Ingredients:
2 oz Blanco Tequilla
1 ½ oz pumpkin puree*
2 oz freshly squeezed orange juice
1/3 oz maple syrup

Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a Boston shaker. Shake and strain into a glass filled with cubed ice. Garnish with an orange slice lightly dusted with cinnamon powder.

*Pumpkin Puree

Ingredients:
1 pound pumpkin peeled and cubed (or good quality Pumpkin Puree)
½ cup of water
½ to 1 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of … Read more

Ingredients:
2 oz. UV Cake
1 oz. Orange Juice
1 oz milk
.5 oz Amaretto
Splash of club soda

Directions:
Shake first 4 ingredients over ice, strain into martini glass rimmed with crushed candy corn and top with soda.

Courtesy of UV Vodka.

This Halloween Basil Hayden’s teamed up with Daniel Hyatt, one of San Francisco’s top mixologists, to create the ultimate Halloween treat. Daniel’s Bloody Sunday combines zesty orange juice, the floral aromas of crème de violette, and Basil Hayden’s Bourbon to create an enchanting cocktail that is bursting with flavor.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
1/2 part orange juice
1/2 part grenadine
1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters
1 barspoon of Crème de Violette
1/2 vanilla … Read more

Ingredients:
2 oz Glenrothes Select Reserve
1 oz Combier Orange Liqueur
3/4 oz vanilla syrup
3/4 oz orange juice

Directions:
Shake and strain neat into a cocktail glass, garnish with a light dusting of powdered cinnamon.

Courtesy of The Glenrother.

Want to make you own Vanilla Syrup? Here’s how!

Created by Mixologist, Jonathan Pogash The Cocktail Guru, this punch packs…. well, a punch! Absinthe, Gin, fresh berries, ginger and OJ. Not exactly Apple Pie, but maybe we could start a new tradition.

Ingredients:
1 oz Lucid Absinthe
1 oz gin
2 strawberries, 2 blackberries
1/2 oz. Ginger Syrup
3/4 oz. Fresh Orange Juice

Directions:
Muddle the berries in the ginger syrup and orange juice. Add remaining ingredients and shake well with ice and strain … Read more

Fresh mango is fantastic. It’s lightly sweet, and its tropical flavor can instantly transport you to a relaxing place. Put that in a margarita and you have a winner!

This delightful fresh mango margarita will pair equally well with spicy food on Cinco de Mayo or a lovely brunch or picnic on Mother’s Day. I may just do both … it’s that good.

Ingredients

2 lbs boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes
½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
2 tbs black pepper
2 tbs garlic salt
Salt to taste
Hard taco shells
Toppings to taste

Instructions

Combine chicken, orange juice, pepper, garlic salt and salt in a bowl. Refrigerate and let marinate overnight. Sauté chicken in a hot pan until cooked through. Dish into taco shells and garnish with your favorite toppings.

Courtesy of Tequila Espolon. Recipe By … Read more

After all those green drinks, lets go red. The ladies at My Bueno Cookbook created this scary cocktail filled with fruity goodness. No goats were harmed in the making of this drink.

Courtesy of Hornitos Tequila.

Courtesy of Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey.