Hocus Pocus Cocktail with Vodka & Spiced Rum
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This Hocus Pocus cocktail is made with vodka and spiced rum and is a wicked adult beverage for your Halloween party.
Make a large batch of this cocktail and channel your inner Winifred, Mary, or Sarah by serving this magical concoction in a cauldron!
For more Hocus Pocus recipes check out:
- Hocus Pocus Cauldron Pudding Cups
- Spooky and Spellbinding Hocus Pocus Hot Cocoa Bombs!
- Hocus Pocus Popcorn For A Sanderson Sisters Movie Night!
- Conjure Up Hocus Pocus Cupcakes With a Book of Spells Brownie!
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Hocus Pocus Cocktail
If you love the movie Hocus Pocus (and as of September 30, 2022, Hocus Pocus 2) and are thinking about having a party themed after the Sanderson Sisters, then you simply HAVE to make this Hocus Pocus Potion!
(I’ve got another cocktail you’ll love too – Sanderson Sisters Cocktail (Amok Amok Amok!) With Apple Brandy)
The cocktail potion turns green thanks to mixing pineapple juice with Blue Curaçao, but you could always amp up the color with some green food coloring too.
The rim of the glass is decorated with black cake gel in a dripping pattern – covering just part of the rim, or around the whole thing.
This Hocus Pocus cocktail is great to make in large batches for a party, and I have the recipe for that, along with a few variations further down this post. But first, the ingredients!
Ingredients used in this Hocus Pocus Cocktail
- Vodka – use your favorite brand
- Spiced Rum – use your favorite brand
- Blue Curaçao – a blue, orange-flavored liqueur
- Pineapple Juice
- Wilton Black Sparkle Gel – this comes in tubes that you can pipe directly onto the glass
- Maraschino Cherries – with stems if possible
How to make a Hocus Pocus Cocktail
There are several ways you can mix Halloween cocktails – you can shake them, stir them, or blend them…. for this concoction, we’re shaking all the way!
Before mixing your witchy drink you will want to get the glass prepared first, so squeeze a drip pattern along the rim and set it aside to dry.
Then it’s as simple as placing all the ingredients and lots of ice into a cocktail shaker, and shake, shake, shake until blended!
Don’t worry if you don’t have a cocktail shaker, you could just use a container with a tight-fitting lid – like a mason jar, water bottle, or even the cup on a blender or smoothie maker.
Pour your Hocus Pocus Potion into the prepared glass filled with ice and garnish with three maraschino cherries – one for each sister!
Make It A Meal!
The beverage is covered, but what about other dishes to make this recipe into a full meal? Here are my suggestions!
- Appetizer: Hearty Minestrone Soup with Arugula
- Main Dish: One-Pan Chicken Cacciatore – Italian Hunter’s Stew
- Dessert: Triple Layer Pumpkin Brownies Recipe
There are 500+ Recipes on The Purple Pumpkin Blog for you to enjoy! Please feel free to check them out too.
More Cocktails To Make
Once you’ve made this adult beverage you’ll be wanting more cocktail recipes – here are some more for you to check out:
More Hocus Pocus Cocktails To Try
I’ve got a different cocktail for each of the Sanderson Sisters! Grab the recipes here:
- Hocus Pocus Winnie Sanderson Cocktail with Midori & Rum
- Hocus Pocus Sarah Sanderson Cocktail with Blue Curaçao & Rum
- Hocus Pocus Mary Sanderson Cocktail with Whiskey & Rum
I’ve got 50+ freakishly good Halloween Recipes for you to try out – right-click and open these other recipes in a new tab so that you can read them after this one!
This cocktail recipe is intended for adults of the legal drinking age in your country of residence.
Please drink responsibly. Do not drink and drive.
Hocus Pocus Potion Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Spiced Rum
- ½ oz Blue Curaçao
- 6 oz Pineapple Juice
- Wilton Black Sparkle Gel
- Maraschino Cherries for garnish
SUGGESTED PRODUCTS
Instructions
- Apply the black gel to the rim of a glass in a drip pattern. Leave to dry.
- Place vodka, rum, blue curaçao into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until mixed.
- Pour into the decorated glass filled with ice, and garnish with 3 cherries.
- Optional – if you want a greener drink use bright green food coloring to amp up the color.
Notes
2 parts Spiced rum
1 part Blue Curacao
12 parts pineapple juice
Nutrition
Nutritional information is always approximate and will depend on the quality of ingredients used and serving sizes. If you need exact calories and macros, please do your own calculations.
Hocus Pocus Cocktail Variations
I always like to try and give variations on the cocktails I share on The Purple Pumpkin Blog, and especially turning the cocktail into a mocktail so that non-drinkers and kids can enjoy the drink too!
So that non-drinkers and kids can enjoy a glass of Hocus Pocus Potion there are a couple of ways that I think you could twist the recipe.
Virgin Hocus Pocus Potion (Mocktail)
For a non-alcoholic adult version, use blue curaçao syrup and I found that Monin has a Caribbean syrup which is described as “Nose of Caribbean rum aged in oak barrel; sweet rum taste with notes of fruits and vanilla … will convert rum-based alcoholic cocktails to their non-alcoholic versions without losing the rum aroma“; so that could be used instead of the spiced rum. Just leave out the vodka, and follow the recipe as in the card above. However, you may have to experiment with the syrup quantities, perhaps start with a half-measure of each of the syrups as you can always add more if you needed to.
For a kid’s version, mix equal parts of pineapple juice and orange juice and add some green food color. Serve over ice in glasses decorated as in the adult beverage.
I love the Monin brand of syrups as there are lots of flavors and they are a very versatile ingredient that can be used in cocktails, mocktails, coffee, cocoa, shakes, smoothies, and more.
Frozen Potion
Want to turn this drink into a frozen cocktail slushie? Easy! Put all the ingredients in a blender with a generous amount of crushed ice – then blend till smooth. Serve with a straw, and watch out for brain freeze!
Hocus Pocus Party Punch
If you want to make a large batch of this cocktail for a crowd, it is really easy to do.
As long as you use the same measuring container (glass, cup, jug, etc) for the “1 part”, the ratios will be correct and you can make as much as you need to. Serve in drinks dispensers, or pitchers, or go really retro and serve it from a punch bowl!
Make sure you add plenty of ice to your serving receptacle of choice and add maraschino cherries for garnish. If serving in a punch bowl you could add black gel drips to the rim.
To make a batch of Hocus Pocus Party Punch, mix together:
- 1 part Vodka
- 1 part Spiced Rum
- ½ part Blue Curaçao
- 6 parts Pineapple Juice