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20111031

HAPPY NATIONAL CANDY APPLE DAY!


As well as being Halloween, October 31st is also
NATIONAL CANDY APPLE DAY!

The red candy apple was created by William W. Kolb in 1908 while experimenting with cinnamon candy for his Christmas inventory.  He had a batch of red cinnamon candy and dipped a few apples in the mixture to display in his window.  They proved so popular he continued the practice each year in fall and soon the entire Jersey Shore had candy coated apples for sale.

Because hardened sugar is difficult to achieve in humidity, candy apples are rarely found in the spring and summer months in many parts of the U.S., one of the reasons why this treat is so closely associated with Fall.

By the way, don't confuse the candy apple with toffee, taffy or caramel apples!  While toffee, taffy and caramel apples are certainly candy apples, a candy apple is not always a toffee, taffy or caramel apple! 

When I was a kid the candy apples I used to get were more like raspberry flavored caramel apples!  I don't ever remember having a hard coated, cinnamon flavored apple so, to celebrate National Candy Apple Day, here is my version of the

CANDY APPLE MARTINI


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HALLOWEEN NIGHT MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #31 of 31

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HAPPY
HALLOWEEN!
 The Final Halloween Cocktail for 2011 is
 
Halloween Cocktail #31 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis
from The Martini Diva

The Halloween Night Martini is a citrus and raspberry flavored treat of the Halloween darkness with just a few silver stars sprinkled in to light your way as you go about your tricks.

Enjoy and have a safe and Happy Halloween!

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20111030

VAMPIRE'S KISS MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail


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VAMPIRE'S KISS MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail

The Vampire's Kiss Martini is guaranteed to ward off any blood sucking pest that comes your way. Why? Because it's a Garlic Martini - the twist comes in the form of black colored vodka and a black salt rim.

If you're a garlic lover you'll enjoy this classic vodka martini that's garnished with a pickled clove of garlic instead of an olive.  If you're not a garlic lover you might want to put that olive back in!

Oh, one more thing.  Vampires aren't the only things garlic wards off so if you're looking to hook up you might want to try Halloween Martinis 1 through 30 instead.

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HAPPY NATIONAL CANDY CORN DAY!

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October 30th is
NATIONAL CANDY CORN DAY!
Celebrate with these Candy Corn Cocktail Recipes, Homemade Candy Corn Liquor Recipes and Candy Corn Trivia

This classic orange, yellow and white candy has been a Halloween staple for decades and it's almost impossible to get through Halloween without eating at least one handful of candy corn.  With a basic vanilla flavor, candy corn makes a perfect flavor profile for all my candy inspired booze below:

THE CANDY CORN MARTINI
 CANDY CORN CREEPTINI
SPARKLING CANDY CORN MARTINI
CANDY CORN VODKA
CANDY CORN MOONSHINE
INDIAN CANDY CORN VODKA & COCKTAIL

A FEW CANDY CORN FACTS:
  • Candy Corn was invented by George Renninger and produced by the Wunderlee Candy Company in the  1880's.
  • One serving of candy corn contains only about 140 calories  
  • Halloween accounts for 75% of the annual candy corn production 
  • Candy Corn is not just for Halloween anymore - you can now get red, green and white Reindeer corn for Christmas. Indian Corn which is chocolate and vanilla flavored, red, white and pink Cupid Corn for Valentine's Day and pastel colored Bunny Corn for Easter
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NATIONAL CANDY CORN DAY!

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20111029

TRUE BLOODINI - Halloween Cocktail


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The True Bloodtini is a nice little bite of pomegranate in a blood red cherry and gin cocktail. This deadly delicious concoction will have every vampire in your coven forsaking hemoglobin for the night.

Serve it up with a wink and a nice, fangy smile.

