It's safe to say this Halloween will look a lot different from the past few years.
With it being increasingly likely bars won't be open, or will have curfews at the very least, on Halloween, a new cocktail delivery service has created three spooky recipes to bring the fun home with you.
Social and Cocktail 2GO have come up with these suitably spooky, delicious and most importantly, easy to make, Halloween themed drinks.
The Screaming Peach
What you'll need:
25ml Vodka
25ml Peach Liqueur
50ml Strawberry Puree
25ml Vanilla Syrup
Garnish – Chopped Peaches & Strawberries
How to make it:
Chill coupe glass with soda water. Add all ingredients to mixing tin with ice.
Shake for 10 to 15 seconds. Fine strain into the chilled coupe glass.
Added chopped peaches and strawberries gently to top of drink.
Pumpkin Spice White Russian
What you'll need:
20ml Vodka
20ml Kahlua
1tsp Honey
1tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
20ml Heavy Cream
Garnish - Gingersnap Cookies
How to make it:
For the rim, mix pumpkin pie spice, sugar, and crushed gingersnap cookies on a plate.
Dip the rim of an old-fashioned glass in water and then into the gingersnap cookie mix to coat.
For the drink, add vodka, pumpkin spice and coffee liqueur into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake to combine.
Pour the Pumpkin White Russian Cocktail into the rimmed glass, and top with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spice to serve.
Monster Mash Margarita
What you'll need:
50ml Tequila
50ml Blood Orange Syrup
50ml Freshly Squeezed Blood Orange Juice
25ml Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
Garnish – Rosemary Sprigs, Blood Orange Slice, Gummy Eyeballs
How to make it:
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake for 10 -15 seconds - until well chilled.
Pour over a coupe glass full of cubed ice and garnish with a sprig of fresh rosemary, slices of blood orange and a gummy eyeball stir stick.
Though should you rather have the experts do it then the latest venture from Social and Cocktail Events is offering to deliver freshly made cocktails and cocktail boxes to customers right across Glasgow and surrounding areas.
As well as the seasonal themed cocktails above, the S&CE team, who have teamed up with McLeans Gin, say customers will have four different type of cocktail product to choose from including blended frozen classics such as the Pina Colada and the Pornstar Martini and Pouched cocktails like the Zombie and Maple Old Fashioned.
There will also be boxed cocktails containing ingredients, garnishes and an instruction card for mixing up your very own cocktails such as the Blood Orange Negroni and Spiced Apricot Spritz.
They added that all cocktails will use fresh ingredients, premium spirits and deliveries can be scheduled in one-hour windows. You can find out more on their website here.
