Halloween is only a little over two months away! It’s time to start planning your party, as well as your Samhain reading list. To assist you this spooky fall season, we are putting together a fun series of articles pairing our novels with delicious horror-themed concoctions. For this first post we will focus on the vampire genre. After all, every vampire loves a good drink…
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Recommended Reading:
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TENTYRIAN LEGACY by Elise Walters
VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE: BOOKS 1 – 3 by Derek Gunn
PRETTY WHEN SHE DESTROYS by Rhiannon Frater
PRETTY WHEN SHE KILLS by Rhiannon Frater
PRETTY WHEN SHE DIES by Rhiannon Frater
EVIL VEIN by D.S. Sagers
THE VAMPIRE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Matthew Baugh
ETERNAL VIGILANCE by Gabrielle Faust
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The Cocktails:
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Bloody Orange Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 4 ounces vodka
• 2 ounces Licor43
• 8 ounces Orangina or 1:3 orange juice to club soda
• 3 ounces raspberry syrup (recipe follows)
• 1 orange
plastic syringes (available at party stores)
• Yield: 4 cocktails
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Blood Sucker Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 oz. Bacardi “0”
• 1/2 oz. Cointreau
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 Tbs. strawberry or raspberry puree
For instructions for this cocktail visit: http://www.hgtv.com/entertaining/blood-sucker-halloween-cocktail-recipe/index.html
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Vampire Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
• 1 oz. triple sec
• 1/2 oz. white crème de cacao
• drizzle of grenadine
For instructions for this cocktail visit: http://www.hgtv.com/entertaining/vampire-cocktail-recipe/index.html
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Vampire’s Kiss Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 ounces Midori Melon Liqueur
• 1 ounce Skyy Infusions Blood Orange Vodka
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 1/2 ounce cream
• Grenadine
For instructions on how to make this cocktail visit: http://cocktails.about.com/od/Flavored-Vodka-Cocktails/r/Vampires-Kiss-Cocktail-Recipe.htm
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Vampire’s Kiss Martini
Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 ounces Finlandia Vodka
• 1 1/2 ounces Korbel Champagne
• 3/4 ounce Chambord black raspberry liqueur
• Red sugar for rimming
For instructions on how to make this cocktail visit: http://cocktails.about.com/od/vodkadrinkrecipes/r/vampire_kiss.htm
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