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20111028

TRANSYLVANIAN MARTINI - A fun black Halloween Cocktail


The TRANSYVANIAN MARTINI

The Transyvlanian Martini is definitely not sour grapes for Halloween, in fact it's sweet from the Concord grape and white grape mixers.  To keep it from being too sweet there's a little bit of lemon juice and a healthy dash of cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Think spiced mulled grapes in place of the traditional spiced apple cider.

This is a perfect cocktail to turn into a non-alcoholic mocktail for the kids and non-alcoholic guests at your party, you simply remove the Blavod vodka from the recipe!  Add a little black food coloring to the virgin version if you want the same deep, inky black night effect.

Your Trick or Treaters will go bats over this one!
 
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20111027

ORANGE SCORPION MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail


The Orange Scorpion Martini is not something I made up, this is actually a variation of the famous Scorpion or Scorpion Bowl of Trader Vic fame.  I think there might be more recipes for this cocktail than there are scorpions wandering the deserts!  Even Trader Vic, who made the Scorpion Bowl famous, published three different recipes and not one of the published ones was the recipe he used in the actual cocktail he served in any of his restaurants (even the world of cocktails has it's trade secrets.)

While many of the recipes call for the almond flavored Orgeat Syrup and a brandy, this recipe uses Creme de Almond and Grand Marnier instead. Just another of the many recipes that abounds for this little cocktail with a sting!

 Yes, I do suggest the
Scorpion Sucker as a garnish for this Halloween version - otherwise you're not scaring your party guests, you're taking them on a tropical vacation!
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20111026

MONSTROUS RITATINI - Halloween Martini #26 of 31


NEW for This Year!
The MONSTROUS RITATINI
Halloween Cocktail #26 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 
from The Martini Diva

The Monstrous Ritatini takes a timid margarita and moves it into the realm of monsters of epic proportions. A little bit of orange juice, a purple sugar rim and a monster of a gummy candy put the real boo in boo-zelicious and a good amount of spook in spooktacular for your Halloween celebration.

Double up the recipe and serve it up in a monstrously large martini glass and you'll have a libation that will mellow out any monster moods on All Hallow's Eve!

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20111025

GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #25 of 31


The GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail #25 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 
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The Great Caesar's Ghost Martini is really a Bloody Caesar in disguise.  What, you ask, is a Bloody Caesar?  It's a Bloody Mary made with Clamato juice instead of tomato juice!

There are two versions of the origins of the Bloody Caesar with version one being my favorite because it centers around Tony Bennett who, according to the story, was due to go onstage at Caesar's in Las Vegas and was a tad bit worse the wear from a rough night. He asked the bartender to mix him something to perk him up and was ultimately served up a Bloody Mary that had been pepped up with clams and clam juice.

Version number two is less glamorous but most likely the closer to the truth of the two. In verstion two, bartender Walter Chell created the drink for the 1969 for the opening of the Marcos restaurant.  It became an instant hit in Canada and Mott's even came up with a juice inspired by the Bloody Caesar - Clamato!

So, now ya know.  I just think it was a perfect way to get to name a drink The Great Caesar's Ghost Martini.  And speaking of Caesar's ghost you can read more about that little bit of history on this martini's recipe page.
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20111024

GRAVEYARD SUNRISE MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #24 of 31

Halloween Cocktail #24 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 
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The Graveyard Sunrise Martini is another great cocktail that makes use of blood orange juice, one of my favorite mixers for Halloween because of the deep, red-orange color.  This time I've made use of it in a Halloween variation of a classic Tequila Sunrise.

Not only is this a fun name for a Halloween martini, it's fun looking with a great layered look from the pomegranate syrup that settles to the bottom of your glass.  Be sure to follow the instructions on how to get the pomegranate syrup in so it settles to the bottom, it's weight is heavier than the orange juice and tequila so as long as you do it right the bottom of your Graveyard Sunrise Martini will glow like fire!

