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Cocktail Recipes
Easy fall batched cocktail recipes for your next party
Fall-inspired cocktails to spice up any gathering. Try these easy fall cocktail recipes that are perfect to delight a crowd. Our batched cocktails range from sweet flavors to themed drinks.
Get ready for your next big party with easy fall batch cocktail recipes to impress your guests.
The Roundup: 4 Fall Batch Cocktails
Maple Apple Batched Cocktail – sweet + crisp apple flavor
Día de los Muertos Cocktail – citrusy with cinnamon spice
Hot Toddy – warming whiskey classic
Halloween Rum Punch – fruity, spiced, perfect for parties
Baileys S’mores Martini – dessert-style cocktail
Each recipe scales easily to serve a crowd — no bartending skills required.
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From year-round must-haves to fall flavors, the best batched cocktails require a premium lineup.
Maple Apple Batched Cocktail
Crown Royal Regal Apple is like gifting fall in a bottle. A smooth whiskey infused with crisp regal apple flavors, it's sweet, spice and everything nice, especially when added into this delicious blended beverage. It takes a little prep, but trust us, it’s worth it.
Ingredients
6 oz. Crown Royal Regal Apple
3 apples, sliced
1 cup water
6 oz. apple cider
1 lemon, juiced
2.5 Tbsp maple syrup
1-2 tsp granulated sugar
Apple slices, cinnamon and thyme sprigs
Instructions
Process apples, water, apple cider, lemon juice, maple syrup and sugar in a blender until smooth.
Pour mixture through a sieve into a pitcher.
Stir in whisky and chill for an hour or two.
Pour over ice and garnish with apple slices, cinnamon and thyme sprigs.
Día De Muertos Cocktail
A fiesta isn’t complete without a signature cocktail. Stir up a Day of the Dead-inspired drink with bold citrus flavors and a hint of cinnamon that tastes as good as it looks.
To batch this recipe, simply convert ounces to cups and you'll have a batch of 8 cocktails. Here’s how: one ounce is 1/8th of a cup. So, one cup makes you 8 cocktails!
Ingredients
.75 oz. Casamigos Mezcal Joven
.75 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila
.75 oz. Fresh Blood Orange Juice
.75 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.5 oz. Simple Syrup
1 Pinch Cinnamon
Garnish Dehydrated Blood Orange Wheel, 2 Edible Flowers and Sage Leaf
Directions
Combine all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
Shake vigorously and strain into a skull mug or rocks glass with fresh ice.
Top off with pebble/crushed ice and garnish.
Hot Toddy Batched Recipe
Dress the bar with the essential hot toddy fixings, and warm things up. Combine your favorite whiskey with sugar, cloves and hot water, and get creative with trimmings like cinnamon sticks and lemon slices.
Ingredients
3¾ cups Water
9 oz. Crown Royal Salted Caramel Whiskey
2 Oranges
15-20 Cloves
12 tsp. Brown Sugar
6 Cinnamon Stick Garnishes
6 Orange Peel Garnishes
Directions
Using a sharp knife and a cutting board, peel 2 oranges leaving as much pith behind as possible. Stick the cloves in the orange peel. Repeat 6 times for each serve. Set aside.
Slice the peeled oranges in half and juice until you have 1.5 oz. of fresh orange juice. Set aside.
Boil the water in a pot and, once boiling, turn off the heat and add brown sugar to the hot water, stirring until dissolved.
Stir in orange juice and whiskey.
Pour mixture into 6 ceramic mugs, stir each with a cinnamon stick and leave in as garnish along with the orange peel with cloves.
Halloween Rum Punch
Make this blood-colored Halloween Rum Punch for your next house party! The recipe makes 6 servings and is easily batched and delicious, perfect for all the ghouls and witches at your next fete, featuring Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum.
Ingredients
12 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
9 oz Pineapple Juice
9 oz Orange Juice
3 oz Grenadine
Orange wedge and maraschino cherry garnish
Directions
In a punch bowl filled with ice, combine Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, and grenadine.
Stir to combine.
Serve and garnish with an orange wedge and maraschino cherry.
Baileys S’mores Martini
From a fully planned barbecue with a multi-course menu to a spontaneous, laid-back cocktail party, the best camp-style gatherings include (what else?) s’mores! The Baileys S'mores tini sippable version boasts that nostalgic taste of the timeless dessert’s ooey gooey goodness with an added kick of Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur and vodka.
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur
0.25 oz. Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka
0.25 oz. Espresso
Graham Cracker Crumble Garnish (Optional)
Toasted Marshmallow Garnish
Chocolate Syrup
Directions
Lightly drizzle chocolate syrup into a martini glass to create swirls on the glass and set aside.
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into the prepped martini glass.
Skewer 2-3 marshmallows, and use a blow torch or match to graze the tops with the flame.
Gently lay across the glass, on top of the cocktail, and serve immediately.