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Witches Brew Cocktail Recipe – Blue Halloween Drink

Looking for a cocktail recipe that is easy to make, and creative enough to be the talk of your Halloween Party? Try making this Witches Brew cocktail. 

This blue Halloween drink looks like something a witch would brew in her cauldron! It has a black sanding sugar rim which not only looks eerie but also enhances the spooky witch cocktail by adding a sweet finish to each sip.

If you like the taste of Halloween vodka cocktails, you’re in luck! This Witches Brew drink recipe uses vodka, blue curaçao and triple sec.

Below, you’ll learn how to make this Witches Brew recipe with step by step photos. You can also get printable instructions for this Witches Brew cocktail in the project card at the bottom of the post.

If you’re a visual learner and would like to see a video showing how to make this Halloween cocktail, be sure to check out this YouTube video tutorial.

A blue Halloween drink in a martini glass rimmed with black sanding sugar, called a Witches Brew Cocktail in the foreground of the image, and a stack of two books with a witches hat trinket on top of them in the background.

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Halloween Witches Brew cocktail ingredients

This Witches Brew Halloween cocktail is not only a strong drink, but also one of our most popular spooky cocktails.

A Witches Brew drink beside a plastic container of black sanding sugar and cocktail shaker laying on its side.
You’ll need the following ingredients to make it:

The blue curaçao gives this Halloween drink a vibrant color and the black sanding sugar rim serves as a Halloween cocktail garnish for the glass.

If you love the way the easy Witches Brew cocktail looks, be sure to check out this Cinderella cocktail, too. It’s another vodka and curaçao drink with a pretty blue color.

Making this Witches Brew cocktail recipe

This Halloween cocktail could not be easier to prepare. It’s ready in just minutes and needs no special equipment other than a cocktail shaker and a martini glass. 

A black rimmed martini glass laying on a white plate with black sanding sugar on it.

Chill your martini glass then coat the rim with lime and press it into some black sanding sugar. Black sprinkles also work just fine if you don’t have sanding sugar.

Three shot glasses containing the ingredients in a Witches Brew recipe (blue curacao, triple secand vodka) next to a lime cut in half, with a plastic container of black sanding sugar and a small decorative coffin behind them.

Pour the vodka, triple sec, and blue curaçao into a shaker and top with ice. Shake the witch cocktail well, and strain into your rimmed martini glass. 

With that, your Halloween cocktail with vodka is done! It’s just that easy to make this Witches Brew recipe.

This ingredients in this recipe make one drink but you can easily multiply it for a Halloween party, since it’s an equal-parts cocktail. Just multiply the ounces of the ingredients by the amount of guests and you’ll have one drink for each partygoer.

Variations of this Witches Brew Halloween cocktail

If you don’t have sanding sugar to garnish this Witches Brew drink, you could dip the rim into corn syrup mixed with black food coloring to achieve a similar look.

This Witches Brew cocktail is just for the grown-up goblins in your house. If your kids want one, make them their own spooky Halloween drinks but putting Sprite in a fancy glass with a few drops of blue food coloring.

A woman dressed up as a witch holding a blue Halloween Witches Brew drink that is topped with smoke.

More easy Halloween cocktail recipes

If you enjoyed this Witches Brew drink recipe be sure to check out these other Halloween-themed cocktails. Each of the Halloween party drinks is sure to wow your guests!

Each one of the alcoholic Halloween drink ideas below is a different color, so if you make them all you will end up with a rainbow of spooky Halloween cocktails!

  • Orange: Candy corn martini – There are three layers in the Halloween cocktail recipe that make it look just like candy corn!
  • Red: Crow’s Blood cocktail – This vodka & champagne cocktail is garnished with scary looking eyeballs made from lychee fruit.
  • Green: Frankenstein martini – Sour apple pucker adds great flavor and a green hue to this easy Halloween drink recipe.
  • Brown: Ghostbuster cocktail – This drink is as much a cocktail as it is a dessert. Plus the whipped cream ghosts that garnish it are so cute! 

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Pin this Halloween Witches Brew drink recipe for later

Would you like a reminder of this Witches Brew cocktail? Just pin this image to one of your Halloween drink ideas boards on Pinterest.

A close up image of a blue drink in a martini glass called a Witches Brew cocktail, with books and witches hat in the background and the words Witches Brew Halloween Drink in white cursive lettering above it.

Admin note: This post for my Witches Brew drink first appeared on the blog in September of 2013. I have updated the post to add all new images, and a video for you to enjoy.

Yield: 1 Witches Brew cocktail

Witches Brew Halloween Cocktail

Blue drink in a martini glass with books and witches hat.

This spooky Witches Brew cocktail is visually impressive and super easy to make.

Black sanding sugar gives an eerie finish to this blue Halloween drink that will delight your party guests!

All you need are three ingredients to make this spooky Halloween cocktail.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

The Witches Brew Cocktail

  • 1 oz (30 ml) Grey Goose vodka
  • 1 oz (30 ml) blue curaçao
  • 1 oz (30 ml) triple sec

The Garnish

  • Black sanding sugar
  • 1 lime

Instructions

  1. For the sanding sugar rim, take a martini glass and run a wedge of lime around the rim.
  2. Then place the rim of the martini glass into black sanding sugar until it is coated, and set aside.
  3. Pour the vodka, blue curaçao and triple sec into a shaker over ice.
  4. Shake for about 15 seconds.
  5. Then the drink strain into your martini glass that has been rimmed with black sanding sugar.
  6. Enjoy this Halloween Witches Brew cocktail!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1 Drinnk
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 220Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 22mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 2gSugar: 5gProtein: 8g

Nutritional information is approximate due to natural variation in ingredients and the cook-at-home nature of our meals.

© Carol
Cuisine: Halloween / Category: Cocktails and Drinks

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