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20111023

DRIPPING HEART MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #23


Halloween Cocktail #23 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 
from The Martini Diva


The Dripping Heart Martini is a classic gin martini simply garnished with a pickled beet heart that will slowly bleed into the cocktail.  It's so Edgar Allen Poe that I just have to treat you to this fun animation of The Tell Tale Heart narrated by James Mason:



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20111022

Death by SCREWDRIVER MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #22


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20111021

CANDY CORN CREEPTINI MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #21

Halloween Cocktail #21 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 
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The Candy Corn Creeptini or Candy Corn Martini will have you taking taking another look at those classic little orange, yellow and white candies from your youth.  Taking the vanilla flavor and bumping it up with some white chocolate liqueur and a healthy serving of orange juice, this is a monster sized cocktail that you'll need an extra large martini glass for . . . or you could simply pour it into two smaller cocktail glasses and share!

You can shake this all up together for a cocktail the color of a deep orange fall leaf or you can float the Blavod vodka on top for a layered orange and black beverage in true Halloween colors - but don't forget the all important garnish of the candy corn!

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IT'S NATIONAL CARAMEL APPLE DAY - Have yours in a martini glass!

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October 21st is
NATIONAL CARAMEL APPLE DAY
Celebrate with this Caramel Apple Martini

An interesting little tidbit about caramel apples is that if the caramel is dipped in peanuts or another ingredient it's is more properly referred to as a Taffy Apple!  No matter what you call them, caramel dipped apples are classic fall treats and once were the prize of a Trick or Treat outing.  If you came home with a "taffy" apple or caramel apple you figured it was a good Halloween haul that year!

Here the classic flavors of a caramel apple come together in a martini glass for some nostalgic flavors for happy hour.  The sweet, tartness of a Granny Smith or Fuji apple comes in the form of the apple pucker and the caramel gets shaken in with the Butterscotch schnapps mixing with the vodka and a pretty drizzle of caramel sauce swirling around the glass bowl,  creating that classic caramel apple taste.  Garnish with a caramel apple slice and you're back in childhood savoring this great blend of fall flavors.

CARAMEL APPLE MARTINI RECIPE HERE

There's an old adage that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" and, in point of fact, apples might do just that because:
  • Apples contain high concentrations of pectin which helps to stabilize blood sugar levels.
  • Apples stimulate the flow of saliva which aids in promoting good digestion.
  • Eating a crisp apple helps to clean the teeth and stimulate gum tissue.
  • Apples are rich in flavonoids, beta-carotene and vitamins, B, C and contain important minerals such as boron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and silicon.
So, enjoy your Caramel Apple Martini and add a couple of extra caramel apples slices to the rim to keep the doctor away!

HAPPY NATIONAL CARAMEL APPLE DAY.

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20111020

TANGERINE TERRORTINI - Halloween Cocktail #20 of 31


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The Tangerine Terrortini is overflowing with vitamin laden spooky spirit thanks to the fresh tangerine juice mixer and tangerine slice for the garnish.  Doesn't hurt that it's orange and really tasty either.

I add a little extra spook to the spirits with a Halloween colored sugar rim sometimes and it's also fun to shave a few slivers of dry ice on top just before you serve it for the ghosts to escape!  Just make sure you handle the dry ice with gloves and only shave in small slivers so they'll melt before your guests take a sip.

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20111019

SPIDERS and SNAKE MARTINI - Halloween Martini #19 of 31


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The Spiders and Snake Martini is a black banana martini, which is kind of ironic considering that spiders love bananas.  There's actually a species called the Banana Spider or Brazilian Wandering Spider that loves to hang out around bananas and it's a pretty gruesome, venomous character with the reputation of being the world's deadliest spider.

I suggest you garnish your martini with a harmless plastic spider. You want to scare your guests on Halloween, not kill them. . . .right?

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20111018

SMASHED PUMPKIN MARTINI - Halloween Martini #18


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The Smashed Pumpkin Martini is a pumpkin pie you can drink.  Making use of a pumpkin liqueur and classic pumpkin pie spices with some heavy cream, this is a rum version of my popular Pumpkin Pie Martini for Thanksgiving which is a vodka based pumpkin cocktail.

