Welcome to Day 3 of my Halloween Drink Week, y'all! We're celebrating the season with a hauntingly delicious drink for your halloween party: festive cocktails, mocktails, and family-friendly drinks that will make any Halloween party an absolute blast! Happy Halloween!
Planning our halloween night also means planning a spooktacular halloween party for our son's friends and their parents...so we're welcoming this spooky sangria to our festive fall tablescape!
My red Halloween sangria recipe is perfect for a festive yet totally spooky twist on the classic: a deep red color, fall flavors, dark frozen fruits to really give that moody feel, and of course, I had to make it creepy with lychee eyeballs that I had leftover from my Purple People Eater halloween punch.
While this post's main focus is on the mocktail, I do have instructions on making it a cocktail for those who imbibe! Your next halloween party isn't complete without a glass of sangria, honey!
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Why You'll Love this Spooky Halloween Sangria Recipe
- Easily Customizable Sangria Recipe - instead of dark moody fruit, you can keep it classic with orange slices and apple slices. Got an adult halloween party? Pour in the brandy and cabernet sauvignon!
- The Perfect Party Punch - with all the frozen fruit keeping it cool (and not diluting the sangria!) and having the option to make it non alcoholic, it's a fabulous addition to the beverage line up for your next Halloween bash.
Ingredients Needed
Full ingredients, measurements, and printable instructions are in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Sparkling Red Grape Juice OR Non-Alcoholic Red Wine - if you're making this an alcoholic sangria, use red wine.
- Frozen or Fresh Fruits - black grapes, blood oranges, and pomegranate arils are in season this time of year so enjoy these fruity flavors! I used frozen fruits to be able to get those tasty blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries in.
- Fruit Juice - cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, pineapple juice, or orange juice all work here.
- Brandy - if you're keeping this a cocktail, use your favorite brandy!
- Apple Cider - it's in season and so tasty in our drink!
- Club Soda - this gives us some serious bubbles.
- Canned Lychee Fruit and Blueberries - I love making creepy edible eyeballs with this combo!
Step By Step Instructions To Make This Halloween Mocktail
Step 1
Fruit in the Pitcher
Place all the fruit into your pitcher except most of the lychees and some of the frozen blueberries.
Step 2
Mix it up + Chill.
Pour the red wine (or non-alcoholic red wine), fruit juice, brandy (if using) and apple cider over the fruit. Let it chill and refrigerate for at least 2 hours ahead of time to give the fruit enough time to really get the flavors to combine.
Step 3
Make the Lychee Eyeballs + Serve
Carefully place one frozen blueberry into the hole of each lychee for creepy edible eyeballs. Top the sangria with bubbly soda and serve in wine glasses garnished with cinnamon sticks, rosemary, and edible eyeballs.
Variations and Substitutions
- Add in ginger ale or sprite instead of club soda.
- Swap in black plum juice, blackberry juice, or strawberry nectar. The idea is to keep the sangria a dark color.
- Want a Halloween cocktail? Use a red wine base instead with pinot noir or cabernet sauvignon.
- Serve in a punch bowl or cauldron for a witches brew type of vibe.
Storage Instructions
Keep the sangria in the fridge for up to a week! The flavors will just get better over time.
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Halloween Sangria
Ingredients
- 3 cups frozen fruit of choice, I used pomegranate, blueberry, blackberry, strawberry, etc.
- 1 750 mL bottle non alcoholic red wine, or red grape juice, or pinot noir for a cocktail
- ½ cup pomegranate juice or cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 cup apple cider
- ⅓ cup brandy, optional, for cocktail
- 1 (12 oz) can club soda, or sprite or ginger ale
- 1 (11 oz) can peeled lychees, drained, for eyeball garnish
- Frozen blueberries, for eyeball garnish
Instructions
Make the Lychee Eyeballs
- Take each canned lychee and place a frozen blueberry into the hole in the center of the lychee. Set aside.1 (11 oz) can peeled lychees, Frozen blueberries
Make the Halloween Sangria
- Place the frozen fruit in a large pitcher.3 cups frozen fruit of choice
- Pour red wine, apple cider, fruit juice, and brandy, if using, into the pitcher. Stir well, and keep the sangria refrigerated until ready to serve. It can be served immediately as well.1 750 mL bottle non alcoholic red wine, ½ cup pomegranate juice or cranberry juice cocktail, 1 cup apple cider, ⅓ cup brandy
- When ready to serve, top with the club soda or ginger ale and garnish with reserved lychee eyeballs fruit and serve over ice.1 (12 oz) can club soda
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