Poisoned Apple

Only 3 days until Halloween!  

How fun!  

I can hear the buzz around the school yard, everyone is getting so excited!  

I had planned on making a few more cocktails before Halloween this year, but to no surprise, I got sick a week ago and an still not feeling 100%.  

Blah!  

I have too many things going on this weekend to be sick, so it's time to have a shot of this here Poisoned Apple and get on with my weekend!

'Tis the season of black vodka!  

I love this stuff.  

I love that it's black, I think that's so cool.  

I decided to go with a layered shot today and  since green is one of the colors of Halloween, what better liqueur to use but sour apple pucker!

This time when I rimmed my shot glass I used simple syrup.

Although I have a huge "dislike" for sprinkles or anything like them......I DO think they look really cool rimmed on a cocktail glass or shot glass (don' tell my friends or family I said this...I'll never hear the end of it............ever).  

I saw these black and an orange shiny sprinkle jars at Target not too long ago and decided to get them for upcoming drinks.

Layering a cocktail can be tricky at times for sure......but sometimes it's REALLY easy.  

Some alcohol (such as the sour apple pucker) has enough sugar in it to make it more dense.  This is allow lighter alcohols to more or less float on top.  

With something like this shot you can just pour in the sour apple pucker and then slowly towards the side of the glass pour in the black vodka.  

Sure some might go below the pucker for a moment, but it will rise up and create that layer right after that.  

This combo of sour apple pucker and vodka is pretty darn good.  Layered shots sometimes scare me, especially when the hard alcohol is on the top of the shot.  

As long as you take it in one big sip (as you're supposed to take shots), you'll be fine!

If you notice the black sprinkles started to slide down the shot glass inside and created a brownish streak inside the shot.  I think that's kind of cool!  It reminds me of my Happy Birthday Tini I made a while back.  I loved the effect the all of the different colored sprinkles made on the inside of that glass.

Here is my recipe for a Poisoned Apple:

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Poisoned Apple

October-28-2016

Ingredients

• 1 ounce black vodka
• 1 ounce sour apple pucker

Instructions

Rim the top of a shot glass with simple syrup and then black sprinkles. Pour in the apple pucker first. Next on the back of a spoon, slowly pour the black vodka on top.

Here are the ingredients I used to create this cocktail:

Here's to one of my kids most favorite holidays being only 4 days away!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

TDD - AKA The Drinking Dead

TDD - The Drinking Dead

Who watches The Walking Dead?

The Drinking Dead is a perfect Halloween cocktail that is delicious in flavor but looks a bit scary in color to drink.

OK, so I don't watch the Walking Dead (insert gasp here).  

My husband does and just about everyone else in the world seems to.....except me.  

When it came to naming this cocktail, I drew a blank.  

One of my daughters (who will be the pink dino ranger for Halloween......even thought she's never seen the show.....but thinks her gun is cool, therefore that's what she'll be) came into my office to help me name it, she had a few suggestions and together we came up with The Drinking Dead.  

So, Thank You my Pink Dino Ranger for helping mommy name tonight's cocktail!!

The week before Halloween around here is usually insane.  

It's filled with costume planning, last minute tweeks to costumes, Trick-or-Treat planning, Haunted "Garage" set up (my son and his friend did an AWESOME Haunted Garage/Driveway/Front Yard last year and they're doing it again this year), candy buying.......then doubting I have enough......then purchasing more, Halloween party planning (yeay it's on a Saturday this year!!).  

Through all of that (and more that I know I'm totally forgetting), I wanted to make a couple cocktails this week to share.  

I am happy to say that tonight's cocktail is #2 of the week and that makes me happy!

Tonight's cocktail........um, YUM!!  

Oh this is a good one!  

The color might not look fantastic, but hey it's a Halloween cocktail.......it's not supposed to.  

The taste though, cha-ching winner!!  

Although it doesn't look like it, you can taste the pineapple juice in this cocktail which is a nice surprise!  

I really like this one and know you will too!  

If you do have a bottle of black vodka at home and decide to try this cocktail, please let me know!  

I'd love to hear what you think!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a TDD:

• 1 1/2 ounces black vodka
• 1/2 ounce Chambord
• 2 ounces pineapple juice

In a shaker filled half way with ice, pour in all three of your ingredients.  Shake up this cocktail really well to get some foam.  Strain into a martini glass and once it's all in the glass shake the shaker up and down to get the foam to drip in.

