice (optional)
• Ice cubes

Instructions:

1. Rim your glass with black sugar. To rim the glass, use lemon juice to moisten the edge of your glass, then dip the glass in the black sugar for the rim.

2. In a shaker, add the vodka, apple cider, balsamic, lemon juice, and extra virgin olive oil.

3. Then, add ice to the shaker and shake for 15-20 seconds.

4. Strain and pour into the glass with the black sugar rim, (filled with ice).

5. (Optional) Drop a small piece of dry ice into the drink for effect (make sure it's safe).

6. Serve immediately.

Note- The Witch's brew has a perfect balance of sweetness, sourness, and savory notes to create a spooky drink that is sure to impress with the spectacle.

Conclusion

Halloween drinks don't have to be the same old boring drinks. You can use good quality extra virgin olive oils and aged balsamic vinegars to create exceptional, bold, and sophisticated cocktails that will entertain and intrigue your guests. Each Halloween cocktail is a creative recipe and a good way to combine sweet, savory, and spooky! Each drink is exceptionally unique. Smooth and mysterious Blackberry Black Devil with Olive Oil to the tart and rich Witch's Brew with Olive Oil.

These clever cocktails incorporate the wonderful flavor profiles of quality olive oils and balsamic vinegars combined with fresh seasonal fruit, herbs, and spirits to create drinks that surprise the palate and are visually stunning. Whether you'rehaving a Halloween party or an intimate gathering, these cocktails will add a delicious and unexpected surprise to your Halloween festivities.

So bring out your stirring sticks, shaking tins, and drizzles to enjoy while entertaining with wonderful eerie elegance and taste!