Channel your inner Lord Voldemort this Halloween with this delicious Peach and Raspberry Cocktail aka Unicorn Blood Cocktail! Made with homemade shimmery liqueur.
In the spirit of Halloween, it’s Cocktail Week in The Flavor Bender kitchen. It’s all about magical shimmery swirls and delicious cocktails today. Check out this Witch’s heart cocktail, Flaming dragon’s blood cocktail, and this color changing phoenix cocktail for more spectacular Halloween cocktail ideas!
First, a disclaimer. No unicorns were harmed in the making of this cocktail.
When I figured out how to make homemade shimmery liqueur (like Viniq), I knew what I had to make right away. Unicorn blood of course. So what does unicorn blood look like? This is what it looks like, in my mind at least. Bright and shimmery and oh so dark and magical!
Actually, this is a Peach and Raspberry cocktail. I went back and forth between different colours, but ultimately decided on gold/yellow. I knew it would combine with the red (from the raspberries) to give a beautiful blend of colours. Check out my previous post to learn how to make shimmery liqueurs in any colour you want, with one secret ingredient.
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Ingredients:
Raspberry Puree
- 7 oz raspberries
- Icing sugar powdered sugar to taste
- 3 - 4 tbsp water if needed
Shimmery Liqueur
- Recipe for shimmery Liqueur I used Gold dust and Peach Vodka
- A pinch of purple luster petal dust optional
Instructions:
- Puree the raspberry (add a little water if necessary) completely. Pass it through a fine sieve to remove seeds. Mix in icing sugar, 1 tbsp at a time to sweeten it to your taste. Chill in the fridge.
- Make the shimmery liqueur as in the recipe in the link. You can add just a touch more luster petal dust if you feel like it's not enough. Chill till required.
- Dust the wall of the chilled Martini glass with some purple luster petal dust and add some powdered dry ice (optional step)
- Pour the shimmery vodka into chilled martini glasses (about 2/3 of the way up). Pour approximately 2-3 tbsp of raspberry puree into the drink (from about 1-2 inches above the surface of the drink).
- Optional - add some powdered dry ice. Serve Immediately with a stirrer.
Tips & Tricks
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To get that spooky smoky effect, use powdered (completely crushed) dry ice. It only takes a small amount of powdered dry ice (about 1/2 – 1 tsp) to create that effect.
This was SO MUCH fun to make and I love how easily you could use that shimmery liqueur for cocktails of all kinds of colour and flavour. I went with raspberry puree here because that blood red just looked so much better in a Halloween cocktail. 🙂 And tastes infinitely better than actual blood too of course. I think. I hope.
While it’s fun to serve with the two layers separated (as you can see in the pictures above), you should mix it up before you drink. The two layers/colours combine to give you an amazing, sparkly peach colour. Besides who could say no to a peach and raspberry cocktail? Those flavours are perfect together!
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Kaci says
oooooo! another gem!!! this one is a beauty!
cakespy says
I don’t think I had discovered you yet when you posted this, so I found it late. You’ve found the elixir! <3
pam greer says
Now, this is how I want to celebrate Halloween!
Olivia @ Olivia's Cuisine says
LOVE this post! But poor unicorns… (I’m also obsessed with the GIFs. I wish I knew how to make those! lol)
Sandi (@sandigtweets) says
That is a showstopper!! Pinned so I can give it a try for Halloween 🙂
Food Daydreaming says
Yum, peach and raspberry is such a lovely drink mix! Happy FF#90 🙂
Hilda says
This drink, and your photos, are just amazing.
Afrolems says
The photography is amazing!!!!! I need to take lessons from you.
Stacey says
Wow, the most magical drink I’ve ever seen. The GIF ‘s are so cool! I love the name too
Oriana @Mommyhood's Diary says
I love the GIFs! And that cocktail look so delicious and refreshing that I can’t wait to try it.
Beeta @ Mon Petit Four says
This looks delicious AND cool! I was intrigued after reading unicorn in the title, but after seeing this drink, it DOES look like something straight out of Harry Potter. I love the flavors and the color. I will definitely have to make this for Halloween!
jacquee | i sugar coat it! says
Soooo… you totally had me at unicorn. is this ever awesome!!
Sherri @ Watch Learn Eat says
This drink looks incredible – love the colors! And I really love your GIFS!
Jenn says
I love those GIFs! This drink looks awesome. Two of my favorite flavors in there!
Michele says
These look amazing! And so do the shimmery concoctions on your previous post. I love that they are so festive! Perfect cocktail for this time of year!
Renz says
OOh. This looks soo good. You’re gifs are fancy. I have to check out more of your drinks..
Kaila (GF Life 24/7) says
These GIFs are awesome, and I love the name! Thanks for teaching me how to make the smoky effect as well. I’m really enjoying your cocktails week. I’ve actually been considering doing a cocktail day on my blog as well. Happy FF, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 🙂