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October 22, 2:21 PMPhoenix Drinks ExaminerMark Nothaft

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Wicked Witch Apple Punch

SKYY Vodka

It seems like Halloween pulls out our inner-child each year. Grown men and women don ghoulish costumes, decorate front yards with bats and black cats, and string ghost figures from trees. One neighbor even erected a faux graveyard on his lawn.

The fun spills into our home entertainment planning, especially when it comes to cocktails. Examiner.com published a batch of drink recipes last week, Halloween-inspired wine selections yesterday, and here’s a few more drink recipes provided by our good friends at SKYY Infusions vodka. This year, the company serves up a bewitching cocktail menu, featuring its line of fresh fruit-infused vodkas. Cheers! Or maybe we should say “Boo!”

JACK-O-LANTERN
2 oz. SKYY Infusions Citrus
1 oz. Mango Nectar or Juice
0.5 oz. Orange Juice
0.5 oz. Fresh Sour*
Preparation: Combine all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a goblet glass and garnish with a slice of orange and a mint leaf laid flat on top.
* Combine 0.25 oz fresh lime juice and 0.75 oz simple syrup.

VAMPIRE’S ELIXIR
1.5 oz. SKYY Infusions Raspberry
.75 oz. White Chocolate Liqueur
1 oz. Half and Half
Strawberry Syrup
Preparation: Dress strawberry syrup on the inside and rim of a chilled martini glass. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with vampire teeth.

BLACK WIDOW
1.5 oz. SKYY Infusions Raspberry
0.5 oz. Triple Sec
2 oz. Pomegranate Juice
Squeeze of Fresh Lemon Juice
Raspberry Syrup
Preparation: Draw a spider web on the inside of a chilled martini glass with raspberry syrup. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with plastic spider.

RED ZOMBIE
1.5 oz. SKYY Vodka
3 oz. Tomato Juice
0.5 tsp. Finely Grated Horseradish
1 tsp. Barbeque Sauce
3 Dashes Worcestershire Sauce
3 Dashes Tabasco Sauce
0.5 tsp. Finely Chopped Chipotle en Adobo
Pinch of Kosher Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Generous Squeeze of Lemon Juice
Pinch of Celery Seeds
1 Celery Stick
2 Large Green Olives
2 Lychee Fruits
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with green eye balls, laid across the rim of the glass*.
* Cut the end of a stalk of celery so it measures 5-6 inches long and split the stick in half lengthwise. Slide the green olives into two lychee fruits to make eye balls and push the thin celery stick through both as garnish.

WICKED WITCH APPLE PUNCH
1 750 ml bottle SKYY Infusions Passion Fruit
1 750 ml bottle Sparkling Apple Cider
1 64 oz. bottle Cranberry Juice Cocktail
1 Liter Ginger Ale
2 cups Pineapple Juice
Red Apple Slices
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a large black witch’s cauldron with ice and stir. Garnish with large slices of red apple floating on top and dry ice.