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Spooktini and Morguerita Cocktails Feeling wicked? Then give your Halloween a kick with these deathly delicious cocktails. From "Witch Crafts" episode DWCR-105

Hosts Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza concoct a true witch's brew — a spooky martini and scary margarita.

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	DIY's Witch Crafts shares a couple of perfectly ghoulish Halloween cocktails.
	Figure A

Spooktini

Ingredients:

Blavod black vodka
extra dry vermouth
martini shaker
martini glasses
pickled green tomatoes, or olives
toothpicks

Pour a few drops of vermouth in each martini glass and swirl it around to coat the glass.

Fill the martini shaker with ice. Add the black vodka and shake.

Pour the martini into the prepared glasses. Garnish with a "frog eye" (a pickled green tomato or olive) speared on a toothpick (figure A).

	Figure B
	Figure C

Morguerita

Ingredients:

6 oz. tequila
6 oz. limeade concentrate
3 oz. triple sec
3 oz. light beer
lemon
lime
ice
blender
corn syrup
red food coloring
plate
spoon
margarita glasses

Fill the blender 3/4 full with ice. Pour in the tequila, limeade concentrate, triple sec and light beer. Include a squeeze of lemon and a squeeze of lime.

Use the "ice crush" setting, if available, and blend the drink. Pour a couple of tablespoons of corn syrup on a plate. Add a half-teaspoon of red food coloring and mix it into the corn syrup with a spoon (figure B).

Dip the rim of each margarita glass in the corn syrup mixture and let the "blood" drip down the glass. Pour the morgueritas into glasses (figure C).

	Hosts Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza show you...
	...how to create Halloween drink menus.

Framed Drink Menu

Materials:

shadow box or picture frame
scrapbook paper
scrapbook stickers
glue

1. Use scrapbook supplies to create a collage in your frame to accent the name of your drink.

2. Use paper glue for any pieces that are not self-adhesive.

3. Display on the bar at your next party.

For more fun Halloween projects, pumpkin-carving templates and spooky-good videos, visit Halloween Pumpkin Palooza!

RESOURCES :

Blavod Black Vodka
Blavod Drinks Ltd.
Website: www.blavod.com