8 Pumpkin Cocktail Recipes

For your customer planning their Thanksgiving party, here are eight pumpkin cocktail recipes:

Pumpkin Apple Fizz Cocktail
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1 ½ oz. Pumpkin puree
2 oz. Apple cider
2 oz. Bourbon of choice
Ginger beer to top

In a shaker add the pumpkin puree, apple cider, and bourbon. Shake vigorously and strain with mesh strainer into a glass filled with ice. Fill to the top with ginger beer, give it a quick mix, add a slice of apple for garnish, and serve!

Blakely Trettenero, creator of Everyday Gourmet with Blakely, developed this recipe.

The Great Pumpkin
1 ½ oz. Garden pumpkin/red kuri squash puree
1 ½ oz. Bourbon
¼ oz. Lemon juice
Sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice
Apple cider

Shake all ingredients except cider, and strain. Top with apple cider and garnish with micro greens

Caitlin Mackey, bar manager at The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards created this recipe.

Pump-kick Mule
1 ½ oz. Azzurre vodka
½ oz. Fresh lime juice
½ oz. Pumpkin spice syrup
3 oz. Ginger beer

Build all ingredients over crushed ice in a copper mug and lightly stir to incorporate. Garnish with a lime wheel and roasted pumpkin seeds.

Recipe courtesy of the mixologists at Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa in Las Vegas.

Pumpkin Pie Martini
½ part Pinnacle Whipped vodka
½ part DeKuyper Buttershots schnapps
½ part Cruzan 9 Spiced rum
2 parts Half and half
½ part Pumpkin puree
Dash Pumpkin spice

Add ingredients to an ice filled shaker. Shake and strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with whipped cream.

The mixologists at Pinnacle created this recipe.

Prince Pum King
1 part Drambuie
1 ½ parts Pumpkin puree
⅛ tsp. Ground cinnamon
⅛ tsp. Ground nutmeg
4 parts Steamed milk

Serve in Irish Coffee mug. Garnish with steamed milk foam and freshly ground nutmeg dusted on top.

The mixologists at Drambuie created this recipe.

Pumpkin Pie Piña Colada
1 oz. Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
1 oz. Coconut milk
1 oz. Pineapple juice
2 oz. Non-fat yogurt
2 oz. Organic pumpkin puree
Dash nutmeg

Place all ingredients in a blender with ice; blend until smooth and frosty. Top with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spice

The mixologists at Baleen Restaurant in the Naples, FL-based LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, created this recipe.

Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
1 oz. Baileys Pumpkin Spice cream liqueur
1 oz. Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
1 1/2 scoop Vanilla ice cream
Cola

Combine Baileys Pumpkin Spice, Captain Morgan and vanilla ice cream in a highball glass. Top with cola and stir. Garnish with mint sprig.

New York mixologist Sarah Morrissey created this recipe.

Pumpkin Pie Marg-O’Rita
2 oz. Soltado spicy añejo tequila
1 oz. Lime juice
½ oz. Lemon juice
1 oz. Vanilla simple syrup
1 tbsp. Pumpkin puree
1 oz. Cointreau
Dash cinnamon
Dash pumpkin pie spice

Add all ingredients to shaker with ice and shake. Using a fine strainer, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Cassandra Rosen created this recipe for Soltado Tequila.

Melissa Dowling is editor of Cheers magazine, a sister publication to Beverage Dynamics.