Halloween Blood Orange Martini is a fun and colorful ‘bloody’ drink to serve for Halloween along with a mocktail option for the kids. Complete with an easy spider decoration, this drink is deliciously citrus and just ‘bloody’ good.

A spooky Halloween drink of a blood orange martini with a spider web and spider on the glass

Are you ready to drink blood this Halloween? Spiders are getting into everything around here and even making webs right in the drinks! It might be time to exterminate.

Pouring red juice into a martini glass that has a web painted on it and a plastic spider hanging from the rim

This martini recipe uses lemon vodka and triple sec for extra flavor, but can also be made into a mocktail so no one is left without a drink in their hand. Just substitute lemonade for the vodka and triple sec.

Blood orange soda or juice can be used. If you’re lucky enough to find blood oranges, use freshly squeezed.  It is just the perfect shade of red. I guess it’s not called blood orange for nothing.

To make the drink a little more spooky and really get into the mood, I painted a spider web onto the inside of the glass using black gel frosting that can found in any grocery store in the baking section.

A closeup of a glass with a black spider web painted on the inside that has red liquid inside and a plastic spider hanging

I recommend freezing the glasses after adding the web and before pouring in the liquid. This helps set the spider web to prevent it from getting ‘washed away’ and also keeps the drink chilled. 

The spiders are just plastic props that can be found all over this time of year. I glued black sewing thread to him, then glued the other end of the thread to the rim of the glass. That’s all there is to getting in the Halloween drink spirit.

For some other scary concoctions, check out my all my other Halloween recipes that you can see below, left to right:

Halloween Popcorn, Halloween Scorpion Venom Punch, Halloween Spooky Screwdriver, Halloween Skull and Dagger Cake, Halloween Brownie Graveyard, Halloween Pumpkin Spiced Applesauce Spider Cupcakes.

A collage of Halloween recipes like orange and black popcorn, a bright yellow drink in chemistry beakers, a skull cake and spider cupcake
Yield: 2

Halloween Blood Orange Martini

2 martini stemmed glasses with blood orange juice decorated with a spider web and spider

Lemon vodka, fresh blood orange juice, triple sec. A perfectly spooky Halloween cocktail with a mocktail option.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • Black gel frosting
  • 4 ounces (118 ml) lemon flavored vodka (substitute lemonade for mocktail)
  • 1/2 ounce (36 ml) triple sec (leave out for mocktail)
  • 4 ounces (118 ml) blood orange juice or soda
  • Black sewing thread
  • Edible glue
  • Plastic spider

Instructions

  1. Draw a spider web on the inside of 2 martini glasses with the black gel frosting and freeze for 30 minutes.
  2. Fill a martini shaker with ice. Add the vodka, triple sec and blood orange juice. Shake for 10 seconds. Strain into the martini glasses.
  3. To create the hanging spider (do this before adding the liquid, after freezing). Use edible glue to glue black sewing thread to the spider. Glue the other end to edge of the glass, close to the web.

Notes

* If you can't find blood oranges, you can also use blood orange soda or juice.

Nutrition Information

Yield

2

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 576Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 0mgSodium 49mgCarbohydrates 84gFiber 1gSugar 72gProtein 4g

This nutrition calculation is provided by Nutronix that is only a guideline and not intended for any particular diet.