Halloween Sangria

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This spooky Halloween sangria is made with seasonal fruit, garnished with a colorful sugar rim, and is the perfect addition to your Halloween party spread.

Welcome to 2022’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek, a yearly Halloween blogging event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. This event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some amazingly wicked Halloween treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween-loving bloggers!

For this year’s 5th annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 20 hauntingly talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week. You can following the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!

Be sure to check out all of the fun Halloween recipes that we’re sharing this week down by the recipe card!

When it comes to party and holiday food spreads, I think it’s so fun to have both sweet and savory themed dishes (see my 50+ Halloween food ideas for kids, which can actually be for adults, too!).

And while I don’t have too much in the way of cocktails around these parts, I do have a winter sangria recipe that folks love from Thanksgiving through Christmas. So I thought it was high time I added a spooky Halloween sangria recipe to the collection, too, so that y’all can just sip on seasonal drinks from October through December.

Not a bad deal, eh?

Sangria can be sweetened or unsweetened, and in this case, we’re using that winter sangria I spoke about as a guide, which does have a sweetened component to it.

If you’ve never made a simple syrup before, you’re going to be shocked to know that it is, indeed, simple.

We’ve made simple syrups for homemade coffee creamers, and it’s a great way to get sweetness into something without worrying about having to dissolve the sugar.

To make a simple syrup, you need equal parts granulated sugar and water.

Heat it in a saucepan on the stove, bring it to a boil, simmer until the sugar is dissolved, and then you’re good to go.

Yeah… They didn’t name it simple syrup for nothing!

You’ll also be adding straight up orange juice and lime juice that you squeeze from the fruit as well. No shortage of fruity business happening in this sangria!

Deep and fruity as opposed to super dry is ideal for the best flavor of sangria.

I prefer to use a cabernet sauvignon, sauvignon blanc, or pinot noir in my spooky sangria. We want a deep red/purple/black color (we’ll get to the dark color in a minute) so a red or red blend is your best choice.

I legitimately went to the brandy aisle of my liquor store and started perusing all of the bottles. I found blackberry brandy, which looked perfect since it was dark red/purple-y and would add to the color and flavor profile I was going for.

You could also use apple slices, black plums, another red fruit… Whatever your Halloween heart desires. We already have the orange and green going on as far as “Halloween colors,” so change it up and use what you want. There is no real wrong way to sangria, except not having any, you know?

Chill it, serve it as is, add something sparkling, or do whatever you want! My preference is to serve it with a sugared rim, Halloween-colored or not. Brown sugar works just as well and sticks with the fall vibe! So pick your rim and bottoms up!

Is there anything particularly or specifically “Halloween” about this sangria other than the seasonal ingredients or super dark color? Not especially. But it’s the spookiness in presentation and the fact that this is certainly not a summer sangria that makes all the difference.

Plus, if you serve it at an adult Halloween party and/or sip on it the whole time of the year that is “spooky,” it absolutely fits the bill and makes a spooktacular addition to the whole Halloween scene.