Red Halloween Drink | Blood Clot Shots

This red Halloween drink may be scary, but it goes down easy with a shot of Whiskey. Our Blood Shots will be a perfect match for your Halloween party, giving it the ultimate Halloween drink to try this year! 

Red Halloween Drink | Blood Clot Shots

Halloween is one of my all-time favorite-not-really-a-holiday holidays.

It’s just fun. We don’t take all of the crazy symbolism to heart—nothing more, nothing less.

As a kid, I enjoyed the thrill of dressing up in scary or superhero costumes and geeking at the fact that I got to spend an evening collecting candy.

Can you say kid heaven?

But it was more than just the trick-or-treat outing on Halloween night.

It was the build-up!

I recall decorating grade-school classrooms with cut-out pumpkins, multi-colored corn cobs, ghouls, and witches with black cats.

It was festive and more fun than a barrel of zombie monkeys. And now that I am thinking back on it, I want my youth back!

Sorry, nostalgia can be a horrible thing at times.

How to make these Halloween Shots

Anyway, you’re not here to relive my youth with me, are you? Nah, I didn’t think so.

You’re here for the gross but wickedly cool recipe, aren’t you?

Thought so. Okay then, I’ll give you what you came for. Let’s get to do it!

Below I’ll show you how you can make your own slightly disturbing but super ‘licious Blood Shots. 

One pint of chicken blood… no, not really. Wink.

Disclaimer: No chickens or other fouls were harmed in making this cocktail. Promise. Scout’s honor.

Ingredients for a red Halloween drink

• 2 ounces of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire Whiskey
• 2 ounces of Hard Apple Cider (We especially like J.K.’s Cuvée Organic Hard Cider)
• 2 ounces of apple liqueur 
• A few dashes of orange bitters  
• 4 Marshmallows
• Add several drops of Red Food Coloring (add additional drops to achieve the darker red color) *We used McCormick Culinary Red Food Coloring to achieve the darker look. 
• Band-Aids

Special Equipment: Chef’s Butane Torch

 

Directions:

The directions are easy to follow, especially if you aren’t going for the pint of chicken blood, ’cause catching a terrified yard bird isn’t as easy as it sounds. Trust.

1. Take a long white serving platter like the above photo and add several crumpled-up Band-Aids.
2. Now, drip red food coloring all over the serving platter, and make small garish puddles. You can even add drops of table syrup to the edges of the puddles or bits of blackened marshmallows to give them that old coagulated blood look.
3.  Line up your shot glasses on the platter and pour 1 ounce of Whiskey (depending on how big your shot glasses are).
4. Pour in 1 ounce of hard cider.
5. Next, add drops of red food coloring to give the shot that “is this blood I’m chugging?” look. Looks good so far; you’ll have the vampires salivating!
6.  Carefully add 3-4 mini marshmallows or a single regular-size marshmallow into each shot glass.
7. Now comes the fun part. Using the chef’s butane torch, caramelize the marshmallows. Be careful not to set the liquor aflame. You may want to stick the marshmallows on the end of a fork and char them instead of risking a fiery booze-fueled marshmallow inferno. 

Serve liberally to all the cool ghosts, goblins, and sexy nurses attending your next Halloween Par-Tay.

Note- if the “blood” look is not dark enough, you can add a few drops of black food coloring to achieve a darker look! 

Be sure to drink responsibly. And never drink and drive!

 Find more Halloween drinks below:

Dead-Eye Whiskey Halloween Cocktail Idea

Halloween Cocktail Using Black Vodka | Black Voodoo Citrus Cocktail

Toasted Strawberry Shots Cocktail with Vodka

Clown Jell-O Shots

Sparkling Apple Cider Potion Mocktail

Created 8/2015 | Updated 10/2022