You’re never too old for Trick-or-Treat candy. But enjoying them the good old fashioned childhood way is long gone. Tricked out treats of candy bar cocktails and shots are merely a few shakes away. Enjoy spirited Halloween fun while licking your lips with Tootsie Roll Shots, Peppermint Patty cocktails and liquid truffle dreams. Trick-or-Treats never sipped so good.

Trick-or-Treat Candy Bar Cocktails and Shots

Tootsie Roll Shot

2/3 ounce Three Olives Chocolate Vodka

1/3 ounce Amaretto

Drizzle of Chocolate Syrup

Combine vodka and amaretto in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into shot glass. Drizzle chocolate syrup over the top.

POM Truffle

I ounce 100% Pomegranate Juice

1-1/4 ounce Dark Crème de Cacao

1-1/2 ounce Black Cherry Vodka

Maraschino Cherries

Chocolate Shavings

Combine liquids in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Roll skewered maraschino cherries on a cocktail pick and lay across martini glass as garnish.

Trick-or-Tini

1 ounce Coconut Cream

1 ounce Stirrings Tangerini Mixer

1 ounce Banana Liqueur

1/2 ounce Silver Rum

Chill ingredients prior to use. Layer each ingredient into a chilled cocktail glass one on top of each other to create look of candy corn. Layer ingredients by slowly pouring liquids over the back of a bar spoon in the order given.

The Stirrings Tangerini Mixer is a little difficult to come by so there are a few options for the Trick-or-Tini cocktail:

Apparently Ocean Spray makes a no sugar added Citrus Tangerine Orange juice. There is also a Noble brand tangerine juice that came up in search. Either of those might work as a substitution. You could also try a combination of Orange Juice with splash of Pineapple Juice or Orange Juice with mix of syrup from a can of tangerine fruit.

Another Candy Corn Martini recipe to try:

1 ounce Vanilla Vodka (substitute Cake or Whipped Vodka)

1/2 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps

1-1/2 to 2 ounces Orange Juice

Shake with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. (You might even try a small splash of pineapple juice in this.)

Peppermint Patty

3/4 ounce Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

3/4 ounce Rumple Minze

4 to 6 ounces Hot Cocoa

Whipped Cream

Mix hot cocoa according to package instructions. Place in heat proof mug. Add chocolate liqueur and Rumple Minze. Top with whipped cream.

Gummy Worm Martini

1-1/2 ounces Three Olives Mango Vodka

1-1/2 ounces Three Olives Raspberry Vodka

1/2 ounce Blue Curacao

1 ounce Lemon-Lime Soda

Maraschino Cherry

Placed vodkas and blue curacao in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled martini glass. Top with chilled lemon-lime soda. Stir. Garnish with cherry.

Booberry Martini

2 ounces Van Gogh Acai-Blueberry Vodka

1 ounce Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

1 ounce Disaronno Amaretto

4 Fresh Blueberries

1 Marshmallow Ghost

Place liquid ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Place two blueberries on a skewer followed by marshmallow ghost and two more blueberries. Place skewer across martini glass as garnish.

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