Here's to Halloween going as smoothly as possible!!  I hope you all have a fun and safe night!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Dracula's Bite

Dracula's Bite

I hope you are all getting your entries in on my UncommonGoods giveaway!  There's only a little bit of time left!  

'Tis the season for BLACK VODKA!!  

Yup, I busted out my Blavod bottle and decided to create a cocktail!  

I already have another one in mind for tomorrow too!!  

Exciting!  

This year has been so jam packed with so many amazing things, that I have really not had a lot of time to give you wonderful people new and exciting cocktails......and for that I am sorry!  

I just bought a brand new bottle of cranberry juice and orange juice today, which gives me two easy yet delicious ingredients to play with!  They will come in handy for sure.  

Halloween and Christmas cocktails are my absolute favorite cocktails to make.  

They allow me to get a little artsy with my decor in the photos, ha ha.  Given that somehow Halloween is on Saturday, I knew I needed to get my cocktail butt in gear and give you all a couple fun, yet easy cocktails to make.

This cocktail is simple.  

Yes it is a layered cocktail, but I'll tell you, you almost can't screw up the layering.  

These two ingredients separate pretty darn well on their own and if you make it and feel it's not layered enough........just step back and give it a couple minutes, it'll work itself out.  

Now, when you see the quantity of the ingredients below you are going to think by looking at the picture that I mixed them up.  I promise you I didn't!  There are two reasons why they look backwards: 

1. I have spider webs around the bottom of the glass which is covering it a little.  

2. The ice is towards the top of the glass, so it makes the black vodka look huge in quantity....when it's not.  Anywho, for me, I need to drink this in big sips so that I get a good amount of the cranberry juice in each sip.  I forgot to do that with a couple and totally made that "tequila shot face".....yikes!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for Dracula's Bite:

• 3 ounces cranberry juice
• 1 1/2 ounces black vodka

Fill a cocktail glass 3/4 with ice.  Pour in the cranberry juice.  On the back of a spoon, layer the black vodka on top and you're all set!

Here's to yet another Halloween sneaking up on me!  I hope I can pull it all together by Friday (kids parade at school).

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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Mucky Slide

Mucky Slide

Hi.....remember me?  

Has it REALLY been almost 3 (gasp) weeks since my last post?  

It has....oh my....I am soo sorry.  I had every intention to post last week.....then our oldest girl got a fever.  Then another week went by and here I am!

I wanted to give you all another fun Halloween cocktail to try.  

I (of course) had to use my black vodka in this one....can you tell I'm loving this vodka?  

This cocktail has a few delicious ingredients inside which make it an amazing cocktail!  

I have to admit......I haven't eaten as much as I should have today so I am a bit tipsy really feeling this cocktail.  

I have a couple friends coming over tonight, we will be working on one of their birthday invitations and I will be showing them how to put on Jamberry nails.  

Yea......I think that's why I have been not posting recently as well.  

I recently became an Independent Consultant for Jamberry Nails and .....Oh Em Gee........I love it!  If you have never tried these nail wraps, please let me know and I WILL send you out a sample to try.  

I joined because of how wonderful the company and fellow consultants are.  It's like a family and it is NOT one of those companies where they want your money and give you no support or help what so ever.  (OK I need to stop b/c I can, and will, go on and on and on and on about them).  Instead of my talking your ear off about them, please check out my site, tell me what you think.  Let me know if you have any questions or if you would like me to send you a sample!   Here is a link to my site check it out here. 

Onto the cocktail.

I think I will be making this cocktail for my friends who are coming over tonight, because I sure know that I want another one!  Here it is, another Cocktail Lady Invention!

Here is a photo of the final result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Mucky Slide:

• 1 ounce black vodka
• 1 ounce vanilla cinnamon Irish Cream Liqueur
• 1 ounce whipping cream
• 1 ounce Kahlua

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a martinin glass and enjoy!!

Here's to another delicious Halloween cocktail!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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Swampy Floor

Swampy Floor is a fun layered Halloween cocktail.  You get to use black vodka in this cocktail.  Winner!!

Can you tell I have been into layered cocktails and shooters lately?  I just love the way they look, I can't help myself.

Tomorrow will be here before we know it and along with it will come October.  

The first of October is the day that we usually start decorating for Halloween around here.  

I have to admit.....we already started.  

I don't know.......something about how fast this year is flying by makes me want to start everything early before I miss it.  Which is totally fine with me, that way I get to look at our decorations for a longer time.

Today I wanted to make another fun layered Halloween cocktail so I grabbed these three items and started testing out my layers.  

