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Vampire Cocktail is the perfect spooky Halloween drink. Syringes filled with sweetened raspberry puree look gory, but taste amazing!
Vampire Cocktail – how fun! I have to admit, I really enjoy making this cocktail. First of all, I love every ingredient in this drink. The base of the cocktail is an easy to make combination of vodka and amaretto shaken with ice combined with orange juice and club soda. That alone is delicious, but when you inject the gory blood, errrr I mean sweetened raspberry puree, the drink not only tastes delicious but you realize this Vampire Cocktail is the must-serve drink for any Halloween party. To make something look gory and disgusting, yet taste awesome, just tickles me pink.
I originally published this post in the first few months of having a blog back when I started in 2014. It quickly became one of my popular recipes this time of year, so I decided to recreate it with a video (scroll down to see it) and give the post a much needed refresh. I also have a lot of other great Halloween recipes I wanted to share with you to go along with the vampire cocktail! Equally gory is the Zombie Shooter. If you’re looking for a kid friendly drink, be sure to check out my Witches’ Brew. If fun Halloween party food is what you’re looking for, look no further than my Trick-or-treat Overload Bars, Monster Cookies, Ghost Meringues, or the ever popular and oh-so delicious Peanut Butter Spider Cookies.
Who knew some raspberry puree cooked with sugar would turn out looking just like blood? This stuff tasted so good, especially in the vampire cocktail. If you’re wondering where I found the syringes, I had to look no further than one of those big Halloween superstores that pop up everywhere this time of year. They came in a six pack and I plan on making this vampire cocktail every Halloween from now until forever.
Here’s a funny to brighten your day:
Why is a vampire a good person to take out for meals? Because he eats necks to nothing. Get it? Ha!
How to make a Vampire Cocktail:
- Allow me to go through the process of making this drink. First you shake the vodka and amaretto with some ice to get it nice and cold. Then you stir in the OJ and club soda and pour it over ice. This would be a pretty boring drink at this point if it weren’t for the spooky bat with the glowing red eyes in the background, don’t you agree?
- Suck (get it? vampire – suck) up an ounce of the chilled raspberry puree into each syringe and stick it in the glass. Restrain yourself from squeezing the puree into each glass because its so darn fun. Don’t deprive your guests of this pleasure.
- Give it a good squeeze. Ewwwww.
- Give it a stir. I’ve watched enough Walking Dead, Dexter, and True Blood to freely admit that I was pretty darn pleased with myself in making this drink look like it has blood in it. Well done, Krissy. I can mark that one off my bucket list.
- Lastly, empty those syringes into the other drinks. You have to admit, its pretty fascinating.
Fall drink recommendations:
Looking for other fall drinks that would be perfect for Halloween? In addition to this vampire cocktail, you can make:
- Autumn Punch – a refreshing drink for the grown ups full of apple cranberry juice, fresh plums, pear, and a mouth watering Gewurztraminer, or other fruity white wine
- Autumn Infused Water – stay hydrated while infusing water with your favorite fall fruits
- Caramel Apple Pie Shot – super easy mixture of vodka and apple cider topped with whipped cream and caramel sauce. I’ll take two, please!
- Pumpkin Pie Martini – perfectly festive for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any time you see a leaf change colors and fall from a tree
- Maple Bourbon Apple Cider – this one is a super quick cocktail of apple cider, bourbon whiskey, sweetened with pure maple syrup with a squeeze of lemon
- Hot Apple Toddy – nothing quite says fall like hot apple cider infused with fall spices with a warm-your-belly shot of whiskey
My husband always likes me to credit him on his ideas. Ladies and gentlemen, it was his idea for me to shoot the vampire cocktail from above and he was 100% right. Not only was it a cool angle because you can see more of our sweet bat, but the sweetened raspberry puree really looks like blood in the photo below. So, if you feel nauseated right now, you can thank him.
I’m not lying when I tell you this drink tastes really good. I guarantee it will be the hit of any Halloween party.
Recipe video below:
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Ingredients
Raspberry sauce:
- 2 cups raspberries
- 1/4 cup sugar
Cocktail:
- 4 ounces vodka
- 2 ounces amaretto
- 2 ounces orange juice
- 6 ounces club soda
Instructions
To make the raspberry sauce:
- Puree the raspberries in a blender or food processor. Press the puree through a fine mesh strainer to separate the pulp from the seeds. Discard the seeds.
- Combine the puree with the sugar in a small saucepan over medium high heat. Stir frequently and cook until mixture darkens and thickens, about 10 minutes. Chill until ready to use.
To make the cocktail:
- Add vodka and amaretto to a shaker with ice and shake until very cold, about 20 seconds. Stir in orange juice and club soda. Pour into iced glasses.
- Fill syringes with equal parts of the raspberry syrup and place in glasses before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I would love to make this into a punch for a Halloween party! How would I be able to make this in bulk?
Hi Chyra, You can scale up the servings in the recipe and it will multiply the ingredients. To make in bulk, I would combine the vodka, amaretto, and orange juice in one container and also make a big batch of raspberry puree. I would have your guests add some of the vodka mixture to their glass, top with club soda, and then pop a syringe in.
Just served this to two of my friends for a small Halloween gathering and it was hit!!! The raspberry definitely makes the drink. I’m so pleased. I’m so glad I found this recipe!! Thank you!
This is TOTALLY happening at our Halloween Party this year (and I may need to test it out a few times before)
Oh my gosh — these are SO FUN!!! (and tasty!)
Woah! I totally have to try this for our Halloween party! Adding those syringes to my Halloween store shopping list!
This is so fun, I totally have to try it!
How many servings does this make?
Hi Melissa, It makes 4 cocktails. Enjoy! -Krissy
Have you made this in a larger quantity? Or should it be made as needed? I have a gross looking head that I run a tube up and out through an artery and a pump to have it come out the tube ( I would attach a pic if I could ). This would be great if the drink could be made ahead and serve the syringes on the side. Hold glass under artery fill and insert syringe.
That sounds AWESOME! I haven’t made this in a large batch, but I’m sure it will work fine! -Krissy
It’s probably tasty, but I think we have enough non-biodegradable hospital waste to contend with, without playing with it in a cocktail.
Probably true, but I’m willing to be the sweetened raspberry puree is much more delicious than your run-of-the-mill non-biodegradable hospital waste. 🙂 -Krissy
For the raspberry purée.. Is it possible to use fully thawed frozen raspberries? Or do they have to be fresh?
Hi Kathia, Absolutely! Fresh or frozen, they cook down the same. -Krissy
Where did you get the syringes from? I have three “shots” which are basically 3 ounce syringes but, as I said, I only have three and I’d love to be able to serve a huge tray of these drinks at once!
Hi Ellie, I found them at one of those pop up Halloween mega stores last October. I’m sure you can order them online as well. -Krissy
You can also get them at pharmacies. (I have like 8 of them since my 6 year old can’t swallow pills yet) just ask for them and they will usually give them to you free of charge.