Adults can drink in frightful fun as well

Photo by Kahlua

DraKahulua is a Halloween cocktail made with Kahlua and cognac.

Halloween's not just for children. Adults love to party too. If you're planning a grown-up bash consider serving one of these potent beverages.

Midori's spider kiss

Chocolate syrup

1 ounce Midori melon Liqueur

1 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

Grenadine

Take extra chilled chocolate syrup and draw a web inside an extra chilled cocktail glass. Chill until set. Put melon liqueur, vodka and lemon juice in shaker, mix and strain into glass.

Drizzle grenadine down the side of glass to create a blood effect. Garnish with chocolate dipped orange slice.

Source: Midori

Dra-kahlua

1 1/2 part Kahlua

1/2 part cognac

1/2 part triple sec

3/4 part fresh lemon juice

1/2 part simple syrup

Blood orange wedge, garnish

Shake ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice.

Strain into chilled, half sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with wedge of blood orange.

Source: Kahlua

Hpnotiq's mad eye

1/2 ounce Hpnotiq vodka

1 ounce super-premium vodka

2 ounces lychee juice

1 canned grade AA lychee in syrup, drained

1/4 teaspoon cherry, strawberry or raspberry preserves

1 blueberry (you can use frozen)

Place vodkas in cocktail mixer with ice; Shake and strain into martini glass.

Dry lychee and fill with preserves. Place blueberry, blossomed end facing out, into cavity and skewer. Garnish with lychee eyeball.

Source: Associated Press

Mary Constantine may be reached at 865-342-6428.

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