The Purple People Eater Cocktail is a sweet, purple cocktail that's perfect for Halloween (or any time)! It only requires three ingredients.
Need more Halloween cocktails? Try my Black Magic Margaritas, Vampire's Kiss Martini, and Frog's Breath cocktails! My Incredible Hulk Drink is also a fun, spooky green color.
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🌟 Why You’ll Love This Recipe
It only uses three ingredients. That's it!
It's tasty. This gin cocktail is sweet, a little tart, and all around delicious.
It's great for Halloween. The purple color makes it a no-brainer for your Halloween celebration.
💭 What is a Purple People Eater?
You know the song: "...It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater..."
Did you know that the song actually establishes that the monster eats purple people, not that the monster is purple? Now you know!
The Purple People Eater Cocktail is essentially a blueberry gin fizz... with purple gin.
📝 Ingredients
This drink only requires THREE ingredients! See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
- Lemon juice: Freshly squeezed, please!
- Blueberry simple syrup: Blueberry simple syrup adds sweet blueberry flavor and more purple color to your drink.
- Purple gin: Purple gin gets its purple hue from butterfly pea flowers. Empress is a well-known brand, but I used gin from Conniption in Durham, NC. Not an ad. I just used to live in Durham and like their gin.
🔀 Substitutions or Variations
- Use clear gin instead of purple. Don't have purple gin? You can use a clear one. The purple color of the cocktail may just not be as pronounced.
👩🏻🍳 How to make a Purple People Eater
❓ Recipe FAQs
I'd recommend it, but you could likely get away with using regular, clear gin. Your drink just likely won't be as purple as it would be if you used purple gin.
It's gin that's been infused with the beautiful color of butterfly pea flowers.
Yes! Double the amounts of each ingredient, shake it up, and strain the drink into two coupes.
Yes, but follow this guide for tips to keep yourself safe.
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✨ Recipe
Purple People Eater Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 ounce lemon juice freshly squeezed
- ½ ounce blueberry simple syrup
- 2 ounces purple gin
Instructions
- Add the lemon juice, blueberry simple syrup, and purple gin to a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Cap the shaker and shake until very cold (about 10 seconds).
- Strain the drink into a coupe glass.
Notes
- If you can't get your hands on purple gin, you can use the regular clear kind. The drink might not be as purple.
Nutrition
Disclaimer: Nutritional information is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.
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