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20111017

HAPPY NATIONAL LIQUOR DAY!

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OCTOBER 17th is
NATIONAL LIQUOR DAY!

Alcohol has been around since prehistoric times. Late Stone Age beer jugs discovered show that purposely fermented beverages were brewed at least as early as c. 10,000 BC!  Shortly after the very first bar joke was uttered:
The dinosaur gives the bartender a long, complicated list of instructions for making the drink it wants. The bartender says, "And what'll you have?" The caveman shrugs. "Just gimme something over the rocks."

The ancient Egyptians loved their beer, Rome and Greece were awash in wine and even had gods designated to the enjoyment of alcohol.  Bacchus (Rome) and Dionysus (Greece) were huge party animals!

The oldest known recipe ever discovered is for beer! Yes, indeedy, booze has accompanied humanity on our journey through the eons and today we celebrate that long term partnership and love affair with it's very own holiday!


Cheers!
*Neanderthal Man drawing courtesy of Florida Center for Instructional Technology

 



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SLIMY EYEBALL MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail


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20111016

RED DEVIL APPLETINI - Halloween Cocktail #16


 The RED DEVIL APPLETINI
Halloween Cocktail #16 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 
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The Red Devil Appletini is a devilishly delicious drink that combines two fall favorite flavors - apple and cinnamon!  The interesting thing about this cinnamon is it comes to the party with some bling of it's own. . .real gold!

That's right, the Goldschlagger is a cinnamon liqueur with specks of gold floating in it.  It's red hot, rich and, to make things even more devil may care, it comes with a lovely little bite of candied apple for the garnish.

I don't really know if the Devil cares or not but I will tell you the Devil made me do it!

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20111015

PURPLE GHOST MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #15

The PURPLE GHOST MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail #15 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 

The Purple Ghost Martini is a beautiful deep purple red in color that you get from the pomegranate juice and it's a delicious raspberry pomegranate flavor with a nice little twist of tart from the sweet and sour but the best part is the Ghost Peep garnish.  There's nothing cuter than that white ghost peeping at you as you sip and you get to eat it at the end!

For a little extra ghost effect shave a few slivers of dry ice into the cocktail just before you serve it and the ghosts will come wafting up from your martini glass.  Just be careful to keep the dry ice slivers small enough they dissolve quickly, dry ice can burn if it touches the lips or skin.

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20111014

ORANGE OOZE MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #14

 The ORANGE OOZE MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail #14 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 

The Orange Ooze Martini gets it's name from the Grenadine syrup "blood" that drips down the sides of this orange colored and flavored cocktail.  It's a triple dose of orange flavor with a scary little surprise floating on the cocktail pick of a gummy eyeball or skull.

Feel free to use any oozy little gummy candy as your garnish - bugs and spiders are a nice oozy alternative to stick on your cocktail pick as well.

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20111013

NOSE PICKER MARTINI - Halloween Martini #13


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Halloween Cocktail #13 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 

The Nose Picker Martini is a gross name for a pretty yummy coconut, melon and banana cocktail but it is Halloween after all and grossing people out is all part of the fun!
 
I have always garnished it with some gross gummy finger puppets but if you can't find those I understand there is now gummy candy in a road kill theme! (Thank you, Laura!) Just about any icky type of garnish will do - you can even mold chocolate into fingers and use that as a garnish.  Just have some grade school level fun with it all!

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(GOES GREAT WITH THE NOSE BOOGER PICKERS!)

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20111012

NAKED SKULL MARTINI - Halloween Martini #12


The NAKED SKULL MARTINI
Halloween Cocktail

 The Naked Skull Martini is an orange flavored martini that has a deep purple color thanks to the Blue Curacao and the black vodka*.  Perfect coloring for any Halloween color theme, it also has a skull garnish!

