Drink of the Week: Halloween Margarita

Oct 31, 2023by Negronis Greg

Celebrate Halloween in style with a spooky twist on a classic cocktail! Our new Halloween Margarita is sure to give you chills with every sip. Infused with apple cider syrup for a sweet, crisp flavor, this margarita is the perfect drink to enjoy on a chilly autumn night.

To add to the eerie vibe, we've garnished this drink with a blood orange, giving it a sinister touch. Whether you're hosting a Halloween party or just looking for a festive drink, our Halloween Margarita is sure to be a hit.

Come try it for yourself and get into the Halloween spirit! Available for a limited time only. Don't miss out on this spooky drink.

About the Creator

A Couple Cooks (@acouplecooks) is an award-winning food blog and one of the most popular recipe websites in America, with over 100 million views per year. It was founded in 2010 by Sonja and Alex Overhiser, a husband and wife team of recipe developers and cookbook authors. The website offers thousands of original recipes, cooking tips, and meal planning ideas to make home cooking easy.

Sonja and Alex started acouplecooks.com inspired by their shift from processed foods to cooking at home from scratch. The website quickly become a trusted source for recipes and eventually a full-time career. The couples’ recipes have been featured in numerous publications, including The Washington Post, The TODAY Show, and more. The website was named Best Food Blog in 2019 by IACP, the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

Sonja and Alex are authors of two cookbooks featuring their recipes, Pretty Simple Cooking (2018) and A Couple Cooks: Happily Ever After (Fall 2024).

Ingredients

Blanco Tequila
Apple cider syrup (full description of how to make below)
Cinnamon sticks
Lime juice
Kosher Sale
Blood orange slice
Iceblock
Fun Halloween plastic spider (a must)

Syrup Instructions (30-Minutes Est. Prep time)

To enhance the flavor of cocktails, apple cider syrup is essential as it infuses major flavor into the drink, while still allowing the other ingredients to shine through. Simply using apple cider on its own can water down cocktails instead of adding flavor.

Boil apple cider with sugar and cinnamon sticks until reduced an syrupy

4 Cups of apple cider
1/4 cup of granulated sugar
4-5 cinnamon sticks, add more if you like a little kicks

Store in container in the fridge for ~1-2 weeks
Use for this cocktail or to enhance other beverages

Cocktail Instructions (5-Minutes):

You are going to mix the simple syrup with the spirts and use the lime to salt the rim.

Prep your glass by taking a lime wedge and salt the rim. Remember, to use black salt, it is halloween and you are trying to make it spooky!
In a shaker filled with ice, mix 2oz of blanco tequila with 1oz of they apple cider simple syrup mix.
Strain into pre-salted rim glass and garnish with blood orange and plastic spider

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