It’s time to get spooky! No Halloween celebration would be complete without a tasty potion, and if you’re on the hunt for the perfect drink to get frighteningly festive, look no further. We tapped a few talented mixologists to come up with mocktails that celebrate the flavors of the season, so keep scrolling and pick your poison.
Fall into Halloween
Created by Marsha Meyer of The Natural Mixologist
Ingredients:
- 5 oz apple juice (an organic, unfiltered version is ideal)
- 3 oz carrot juice (see below for recipe)
- ½ lemon
- 2 slices ginger
- 1 servingVital Proteins® Marine Collagen
- dash cinnamon
- sprinkle fresh-grated nutmeg
- ice
- carrot ribbon with pick for garnish
Directions:
- Add apple, carrot (see recipe below) and lemon juice to a shaking or stirring container.
- Add in your spices and Vital Proteins® Marine Collagen.
- Give it a good shake or stir.
- After combined, add in some ice and stir or shake again.
- Strain into your beautiful glass and garnish with a carrot ribbon.
For carrot juice:Clean a medium sized carrot (about 3-4 oz) and peel. Slice some additional carrot off of one side. Place all these into a blender. Once you have a nice flat surface, slice a few more ribbons to use as garnish. Set these aside. Chop the remaining carrot and add to blender. Add your ginger and 5 oz of water. Blend thoroughly (you want a nice, smooth mixture). Strain this using a standard tea or fine mesh strainer. This gives you approximately 4 oz fresh ginger carrot juice. Note: you’ll have carrot pulp leftover which would be great in soup, tomato sauce, turkey meatballs, a salad dressing with rice vinegar etc.
Monster Mash
Created by Camille Wilson, cocktail blogger and author
Ingredients:
- 5-7 mint leaves
- 1 kiwi, peeled and cut into 4 pieces
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 2 oz sparkling water
- 1 servingVital Proteins® Lemon Collagen Peptides
- Ice
Directions:
- In a glass, muddle mint, kiwi pieces and simple syrup
- Add Vital Proteins® Lemon Collagen Peptides and sparkling water
- Stir to combine
- Add ice and enjoy!
Iced Bloody Good
Created by Brynn Smith, mixologist and bar consultantIngredients:
- 1 serving ofVital Proteins® Collagen Peptides
- 4 oz cold brew coffee
- 6 oz blood orange lemonade mixture (2 oz blood orange juice, 1 oz lemon juice, 1 oz simple syrup, 2 oz water)
- 2 separate containers or bowls
- large Collins glass (or similar)
- ice
- paper Halloween straw
- fake plastic spider/ gummy worm for garnish
- blood orange slice
Directions:
- In one container, add Vital Proteins® Collagen Peptides with 4 oz. cold brew coffee and whisk until dissolved.
- In another container, combine ingredients for the blood orange lemonade mixture: 2 oz blood orange juice, 1 oz lemon juice, 1 oz simple syrup and 2 oz water.
- Fill a large Collins glass a little over halfway with ice + add a straw
- Add the 4 oz cold brew mixture, then pack with more ice on top.
- Slowly pour the blood orange lemonade over the cold brew and ice to layer the colors.
- Top up with additional ice if needed and then garnish ornately with a blood orange slice, plastic spider and a gummy worm.
- Serve and enjoy!
Spooky Cider
Created by Willow Sprague, co-founder of BarBees Bartending.Ingredients:
- spiced apple cider
- ½ lemon
- 1 servingVital Proteins® Lemon Collagen Peptides
- dehydrated lemon wheel for garnish
- mug
Directions:
- Heat spiced apple cider on the stove and pour into mug.
- Add Vital Proteins® Lemon Collagen Peptides to the warm cider and stir until combined.
- Squeeze in ½ lemon.
- Garnish with a dehydrated lemon wheel and enjoy!
Witch’s Cold Brew
Created by Willow Sprague, co-founder of BarBees Bartending.
Ingredients:
- 6 to 8 oz cold brew coffee
- 2 oz maple simple syrup
- 3 oz half-and-half
- 1 serving ofVital Proteins® Collagen Peptides
- Ice
Directions:
- Fill glass with ice and pour in 6-8 oz cold brew.
- Add 1/2–1 oz maple simple syrup based on sweetness preference (maple simple syrup is made by combining equal parts water and maple syrup on the stove top).
- Stir until combined
- In a frother, combine 3 oz half-and-half, Vital Proteins® Collagen Peptides, 1 oz maple simple syrup, and a dash of cinnamon until fluffy.
- Pour over the cold brew.
- Garnish with cinnamon and enjoy!