On a side note, after I named this the "Naked" Skull Martini I got to wondering what and "un-naked" skull would look like.  Now every time I write about or serve this cocktail I laugh because in my head I see a skull with a toupee.

 *If you cannot get Blavod black vodka where you live use a clear, plain vodka and simply add a few drops of black food coloring to your cocktail!

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FALL MARTINIS - Fall Fruits to Grace Your Martini Glass!


THE BOUNTY OF FALL FRUIT COCKTAILS

  Fall is my favorite time of year.  Not only has the heat subsided but the leaves are falling, the air is crisp and the Fall fruits are showing up at local farmers markets, orchards and grocers.  There is nothing that says Fall more than grabbing a fruit basket and hand picking your own fruit from an orchard nearby, it's a great family outing and it's kind of sexy for a date too!


Among the fruits that bring their goodness to Fall Happy Hour are apples, pears, pomegranates, grapes and pumpkins, and everyone of these is great used fresh in a cocktail as a juice or garnish.  Since so many cocktails employ fruits and juice mixers you can bring a healthier element to your martini by using freshly squeezed juices and adding fresh fruit garnishes!

Here are my favorite FALL COCKTAILS, check back often because each time the leaves start to fall I'm back at the bar mixing up some new recipes!

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20111011

MONSTER MASH MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #11

The MONSTER MASH MARTINI
is Halloween Cocktail #11 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis 

The Monster Mash Martini is a fun, green colored melon and pineapple martini that you garnish with monster gummy candies.  This is my ode to my favorite Halloween song of all time, "The Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Cryptkickers.

The "Monster Mash" came out in 1962, right at the height of my Trick or Treating phase and during the era of the Mashed Potato dance craze.  It was so popular that over the following years it was also performed or recorded by famous monster actors Boris Karloff (from 1965) and Vincent Price (in 1977) .  Even the Beach Boys came out with a version (in 1964) and Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham) sang it on Happy Days (1978).

Here is the original song by Bobby Pickett - Enjoy with your Monster Mash Martini:



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20111010

JACK O'LANTERN MARTINI - Halloween Martini #10


is Halloween Cocktail #10 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis
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The Jack O'Lantern Martini is one of my most popular Halloween martinis. It's inspired by an Orange Julius which makes it creamy, sweet and tart at the same time.  The lovely pale orange color is perfect for Halloween and the Pumpkin Peep garnish is cute floating on top.

You can easily turn this one into a non-alcoholic Halloween cocktail simply by removing the liquor! Be sure you serve the alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks in a different colored glass to distinguish them - maybe martini glasses for the adults and regular Halloween tumblers for the kids?


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20111009

THE GATES OF HELL MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #9

The GATES OF HELL MARTINI

is Halloween Cocktail #9 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis
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Halloween cocktail #9 is the Gates of Hell Martini.
(The Devil made me do it!)

Hot as Hades from the hot chili peppers and pepper sauce, this evil martini will bring tears to your eyes - literally!  The Blavod black colored vodka deepens the Bloody Mary mix to a dark reddish orange and the hot peppers for garnish will bring forth a few Halloween howls from the unsuspecting.

You can cool down or amp up the heat by your personal choice of hot sauce and peppers.  To help you out in the pepper department, check out the heat levels of chili peppers on the Scoville Scale at Wikipedia.

Drink at your own risk!

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20111008

DRACULA'S BLOODY MARTINI - Halloween Cocktail #8

is Halloween Cocktail #8 of 31 Monstrously Marvelous Martinis!

Halloween cocktail #8 is Dracula's Bloody Martini. 
This is a great Halloween cocktail for any blood sucking guests that suddenly appear on your doorstep looking for a little drink. Think of it as a Bloody Mary that got bit by a vampire and now it's hot, spicy and everlastingly good. You can decide just how hot it is by the level of hot sauce you add to the mix!
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