Halloween-time is here!
Time for costumes and pumpkin carving and way-too-much-candy-to eat-all-in-one-sitting feasts! My favorite part of Halloween? Costume parties! The adult version of trick-or-treat, with alcoholic libations as my treat!For years, I hosted an annual Halloween bash featuring a deadly-but-delicious punch we concocted in college called "Apple Death." Think of Long Island Ice Tea mixed with a Scorpion Bowl, flavored with apple cinnamon-y goodness...
I think the original Apple Death was created by some older Colgate friends of ours, class of 1985 (yes, I'm thinking of you, Mike Brown!), who used grain alcohol as the base of the mixture. As we were unable to obtain any grain after they graduated, my roommates and I revised the recipe somewhat for our senior year Halloween party in 1986... and every October after that... right up until I moved to Cape Cod, into a house too small to think about hosting parties of any size in the colder months!
* Heat 3 cups of cider
* Add 2 shots of Apple Jack whiskey
* Add 2 shots of Hot Damn Cinnamon schnapps
* Stir, and pour into 2 mugs, with a cinnamon stick garnish, if you have them.
* Enjoy with a friend!
What's your favorite Halloween treat? Leave a comment below to be entered to win a Halloween treat bag, including one of my new CAPE COD BEACH SAND CHARM NECKLACES, pictured here - one lucky winner to be chosen on November 1st!
I am going to have try your Apple Death Katie - when is the house ready for parties??? In the U.S. my fave Halloween treat is Butterfingers, hands down, (spooky pun intended) but in the U.K. it's got to be rot-your-teeth Treacle Toffee, which I've never been able to find here. I did just buy some molasses to see if I can duplicate the recipe...is molasses the same thing as treacle???
ReplyDeleteLOL, I have no idea what treacle is, but it sounds intriguing! Let me know if you decide to brew up a batch of your own candy - I'd be happy to help taste it!
DeleteThis is going to sound not nearly as cool as yours, but I love to make home made caramel corn for friends and family for Halloween. A.M. Donovan, folkloric1@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteHomemade caramel corn sounds awesome, actually! I have a new recipe to try out this year to make caramel apples - where you hollow out the apple and put the melted caramel inside! Yum!
DeleteI have to say, I'm admiring the perfectly poured drinks in the first picture. Must have been in the early part of the evening :) Now that it's finally cooling down here in CA, the warm version might just be a must try for the holidays!
ReplyDeleteNothing beats spiked hot cider on a cool night ;-)
DeleteHappy Halloween!
my favorite is cinnamon popcorn. it is my own version of caramel popcorn with cinnamon oil added to it along with red food coloring. it taste so good! you can get the oil at any Walmart or craft store in the Wilton's baking section. i usually add the whole bottle as it is only a dram but i like mine hot so flavor it to your tastes if you decide to make it.
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Ooh, that sounds delicious! I'll have to try to make some of that! Thanks for sharing the idea!
DeleteSounds great, Katie! I love hot cider and good old fashioned roasted pumpkin seeds! Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteRoasted pumpkin seeds are a great one-time-a-year treat... did you ever notice how they never taste the same when it's not Halloween ;-)
DeleteHappy Halloween to you too!
Okay. I want to make these drinks tonight, Katie! They look delicious and spooky!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I think I'm stuck on trick-or-treat duty tonight with my daughter and her friends, and picking up #2 son at 9pm from his Halloween party with friends, so no fancy drinks for me... at least not tonight...
DeleteI'm easy -- anything chocolate works for me--my fave is 3 musketeers bars.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the amazing giveaway!
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Yum to chocolate - but my current favorite is sea salt caramels dipped in chocolate... not sure if that's just a Cape Cod thing, but sure is tasty!
DeleteFrozen Snickers. Yum#
ReplyDeleteOoooh, love frozen mini candy bars! Frozen Girl Scout cookies are good too (Thin Mints!!!) Happy Halloween, Louann!
DeleteHappy Halloween, Katie! I will try to make that "drink recipe" you made. ;)
ReplyDeleteUmm, don't expect the spooky fog, though, as I didn't give out the secret to that ;-)
DeleteHappy Halloween to you too!
Happy Halloween! My favorite Halloween treat is and always has been KitKats. (: .. . . I like Jollyranchers, too, though. (: What? Why no spooky fog secrets? ;) Thank you for the giveaway and the recipe. muahaha...
ReplyDeleteKit Kats don't last long in my house - I tried buying them 3 times this Halloween season and they just disappear. Kind of like magic. The Skittles are still there in the pumpkin. Not nearly as popular ;-)
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