Purple People Eater Cocktail

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This Purple People Eater cocktail is the perfect Halloween drink. The bright purple color is so much fun, and will be a huge hit at your Halloween party. It takes a few ingredients, but if you measure carefully you get a festive purple drink for the Halloween season. We rimmed the cocktail glass with purple sugar, too, for a fun effect.

Why we love this recipe-

• This Purple People Eater drink makes a delicious, purple cocktail that reminds us of the one eyed, one horned flying purple people eater.
• You can add some spooky skeleton stirrers to really dress up this fun Halloween cocktail.
• Even though it takes several ingredients, it’s still an easy recipe

Purple People Eater Cocktail Ingredients:

• Purple sanding sugar, plus a lime wedge for the rim of the glass
• 1 ½ ounces vodka
• 1 ounce blue curacao
• 1 ounce sweet and sour mix
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• 1 ounce grenadine syrup
• 1 ½ cups ice

To get the perfect purple hue, make sure these measurements are exact!

Directions:

Step 1: To rim the glass, add a shallow layer of the purple sugar and a small plate. Run a lime wedge around the rim of a cocktail glass, and dip it into the sugar.

Step 2: In a cocktail shaker, combine vodka, blue curacao, sweet and sour mix, cranberry juice, grenadine, and ice. Shake well to combine and chill.

Step 3: Pour into the prepared glass.

Enjoy!

Tips & Tricks

• Make sure your measurements are precise, if anything is off, you’ll lose out on the fun purple color of this drink.
• The only thing you can substitute is the liquor- you could use another clear liquor if you wanted to, such as white rum or tequila.
• For the best cocktail ice, get yourself a nugget ice maker. I have one on my wish list!
• You could add a gummy eyeball, as well, for another spooky effect.
• As long as you keep the ratios the same, you can absolutely multiply your ingredients to make a large batch of this drink. It would make for a fun party punch in a punch bowl with lots of gummy eyeballs.

We hope you enjoy this Purple People Eater Halloween cocktail. Listening to the Purple People Eater song is not required, but recommended when you enjoy this drink. For a printable version, see our printable recipe card down below.

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You might also like these other fun Halloween drink recipes-

Our Halloween Syringe Cocktail is super spooky, made with lemon-lime soda and a syringe of grenadine.

Our Poison Apple Cocktail is full of shimmery fun, made with Apple Cider and spiced rum!

We have even more spooky fun with our Frankenstein Cocktail that your Halloween party guests will love.

Finally, consider our creepy red Vampire Cocktail (it’s a Vodka Cranberry!) served with a side of vampire teeth!

And, for the most spooky of all- check out these Blood Bag Drinks for Halloween!

If jello shots are more your style, check out all of our Halloween Jello Shots you can try.

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