This Poison Apple Sour Is the Fairest (and Booziest) Halloween Cocktail of Them All

This Halloween cocktail is loosely based on a classic sour ratio (two parts spirit, one part sour, one part sweet): vodka meets sour apple schnapps and hard apple cider for sweetness. Pour a bit of grenadine over a bar spoon to create the layered look.

Tips for Making a Poison Apple Sour

Keep these tips from the BHG Test Kitchen in mind when trying this cocktail for yourself.

• We used a hard apple cider to play up the apple flavor, but you could also swap in an apple flavored sparkling water instead.
• Add fun garnishes like gummy worms, candy "eyeballs," or other candies to play up the spookiness factor.
• When pouring the grenadine over the bar spoon, go slow! It's easiest to control the look of the finished cocktail if you drizzle rather than pour.
• We like this served in a coupe glass, but a martini glass works jus as well.

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Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp. vodka (1 fluid oz.)

• 2 Tbsp. sour apple schnapps (1 fluid oz.)

• Ice

• 3 Tbsp. (1 1/2 fluid oz.) hard apple cider (such as Angry Orchard), chilled

• 1 tsp. grenadine

• Apple slice, for garnish (optional)

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