Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Food & Drink

High-end Halloween cocktails from renowned bar Death & Co

Try out these elevated Tiki-inspired Halloween cocktails

By
death and co halloween cocktails sibyl 5
Death & Co

There are plenty of fun, colorful, playful cocktail recipes out there that are perfect for your Halloween bash. But if you’re looking for something that embraces spooky season but still has an air of class and sophistication to it, then Death & Co has you covered. This renowned cocktail bar in New York is known for its extensive cocktail menu and for its seasonal offerings including delicious drinks for fall.

But there’s a playful side to the drinks served as well, like these Halloween-themed drinks. These Tiki-inspired drinks use unusual ingredients like Amontillado (a particular variety of sherry) as well as several types of rum. You’ll also find classic Tiki ingredient Don’s Mix called for, and you might have to raid the very back shelf of your home bar for ingredients like Galliano, Aquavit, and Grenadine. But if you fancy stretching your cocktail skills and try out some lesser-used ingredients, these recipes are here to challenge you. Or, of course, you could always head to Death & Co to have them prepared for you by experts!

Recommended Videos

Several of these drinks also use the lesser-seen whip shake technique, in which you add ingredients to your cocktail shaker along with just a few pebbles or small cubes of ice and then shake until the ice is fully dissolved. This helps to aerate the drink and to give it a light, fluffy texture, and is a useful technique to have in your cocktail-making arsenal.

Scared Stiff

Image used with permission by copyright holder

Origin: Jack Stevenson / Denver / 2023

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Timberline Vodka
  • 1 oz Donn’s Mix #2
  • 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
  • 2 tsp Grand Marnier
  • 1 tsp Galliano L’Autentico
  • 1 dash Absinthe

Method:

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a double old fashioned glass and garnish with a lemon wheel and a cherry flag.

Killing Moon

Michael Berry IG: @barkeepberry

Origin: Michael Berry / Denver / 2023

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Arette Blanco
  • 0.5 oz Wray & Nephew
  • 0.5 oz Kalani
  • 0.5 oz Piña Gum
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 3 dash orange bitters
  • Egg white

Method:

Related: 
Jos A. Magnus & Co. is releasing a limited-edition cask strength high-rye bourbon aged in unique barrels

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker without ice, and dry shake to froth up the egg white. Then add ice to the shaker and shake again. Strain into a coupe glass, and finish with Angostura bitters art on top of the foam.

Sybil

Death & Co

Origin: Marc Rizzuto, Death & Co East Village

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Lustau Amontillado
  • 0.5 oz Brennevin Aquavit
  • 0.5 oz Orange Juice
  • 0.25 oz Sesame Orgeat
  • 1 tsp Cointreau

Method:

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker along with a couple of small ice cubes, and shake until the ice cubes are fully dissolved — this achieves a lighter, more frothy texture for the drink. Then strain into a collins glass filled with crushed ice, and garnish with orange zest and caraway seeds.

Zombie Punch

Death & Co

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz. Plantation OFTD
  • 1 oz. Cana Brava
  • 1 oz. Smith and Cross
  • 1 oz. Don’s Mix
  • 0.75 oz. Lime
  • 0.5 oz. Falernum
  • 0.25 oz. Grenadine
  • 2 dash Absinthe
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters

Method:

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker along with a couple of small ice cubes, and shake until the ice cubes are fully dissolved. Strain into a Tiki mug filled with crushed ice, and garnish with mint, orchid, or pineapple.

Georgina Torbet
Georgina Torbet
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Georgina Torbet is a cocktail enthusiast based in Berlin, with an ever-growing gin collection and a love for trying out new…

Editors’ Recommendations

Meet the Cuban rum punch perfect for your end-of-summer nights
A radiant drink for Hispanic Heritage Month
Rooftop at Exchange Place.

There are a lot of great NYC bars out there. But there's one drink in particular catching our eye right now, made expertly at the Rooftop at Exchange Place. The drink is as good as the bar's spectacular views, which include panoramas of the Hudson River and the New York City skyline.

This drink works on so many levels. It's a timely one, mixing up things like peach that we tend to associate with late summer. It's also a great means of celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, which commences mid-September. It's also just plain refreshing, an ideal cocktail for these last hot gasps of summer.

Read more
Make cocktails like you’re at a world-class resort in Bodrum—here’s how
High-end mixed drinks from a world-class destination
Casa Sol cocktail.

When your resort is shortlisted by Time as one of the best in the world, heads begin to turn. That's the case for Casa Sol, a stunning restaurant within a remarkable resort in Turkey. And it's not just the lodging and hospitality that's sent straight from heaven, it's the incredible cocktail program as well.

Now, drinks like this are often a little more complex than your go-to three-ingredient cocktail. But that's to be expected when you're in the business of impressing your guests to no end. We were lucky enough to not only get some recipes from the acclaimed resort, but some pro tips too.

Read more
Dip your fries? Here’s how to make the French Fry Frosti from Baileys
A creamy drink with savory fries for the win
Bailey's French Fry Frosti.

Summer is still hitting hard, just look at those temperatures. That means frozen cocktail recipes and impromptu Simply parties are very much in order. Shoot, you might even want to put the sprinkler under the trampoline and bounce around.

Baileys sent us a great way to beat the heat. It's a summer cocktail that's served ice cold and tastes a lot like dessert. Best, it's hit with some French fries for a savory kick.

Read more