True Blood Halloween: The (Adult) Drinks

Today we’ve got some ideas to hydrate your party guests this Halloween. Pulled from ideas sent in by some very creative Truebies, here is a list of the top 10 alcoholic beverage ideas, using the Tru Blood beverage. Don’t forget to order your Tru Blood from the HBO Shop, and while you’re there, pick up your shot glasses, pint glasses, bottle openers and the special, limited edition, Halloween martini set.

Top 10 Tru Blood Cocktails

Name: Vampyre Tru Screw
By: Josalyn Scantlin

A play on your typical screwdriver. Served these at my S3 premiere party! Total hit!

Rim tall glass (hi ball) with sugar (orange or cherry flavored/colored work nice too)

Fill glass with ice.
In a shaker, shake up 2 oz. of Vampyre Vodka (Clear or Red for a lovely color) and about 1/2 bottle of Tru Blood.

Fill glass almost full and add about 1oz. of fresh orange juice on top.

Garnish with red straw and slice of blood orange.

Name: Muertos
By: Victoria D’Amato-Moran

Muertos, the True Blood Cocktail for the non-living. Fresh, innovative, thirst quenching cocktail for the night walkers.

1.5 oz Reposado Tequila (smokey)
0.5 oz Aperol Italian Aperitif Liqueur
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.25 oz Agave Nectar
3.0 oz True Blood

Need:
13 oz Collins Glass
Blood Orange for Garnish
2 pc. Boston Shaker
Strainer

In a 14 oz mixing glass, add:
Tequila, Aperol, Lemon Juice, Agave Nectar. Then Add ice.
Close with Tin, and shake 13 times.
Strain over fresh ice in the 13 oz Collins glass.
Fill with the True Blood Orange Soda.
Garnish: Long spiral Blood Orange Twist.
Place 3 thin slices of Blood Orange in glass in between ice.

Name: Frozen Transfusion
By: Connie

Need something to chill your blood? This icy red treat is like a sno cone with a kick! Try it if you dare…

1 bottle of Tru Blood
1 cup vodka
1 64 oz. container of cranberry juice cocktail
12 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate

Mix everything well. Pour into a lidded plastic container and freeze over night. Use an ice cream scooper to ladle into frozen martini glasses drip coated on the inside with red gel icing. Serve with a spoon.

Name: Bloody Desire
By: Mark

This is a drink that guests will desire to have more. It may quench your thirst for blood.

1.5 oz. TRU Organic Vodka
0.75 oz. Solerno Blood Orange liqueur
1 oz. Tru Blood Beverage
4 wedges Blood Orange
1 barspoon Organic Sugar
2 dashes Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters

Garnish: Blood Orange Spiral Twist
Method: Muddle 4 wedges of blood orange with 1 barspoon of organic sugar in a mixing glass. Pour bitters, Solerno liqueur, and TRU vodka into mixing the mixing glass with muddled blood orange and sugar. Fill with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into cocktail glass and top with Tru Blood Beverage. Garnish with blood orange twist.

Name: The Sookie Sucker
By: Bernie Knollinger

For the Vampire who just can’t get enough of the taste of Sookie Stackhouse …..a taste of a southern peach.

4 oz of True Blood
1 1/2 oz Pinnacle Whipped Cream Vodka
1/2 oz Peach Schnapps

Name: Lustful Libation
By: Angela Taylor

A drink that might make you do bad things but will definitely have you lusting for more.

1/2 a bottle of Tru Blood beverage
1 shot of absolute vodka
8 ounces of club soda
2 shots of rum
4 ounces of gingerale

Mix ingredients together and shake with ice. Serve in a chilled highball glass and garnish with mint to freshen the pallette for your next victim.

Name: The “Ravenscroft Sour”
By: Patty Johnson

Just like Pam, a little sweet, a little sour, and the perfect shade of PINK!

