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Grave Digger Halloween Cocktails

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Grave Digger Halloween cocktails feature tequila. They’re a delicious hair-raising toast to the Halloween season!

These tequila cocktails have a spooky twist. Like Jambalaya and Red Beans and Rice, these glowing swamp drinks remind me of time spent in NOLA among witches, vampires, zombies and ghosts!

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Two swampy green drinks that glow served in Halloween goblets with floating gummy eyeballs.

Ingredients for Halloween Cocktails

These party favorites are simple to make with easy-to-find ingredients.

  • Ice cubes
  • Green lime-flavored Jello
  • Melon schnapps
  • Reposado tequila
  • Lemon-lime soda
  • Triple sec (for rimming glasses)
  • Edible green glitter flakes

RECIPE TIP: For convenience, use pre-made Jello cups from the market. Or to save money, make your own green Jello at home.

Ingredients for Halloween tequila cocktails laid out on a white 
tabletop with specialty Halloween glassware.

EXPERT TIPS FOR THIS RECIPE

  • BAR TIPS FOR COCKTAILS: To rim glasses, use triple sec or melon liqueur. You can also use lemon/lime soda.
  • WHERE TO BUY EDIBLE COCKTAIL GLITTER: Buy green edible flakes online! Click the image below to use my Amazon affiliate link.
  • HOMEMADE GLITTER: If you don’t have edible flakes, make a similar ingredient at home: HOMEMADE COLORED SUGAR.
A Halloween tequila cocktail that glows green with Jello served in a scary skeleton glass.

HOW TO MAKE TEQUILA COCKTAILS

RECIPE PREP: With a spoon, finely crush and chop the Jello. The pieces should be small enough to fit through a straw.

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  • STEP 1: Garnish the glass. Dip rim in triple sec, then dip it in edible green glitter or colored sugar.
  • STEP 2: Fill glass halfway up with ice. Sprinkle finely-crushed Jello directly on top of the ice.
  • STEP 3: Measure and pour tequila, melon schnapps and lemon/lime soda into the glass. Briefly stir with cocktail spoon.
  • STEP 4: Garnish the cocktail with a sprinkling of edible glitter. If desired, add edible gummy eyeballs to the glass.
4-image collage showing how to make Halloween cocktails with tequila and green Jello.

BATCH COCKTAILS FOR PARTIES

  • SERVING CONTAINER: Prep a large batch of these Halloween cocktails in a punch bowl or beverage container.
  • RECIPE MEASUREMENTS: Use the “scale-up feature” in the recipe card.
  • PREVENT DILUTED DRINKS: When prepping drinks in advance, don’t add ice. Instead, place the ice on the side in an insulated container.
  • RIM COCKTAIL GLASSES IN ADVANCE: Place them on a large serving tray.
Two adult Halloween beverages next to Halloween table decorations in a spooky setting.

MAKE DRINKS SPOOKIER

Make these tequila cocktails look bone-chillingly scary with a swampy graveyard effect: HOW TO USE DRY ICE IN COCKTAILS.

Spooky tequila cocktail served in a skeleton goblet for Halloween. The drink glows green.

HANDLE DRY ICE WITH CAUTION: Never serve or consume large pieces of dry ice, touch it with your bare hands, or leave it unattended around children. Find more information here: DRY ICE SAFETY.

A swampy-green cocktail in a glass goblet. The stem of the glass is a skeleton.

HALLOWEEN PARTY FOOD

Hosting a party is so much fun! Choose a selection of easy finger foods and desserts that go hand in hand with these spooky drinks.

Two Grave Digger Halloween Cocktails served in stemware featuring a tiny skeleton and a bony hand.
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Two Halloween goblets with glowing-green tequila cocktails next to spooky Halloween table decorations.

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Grave Digger Halloween Cocktail

Grave Digger Halloween Cocktails


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Description

Halloween tequila cocktails with a spooky green glow! This adult drink is for ages 21+.


Ingredients

Scale
  • Ice cubes
  • 1/4 cup green Jello, finely chopped (from ready-to-eat packs or home prepped)
  • 1 part melon schnapps
  • 1 part reposado tequila
  • 5 parts lemon-lime soda
  • Edible green glitter flakes
  • Triple sec, for rimming cocktail glasses

Instructions

  1. Rim a cocktail glass. Dip the rim into triple sec and then into a dish of green glitter flakes or green-colored granulated sugar.
  2. Fill the glass halfway up with ice. Sprinkle finely-crushed Jello on top of the ice. The tiny pieces of gelatin should fit through a straw.
  3. With a jigger, measure the melon schnapps, tequila and soda. Add them to the glass in that order. Stir the drink with a straw or cocktail spoon.
  4. Garnish the top with a pinch of green glitter flakes.
  5. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

  • NO TRIPLE SEC? No problem! Use melon schnapps or lemon/lime soda to wet the rim of the glass.
  • HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE QUICKER: Use packs of ready-to-eat Jello. Look for them in the refrigerated section of your grocery store.
  • HOW TO MAKE HALLOWEEN COCKTAILS SPOOKIER: Use dry ice to give these green tequila drinks a swampy graveyard effect! But first, learn HOW TO SAFELY USE DRY ICE IN COCKTAILS.
  • WHERE TO FIND EDIBLE COCKTAIL GLITTER: Buy green edible flakes through this Amazon affiliate link.
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Category: Drinks, Party, Entertaining
  • Method: By hand
  • Cuisine: American, Mexican

Keywords: Halloween Cocktails, Tequila Cocktails

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67 thoughts on “Grave Digger Halloween Cocktails”

  1. This drink looks like so much fun! The added eyeballs in the cup are perfect for a Halloween drink. I’m sure my neighbors will love this at a themed party this season!

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  2. What a fun and spooky drink! I’m really looking forward to Halloween and all the fun things to be made! This looks great!

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  3. All of these recipes look amazing. Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I can’t wait to start making recipes like these too!

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  4. Oh my gosh! Those eyeballs and that green color is so cool! Absolutely love those drink holder/glasses too! So much fun !

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  5. Love these recipes! I’ve always wanted to host a festive Halloween party and this have given me so many ideas. I’ll definitely keep these in mind — especially those drinks!

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  6. OK, those are the cutest cocktails! We don’t do parties or anything like that, but I could totally just make them for myself haha

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  7. Love this cocktail. Bring a little fun to an adult Halloween party. I ‘ll have to show this to my best friend so we can make it for our Halloween party.

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  8. I totally can’t wait until Halloween to make one of these. What a fun way to get in the Halloween spirit…and I love those glasses.

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  9. These cocktails look so festive and delicious. I would love to make a set of these for Halloween. These would be perfect at a party.

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  10. So fun and festive for Halloween! And I love those glasses too, really eerie. I think the flavors of the cocktail sounds good too, would love to give this one a go.

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  11. This looks like a wonderful spread for a Halloween party. Everything looks so fun and delicious. We don’t drink but maybe we can make a virgin version.

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  12. I’m DYING over those glasses! They’re AWESOME. Also, this drink sounds amazing and I probably won’t wait for Halloween to make it, lol.

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  13. Oh my gosh Halloween is just around the corner and I can’t believe it. How did we get to this part of the year already. I am totally going to make this drink. The color is absolutely perfect for Halloween.

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