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Purple People Eater Halloween cocktail

October 26, 2021 by Lucy Parissi 6 Comments

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Prepare to be spooked by the Purple People Eater Halloween cocktail! Featuring a natural ingredient with magical color changing properties. Make this Halloween drink EVEN SPOOKIER with some edible fake blood around the rim of the glass…

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Prepare to be spooked with the Purple People Eater colour changing Halloween cocktail!

I have been sitting on this cocktail for several weeks debating whether or not to post the recipe. If I am being completely honest, part of the reason for this procrastination is that I didn’t know what to name it. It looks straight out of Monsters Inc. to me, but that’s not very scary now, is it…

Then, just I was about to throw in the towel, my friend Julia jumped in with the perfect name ‘One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater’!!

This is actually the title of a very catchy song – just Google it and prepare to dance around with your kids (or dogs) for a little bit 😉

PURPLE PEOPLE EATER COCKTAIL

This Halloween drink is basically a riff on the Red Queen which is, by far, the most popular cocktail on my blog.

A mix of cranberry juice, lemon juice, gin and St Germain elderflower liqueur it’s a perfect cocktail to toast during the festive season.

But give it a little twist with the magical color changing ice (actually Butterfly Pea Flower Tea) and it is perfect Halloween fodder.

collage showing how to make a color changing cocktail using butterfly pea flower tea

I was introduced to the properties of blue pea flowers by the Flavor Blender and these days you can easily buy them on Amazon.

The flowers produce an intense blue tea and can also be used to turn vodka, gin or tequila a vibrant blue/purple color.

But what’s even more amazing is that the blue colour will turn to purple when mixed with acidic liquids like lemon juice.

You can have endless fun playing around with this – I actually made a series of other cocktails that I might share some other time. 

So here’s to a thoroughly spooky Halloween – just beware of Purple People Eaters, they are actually quite potent!

Color changing Halloween cocktail decorated with lychee eyeballs

Have you made my magical color changing Halloween cocktail recipe? Post a photo on my Facebook page, share it on Instagram, or save it to Pinterest with the tag #supergoldenbakes and make my day!

Enjoy these delicious Halloween Drinks!

  • Guinness Black Magic Cocktail
  • Baileys Freakshake – the Ultimate Halloween Drink!
  • The Red Queen
Prepare to be spooked with the Purple People Eater Halloween cocktail! Featuring magical all natural colour changing crushed ice and a creepy eyeball garnish...

Purple People Eater Halloween cocktail

Lucy Parissi | Supergolden Bakes
4.67 from 3 votes
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Course: Halloween Cocktail
Cuisine: Continental
Keyword: Halloween Cocktail Recipe, Purple People Eater Cocktail
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Prep Time (for the ice): 8 hours
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2 cocktails
Calories: 205kcal
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Ingredients

  • Blue pea flowers
  • boiling water

For the Purple People Eater cocktail

  • 120 ml (½ cup) cranberry juice
  • 80 ml (⅓ cup) gin
  • 30 ml (3 tbsp) St Germain Elderflower liqueur

For the eyeballs

  • 4 fresh or tinned lychee
  • 4 cocktail cherries or blueberries

Instructions

  • First make a pot of blue pea flower tea – let it steep until the color is really an intense blue.
  • Leave the tea to cool then freeze to make ice cubes. Once these are solid, crush them in a powerful blender until you have blue crushed ice. You can keep this in a jug in the freezer until you need to use it.
  • Shake the cranberry juice, gin, St Germain and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker half filled with ice,
  • Fill two glasses with ice cubes and then divide the cocktail between the glasses.
  • Top with the blue crushed ice which will gradually turn purple as it melts!
  • Place cocktail cherries (or blueberries!) inside fresh or tinned lychee to create the eyeballs and thread them on a cocktail stick to garnish.

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Nutritional Info

Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 27IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Pamela Fennell says

    October 13, 2018 at 12:58 pm

    Love it – would a kids version work with lemonade instead of the booze? My kids would be desperate to try these if they saw me making them!

    Reply
    • Lucy Parissi says

      October 13, 2018 at 3:34 pm

      Yes! You could use lemonade and elderflower cordial 🙂

      Reply
  2. Kate - gluten freee Alchemist says

    November 13, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    So cool! Love this cocktail Lucy. So clever x

    Reply
  3. Pt says

    November 11, 2017 at 1:01 pm

    Eater cocktail! Love it.

    Reply
  4. May EatCookExplore says

    October 31, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    Love those colours. Such a great idea.

    Reply
  5. Trang says

    October 31, 2017 at 6:59 am

    I love the color of this cocktail. I love that you use lychee for the eyeball, haha, I love lychee! I’m using too many “love” in this comment…

    Reply

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