This spooky apple cider Halloween bourbon cocktail is laced with cinnamon sticks, red apples, and spiked up with bourbon. It’s loaded with apple and cinnamon flavor plus seasonal pomegranate-cranberry juice. It’s the perfect fall drink to sip for all your scary festivities. So start up the tractor, load up the wagon, and bring on the screams! They’re no match for this frightfully good haunted hayride cocktail…
I find this cocktail to be a rather perfect combination because I’ll usually have the need to add fresh lime or lemon juice or some sort of citric acid to create balance. However, these juices are so tasty and delicious on their own, I didn’t find the need to add anything else!
The cider is sweet but also punctuated with some natural acidity, just like fresh-pressed apples have naturally.
A Haunted Apple Cider Bourbon Cocktail
The dash of cranberry-pomegranate juice adds just a dab of tartness and tastiness to everything and it basically equals ingredients that inspire me in the fall: cranberries+apples. Check out how easy this comes together…
Make A Haunted Halloween Apple Cider Bourbon Drink
Start off by grabbing a tall glass. I used these mason jars that I jazzed up with nice thick twine string. Fill it about halfway with ice (you can add a little more if desired later on). Splash in some bourbon!
Add your favorite brand of apple cider and cranberry-pomegranate juice. I used Ocean Spray’s cranberry-pomegranate juice. Go ahead and stick in one or two cinnamon sticks at this point. If you don’t have whole cinnamon sticks available, sprinkle in some ground cinnamon. Just a dash. It will continue to infuse as your cocktail sits!
Go ahead and give everything a little stir.
If desired, for a little extra fizz, give it a light splash of sparkling water over the top. With a bar spoon, give it a second gentle stir.
Top everything off with thinly sliced red apple and enjoy!
Haunted Hayride Halloween Drink for the SPooky Season
This delicious bourbon cider halloween cocktail is so amazingly easy to put together! I can’t tell you how much I love drinks that delicious to the last drop but also insanely easy to put together…It’s usually super fun to create a cocktail with a theme but my goal is almost always to create something approachable, simple and delicious. This is totally one of those.
If you love the fall flavors of cinnamon, apple, and cranberry, try this recipe! It is so simple to make and a round of these will be a delightfully delicious crowd pleaser! Bourbon and apples go together like peanut butter and jelly…the cinnamon is like the cherry on the sundae!
Dress up your halloween table with this tasty cocktail! It makes a truly delicious and festive crowd-pleasing halloween sipper!
Haunted Hayride Halloween Bourbon Cocktail with Apple CIder
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bourbon
- 1.0 oz Cranberry-Pomegranate Juice - I used Ocean Spray Cran-pom juice
- 3.5 oz Apple Cider - I used Indian Summer apple cider
- Sparkling Water - light splash for topping if desired
- 1 apple Red Apple - sliced for topping
- 2 whole Cinnamon sticks - for garnishing
- Pomegranate Seeds - as desired for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a tall glass (I used little mason jars) about halfway with ice and two cinnamon sticks.
- Pour in bourbon, cranberry pomegranate juice and apple cider.
- Stir to combine.
- Splash it with a little sparkling water over the top if desired for an added fizz. Give one more gentle stir if you do.
- Top with thin red apple slices and serve cold. As the bourbon, cider, and juices sit in the glass, the cinnamon sticks will infuse it with the subtle spice of cinnamon flavor.
Notes
Looking for more festive halloween inspiration? Check out this Haunted Harvest halloween decor!
keep up the great drinks!!