This Black Vodka is so easy to make, and is a truly spooky addition to your Halloween cocktails. All it takes is two ingredients!
Need more spooky Halloween drinks? Try my Black Magic Margarita or Frog's Breath cocktail! They're both lovely additions to your Halloween menu.
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🌟 Why You’ll Love This Recipe
It's incredibly easy to make. If you can squeeze some food coloring into a bottle, then you can make this recipe!
It requires two ingredients. That's it!
It's a great addition to Halloween drinks. The spooky black color makes this a perfect addition to your Halloween cocktails.
💭 What is Black Vodka?
Black Vodka is a fun, novelty vodka that's perfect for Halloween cocktails. It starts out as clear vodka, but is colored black via red, green, and blue food coloring.
If you can't find Blavod (a commercially available black vodka) at your local liquor store, this recipe is for you. No matter what you decide to make, this vodka will be a spooky addition to your cocktail.
📝 Ingredients
For this recipe, you only need TWO ingredients. See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
- Vodka: Use any clear vodka of your choosing. I used an unflavored vodka, but you could use a flavored variety if you wanted.
- Food coloring: You'll need red, blue, and green food coloring.
🔀 Substitutions or Variations
- Use activated charcoal. Instead of food coloring, you can use activated charcoal to give your vodka a black color. However, over time, the charcoal will settle on the bottom of the bottle, leaving the vodka more of a gray color. It'll still be spooky, though!
- Use black food coloring. You could always cut to the chase and use black food coloring. I usually only have the green, blue, red, and yellow ones you can find in a set at the grocery store in my pantry, but if you have black, use it.
- Use a flavored vodka. I used. unflavored vodka, but you can use any flavored vodka, too, as long as it is clear.
👩🏻🍳 How to make Black Vodka
⚒️ How to use Black Vodka
Off the top of my head, you could make a Black Russian cocktail, which usually gets its dark color from coffee liqueur. Using black vodka instead of clear would just make it blacker!
The options for creepy Halloween cocktails are dang near endless. Try this Spooky Black Vodka Witches Martini, for instance.
❓ Recipe FAQs
Sure! As long as it's clear, you can use whatever flavor you like.
Yes. As long as it's a clear liquor, this should work just fine.
Yes and no. It will turn the vodka black initially, but will settle on the bottom of the bottle over time, leaving the vodka more of a gray color.
Black vodka is a vodka that has been dyed black via food coloring, activated charcoal, or with extracts from certain plants.
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✨ Recipe
Black Vodka
Equipment
Ingredients
- 750 mL vodka
- 10 drops red food coloring
- 10 drops green food coloring
- 10 drops blue food coloring
Instructions
- Add the food coloring, drop by drop, into the bottle of vodka.
- Put the cap back on the bottle and give it a gentle shake.
Notes
- In lieu of the red/green/blue food coloring combo, you could use black food coloring, if you have it.
- You can also use activated charcoal instead of food coloring. However, the charcoal will eventually settle at the bottom of the bottle, leaving the vodka a gray color, rather than black.
- I used plain vodka. Want to use something flavored? Have at it!
Nutrition
Disclaimer: Nutritional information is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.
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