Trick-or-Treat Cocktails For The Grown-Ups to Celebrate Halloween TEST

While the kids trick-or-treat this Halloween, you can shake and stir adult delicacies. The confection-inspired cocktails below combine the flavors of candy corn, peanut butter cups, caramel apples, and other favorite goodies with whisky for a festive blend of whimsy and nostalgia. And don’t worry—these drinks aren’t sugar bombs. Other classic fall flavors, like corn and pumpkin, balance everything to satisfy your inner child yet offer the complexity only adults can appreciate.

Candy Corn Old Fashioned

Created by Owen Sears, bartender, Virgin Hotels New Orleans

Everyone may love to hate candy corn, but who doesn’t love an Old Fashioned? Here, corn liqueur balances sweet marshmallow syrup, creating a cozy, rich, well-rounded cocktail.

• 2 1/2 oz. Elijah Craig straight rye (or other rye)
• 1/2 oz. DaVinci toasted marshmallow syrup
• 1/4 oz. Nixta Licor de Elote
• 1 dash orange bitters
• Orange twist for garnish

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir for at least 10 seconds, then strain into a rocks glass and garnish with orange twist.