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Bloodshot Clots | Halloween Drink
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Blood Shots | Halloween Drink

Easy Halloween shot recipe with a bold red look and wicked appeal. Learn how to make Blood Clot Shots for your spooky celebration.
Course: Cocktails, Halloween
Cuisine: Cocktail
Servings: 3
Author: D. Durand Worthey

Ingredients

  • 3 ounces of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire Whiskey
  • 3 ounces of Hard Apple Cider We especially like J.K.’s Cuvée Organic Hard Cider
  • 3 ounces of apple liqueur
  • A few dashes of orange bitters
  • 3-6 Marshmallows
  • Add several drops of Red Food Coloring add additional drops to achieve the darker red color *We used McCormick Culinary Red Food Coloring to achieve the darker look.
  • Band-Aids

Instructions

  • Take a long white serving platter like the one in the photo above and add several crumpled-up Band-Aids.
  • Now, drip red food coloring all over the platter and make small, garish puddles. You can even add drops of table syrup to the edges of the puddles or bits of blackened marshmallows to give them an old, coagulated-blood look.
  • Line up your shot glasses on the platter.
  • Place 3 shot glasses on the white platter.
  • In a cocktail mixing glass, add 3 ounces Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire Whiskey, 3 ounces hard apple cider, 3 ounces apple liqueur, a few dashes of orange bitters, and fresh ice.
  • Add several drops of red food coloring to the cocktail mixing glass and stir. This is where you’ll decide whether you are satisfied with the red color or want a darker red; if so, add a few drops of black food coloring.
  • Once thoroughly mixed, fill each shot glass with the hard cider whiskey mix.
  • Carefully add 1-2  regular-size marshmallows into each shot glass.
  • Now comes the fun part. Using the chef's butane torch, caramelize the marshmallows. Be careful not to set the liquor aflame. You may want to stick the marshmallows on the end of a fork and char them instead, rather than risking a fiery, booze-fueled marshmallow inferno.