The Ominous Gaze Halloween Cocktail

A cocktail garnished with a lychee eyeball on a table.

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This “Ominous Gaze” sparkling Halloween cocktail is easy to make in a batch and comes garnished with a little lychee eyeball for extra spooky fun!

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: International

Diet: Low Lactose

Servings: cocktail

Calories: 129kcal

Author: Genevieve Morrison

Equipment

1 cocktail shaker
1 cocktail pin
1 coup glass

Ingredients

2 oz. dry sake
1½ oz. lychee juice from one 19.9 oz. can of lychees in heavy syrup
½ oz. fresh lemon juice
½ oz. prosecco - or 1 oz. if you prefer more sparkles
½ tsp. Luxardo maraschino cherry syrup - from a jar of Luxardo Maraschino Cherries
1 Luxardo maraschino cherry
1 lychee from one 19.9 oz. can of lychees in heavy syrup

Instructions

Separate lychees from 1 19.9 oz. can of lychees in heavy syrup into a bowl. Save the syrup.
In a cocktail shaker with ice, add 2 oz. sake, 1½ oz. lychee juice, and ½ oz. fresh lemon juice. Shake vigorously. Pour cocktail into a frosted coup glass. Top with ½ oz. prosecco.
Add ½ tsp. Luxardo maraschino cherry syrup (from the jar of cherries), and let it sink to the bottom of the glass.
Push 1 Luxardo cherry into the cavity of 1 lychee. Pierce with a cocktail pin and garnish your cocktail. Add a little more lychee syrup to the cherry in the lychee to make it look more “bloody” and serve.

Notes

To make in a large batch:

One 19.9 oz. can of lychees has about 1 cup of lychee juice, so you can get about 5-6 cocktails from 1 jar. For a party of 10, I assume folks will want at least 2 of these, so I pick up 4 cans. To make enough for 5 cocktails, mix:

10 oz. sake
8 oz. lychee juice
2½ oz. fresh lemon juice
2½ oz prosecco
2½ tsp. cherry syrup

See post for detailed instructions with photos of the process.

Nutrition information is an estimate.

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