Halloween Cocktail Recipes: Blood Orange Mojito

For Halloween, this cocktail has been nicknamed the "Boojito"... perfect for your Halloween bash!

The recipe features Blood Orange Italian Soda which you can get at Target or Whole Foods. This is easier to find than blood oranges or blood orange juice. It's a really refreshing spin on the mojito- I actually like it better!

BLOOD ORANGE MOJITO

Makes 8

3 cups Blood Orange Italian Sparkling Soda

3 cups light rum

3 cups ice cubes

1 large bunch of mint leaves, no stems (about 40 leaves)

2 limes sliced very thin (one is for garnish)

In a pitcher, add mint, lime slices, and one cup of the ice. Muddle together to slightly bruise the mint and release the juice from the lime. Add the remaining ice, the soda, and the rum. Stir and pour!

*You do not need sugar (as you would in a standard mojito) unless you are using the actual fruit or fruit juice instead of the Italian sparkling soda. If that is the case, use about one teaspoon raw sugar per drink and muddle with the mint and lime. 

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Martie's Weekend Cocktail Recipe: Ghost Martini

I love coming up with special cocktail recipes for Halloween! 

New Cottage Saucer Martini Glass by Villeroy & BochI was inspired to create a Ghost Martini when I saw these adorable marshmallow ghost  "Peeps" in the store the other day. The flavor is sweet and creamy but tastes like a marshmallow. The calories (and the alcohol content) make this one a "one and done" kind of drink but they are delicious!

MARTIE'S GHOST MARTINI

Makes 1

INGREDIENTS

2 ounces Pinnacle Whipped Vodka (tastes like sugar)

1 ounce vanilla vodka

1 ounce Godiva White Chocolate liqueur (you can sub white creme de cacoa if you don't have this)

2 scoops of very melty vanilla ice cream--- almost pourable

DIRECTIONS: Put ice in two martini glasses to chill. Put a handful of ice and all of your ingredients  into a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Remove the ice from the glass and pour. Garnish with a marshmallow ghost "Peep" or a dollop of whipped cream decorated with eyes and a mouth. You can use black sprinkles or candy for that. Let me know what you think!