Halloween Cocktails #5, Dark Chocolate Martini

by Merlene | Vodka based

Chocolate has been around from over 3000 years and has been used as a drink for nearly all of its history, and who the heck are we to mess with tradition. Below is our fifth drink recipe for Halloween, the Dark Chocolate Martini Ingredients 2 oz Smirnoff Vanilla Twist...

Halloween Cocktails #4, The Monster Mash

by Merlene | Rum based, Tequila based, Vodka based

In 1962, struggling actor and singer Bobby Pickett was performing with his group The Cordials. One night he did a monologue imitation Boris Korloff while performing the song ‘Little Darlin’ by the Diamonds. The audience went nuts and his fellow band...

Halloween Cocktails #2, The Blood Lust Martini

by Merlene | Liqueur based, Vodka based

Seems these days you can swing a dead bat without hitting a creature of the night. Whether its the brooding Edward of Twilight fame or the brooding Bill of True Blood, vampires have never been hotter and the Blood Lust for these vamps has never been more intense. The...

Halloween Cocktails, #1 Boo-berry Vodka Martini

by Merlene | Vodka based

Halloween is still 13 days away according to our dicey math skills. We thought we’d get an obvious spooky cocktail out of the way first. We present the Boo-berry Vodka Martini. We brought home a bottle of the highly aromatic Smirnoff Blueberry flavoured vodka,...

Happy Halloween – Week 11 – Dracula’s Kiss (in a bloody glass)

by Randy Matheson | Vodka based

It’s Week 11 of the Madtini Virtual Cocktail Party, and… its less than a week til Halloween. Besides being dedicated to our favorite show Mad Men, we’re also big fans of HBO’s True Blood. Well, we looked all over for a case of TruBlood, but I...