In a Tom Collins glass, mix:

2 parts Tru Blood
2 parts Citron
1 part lemon juice
Splash of Grenadine

Stir DO NOT SHAKE

Name: Oh Sookie!
By: Amy Willingham

This drink is just like Sookie, sweet and spunky, yet it holds a powerful punch deep inside the glass so you have to be careful when exploring it’s depths.
:
1 oz 1800® Tequila
1 oz Grand Marnier® Orange Liqueur
1 splash sweet and sour mix
1 oz True Blood Beverage Drink
2/3 oz mandarin juice

Pour everything into a stainless steel shaker over ice, shake until cold then strain into glass over ice. Cherries or sweet mandarin wedges to garnish and serve in an Cocktail Glass or even Old-Fashion Glass for effect.

Name: “The King’s Companion”
By: Sara D.

This was inspired by the character of Talbot, Russell Edgington’s companion on True Blood. He’s a bit unstable, a bit exotic, and very delicious!

In a tall hurricane glass, combine ice, 1 cup True Blood, 2 oz. Bacardi Gold, 1 oz. Bacardi O, and a splash of grenadine. Top with a float of room temperature Bacardi 151. Take a flaming match to the float on top (carefully!) to light, then serve immediately.

Name: Bloody Sunset
By: Robyn Roehm

A devious twist on a classic, especially for those night dwellers.

1 oz Tequila Silver
1/2 Lime Juice
3 oz. Tru Blood
1/2 oz. Grenadine
Ice
Liquid Nitrogen

In a shaker mix Ice, Lime Juice, Tequila and Tru Blood. Strain into Martini Glass. Then carefully pour in the grenadine down the side so that it stays at the bottom. To finish add a spoonful of Liquid Nitrogen to the top to give it a “fog covering the cemetery look”

Liquid Nitrogen is dangerous so please take proper precaution. Either serve with a straw or after the liquid nitrogen has dissipated.

Enjoy blood suckers!

Name: The Pam Slam
By: Jaclyn Myers

“Are you pickin’ up what I’m puttin’ down?”

1.5 oz Tequila
1.25 oz Tru Blood
3 dashes hot sauce
10 dashes worcestershire sauce

Name: Fairy Bloodburst
By: Michelle Pohl

You may not be able to feel the sunlight anymore, but you can taste it…

1oz. of Cherry Brandy
1oz. of Triple Sec
1&1/2oz. of Vodka
4oz. of True Blood
Ice
Drink shaker

Mix all, shake, serve. But only at night!

Name: “Bloody Rancher”
By: Mary R.

A candy kissed taste of eternal life.

1 Bottle Tru Blood (14 oz)
3 oz Watermelon Vodka
2 oz Midori
1 oz Peach Schnapps
optional 0.5 oz Grenadine

Over ice in a large (24 oz or bigger) cocktail shaker pour in the vodka, Midori, and Schnapps (& if desired Grenadine) shake well to mix.
Next tilt shaker & add Tru Blood DO NOT shake to preserve carbonation.

Name: The Frenzy
By: Erin C.

Fighting Weres and Fairies or on an evil coven of witches? Trying to forget that bite, I mean blind date gone horribly bad or need a break from watching over your area? If you’ve got another rough night ahead of you get that special boost you need. Don’t settle for the normal synthetic blood, when you can give in to…

The Frenzy

1/2 oz Chivas Whiskey
1/2 oz. Viking Fjord Vodka
1/2 oz. Meyer’s Dark Rum
1/2 oz. Jose Cuervo Tequila
1/2 oz. Amaretto Liquor
A dash of Sprite
1 1/2 oz True Blood

In a cocktail shaker combine the Whiskey, Vodka, Rum, Tequila and Amaretto. Stir lightly, then fill with Tru Blood. Add a splash of Sprite. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass and serve.

Name: Southern Maker
By: Lauren Munro

Everyone has to meet their maker sooner or later…. might as well be sooner when it tastes so sweet and feels like home. That’s what you get when you meet your Southern Maker…

(in a highball glass)
1 oz vodka
1 oz southern comfort
.5 oz grenadine
.5 oz blue curacao
Tru Blood to fill

Party hardy, Truebies! And as always, drink responsibly.