Twilight Inspired Cocktails, by Gina Meyers

Give into your libation temptation and take a sip of these surely mouthwatering cocktails, to quench your human thirst. Breathless, Wicked Gin and Tonic, Bloody Mary, Never Die, Forkshattan, Bellaholm, are just a few tantalizing, tranquilizing  taste bud Twilight delights. 

Howl at Twilight

To quench your human thirst

Don’t you want to know if I drink blood?

—Edward talking to Bella

Breathless

1/2 lime

1/2 ounce white crème de cacao

1/2 ounce Cointreau

1 ounce white Jamaica rum

Club Soda

Directions: Squeeze lime juice into a glass filled with ice cubes; save lime shell. Add to glass crème de cacao, Cointreau, and rum. Add club soda to fill glass. Stir. On the edge of the glass, decorate with a wedge of lime and fresh mint dusted with bar sugar.

Scotch and Water

Directions: Pour 1 to 1 1/2 ounces scotch over ice cubes in a 14-ounce highball glass. Serve a small pitcher of water alongside.

Bloody Mary

1 (46-ounce) bottle chilled tomato juice

3 tablespoons horseradish

3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 1/2 cups vodka

Ice cubes

Lemon wedges (optional)

Celery (optional)

Directions: In a large pitcher, combine tomato juice, lemon juice, Tabasco, horseradish, Worcestershire, and vodka. Stir until well blended. Fill 8 to 10 glasses with mixture, adding ice and a lemon wedge or celery stalk. Sprinkle with pepper, if desired.

Never Die

1/2 ounce rum

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce gin

1/2 ounce sloe gin

1/2 ounce triple sec

1/2 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce whiskey

6 ounces of cola or fruit punch

Maraschino cherry

Pineapple or orange slice

Directions: In a cocktail shaker with ice, add the rum, dry vermouth, gin, sloe gin, triple sec, vodka, and whiskey and shake.  Strain. Add cola or fruit punch to a tall glass and garnish with a pineapple, orange and maraschino cherry on a spear/cocktail stick.  

Twilight Inspired Cocktails

Give into your libation temptation and take a sip of these surely mouthwatering cocktails, to quench your human thirst. Breathless, Wicked Gin and Tonic, Bloody Mary, Never Die, Forkshattan, Bellaholm, are just a few tantalizing, tranquilizing  taste bud Twilight delights. 

Howl at Twilight

To quench your human thirst

Don’t you want to know if I drink blood?

—Edward talking to Bella

Breathless

1/2 lime

1/2 ounce white crème de cacao

1/2 ounce Cointreau

1 ounce white Jamaica rum

Club Soda

Directions: Squeeze lime juice into a glass filled with ice cubes; save lime shell. Add to glass crème de cacao, Cointreau, and rum. Add club soda to fill glass. Stir. On the edge of the glass, decorate with a wedge of lime and fresh mint dusted with bar sugar.

Scotch and Water

Directions: Pour 1 to 1 1/2 ounces scotch over ice cubes in a 14-ounce highball glass. Serve a small pitcher of water alongside.

Bloody Mary

1 (46-ounce) bottle chilled tomato juice

3 tablespoons horseradish

3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 1/2 cups vodka

Ice cubes

Lemon wedges (optional)

Celery (optional)

Directions: In a large pitcher, combine tomato juice, lemon juice, Tabasco, horseradish, Worcestershire, and vodka. Stir until well blended. Fill 8 to 10 glasses with mixture, adding ice and a lemon wedge or celery stalk. Sprinkle with pepper, if desired.

Never Die

1/2 ounce rum

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce gin

1/2 ounce sloe gin

1/2 ounce triple sec

1/2 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce whiskey

6 ounces of cola or fruit punch

Maraschino cherry

Pineapple or orange slice

Directions: In a cocktail shaker with ice, add the rum, dry vermouth, gin, sloe gin, triple sec, vodka, and whiskey and shake.  Strain. Add cola or fruit punch to a tall glass and garnish with a pineapple, orange and maraschino cherry on a spear/cocktail stick.