I honestly thought that the Midori would float on top of the orange juice......guess I was wrong.  

It doesn't matter, I think it still looks cool.  

It tastes pretty darn cool too.  

I was afraid that I would get a good shot of the vodka right off the top and that it would make me not want to drink the rest.......wrong again.  Sure I tasted it, but it was good!  I got a little mix of some of the stuff underneath it and that first sip went down pretty smooth.  As did the rest of the sips.

I think my creation would be a fun cocktail to serve at a Halloween party.  You could even have a few of these cocktails layered and ready for your guests as they arrive.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Swampy Floor:

• 1 ounce melon liqueur
• 2 ounces orange juice
• 1 ounce black vodka

In a cocktail glass filled 3/4 with ice, pour in the melon liqueur.  Next layer the orange juice on top of that.  Finally layer the black vodka and enjoy!

Here's to tomorrow starting the last fourth of the year!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Ghostly Uprising

This Ghostly Uprising shooter is perfect for Halloween.  It reminds me of the Brain Hemorrhage I made and has the same kind of consistency.  It's really a fun shooter to drink!

I am starting to feel the pressure of the holidays coming on already.  

We only have 6 days left of September and then it is a countdown.....oh wait.....it's already been...until Halloween.  

Over the weekend our oldest daughter and I went shopping for her witch's costume at our local Halloween store.  Now she has known that she wants to be a witch for Halloween since July, so that part was easy.  

There were 4 different costumes for her to choose from and she decided on this one.  The only difference in the one pictured and the one she got was that the purple parts are not velvety on hers.  She chose a broom and necklace and I bought a variety of SUPER sparkly eye shadows for her, her little sister and I to use and we were set!

Phewph.......glad that's over.  

Now I will need to figure out decorations and a menu for our party.  

I have a fun Halloween Treats board on Pinterest with some ideas I've pinned.  I am always looking for more, so if you are not following me on Pinterest please do so and let me know you did so that I can follow you back.  Let's share some fun Halloween ideas, whether it's food, decorating or just something fun!

Today I created an interesting shooter.  

This one tasted pretty good.......except for me trying to swallow down that HUGE hunk of Irish Cream you see in the picture.  

After I made it my husband and I decided that we want to try to (and I say "try to" b/c we come up with great ideas.....and then......we have 4 kids.........and well......look we're here and we showed up and we're all dressed........yeay, big accomplishment!!) make a line of these (or something similar) on the bar and as people show up on Halloween, make them shoot one.  Fingers crossed we actually have time to do it.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for my Ghostly Uprising:

• 1 ounce peach schnapps
• 1 ounce Irish Cream vanilla cinnamon
• 1/2 ounce black vodka
• 1/4-1/2 ounce grenadine

In a shot glass, pour in the peach schnapps.  Next layer the Irish Cream on top.  Then layer the black vodka on top of that.  Now with a straw, drip the grenadine on top until the Irish Cream starts to lower into the peach schnapps.

Here's to the holidays coming whether we are ready or not!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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Rotten Orange

Here is a fun layered shot that you can serve your Halloween guests.  I just think that black vodka makes these Halloween cocktails look amazing!

I'm not sure about all of you, but this house is TOTALLY getting into the Halloween spirit. 

Our oldest daughter has known that she wants to be a witch for Halloween since July and our youngest daughter just got a mermaid costume at Costco the other day.  

One costume down, hopefully we can borrow a witch costume and then we just need the boys to decide if they are going to dress up this year or not.  

My husband and boys want to make a little "Haunted House" this year for the kids to walk through to get their candy on Halloween night.  They say it will be a work in progress where they add a little to it every year.  

Guess that means that the girls and I will hit the street going door to door for treats.

If you missed it.....I BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF BLACK VODKA!!  


Last year I saw bottles of black vodka at our local BevMo and never bought one.  


This year I was not going to make that mistake!  


I am excited to make some cocktails for you all with my black vodka.  

I think they layered ones look pretty cool.  This shooter made me do they squinchy face dance because I really tasted the vodka.....and if you didn't know, I'm not big on taking a straight shot of something.........unless it's Fireball......and it's chilled, then it's not as bad.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Rotten Orange:

• 1 ounce black vodka
• 1 ounce orange juice

I rimmed a shot glass with orange sprinkles to make it more festive.  In a shot glass pour in the orange juice.  Next layer the black vodka on top and you are done!

Here is to my very first Halloween cocktail of the season!  More to come......

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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