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Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Shot

Alecia · September 5, 2018 · 2 Comments

halloween shot on a bloody coaster

The Nightmare Before Christmas is an iconic Halloween movie and it deserves to be recognized with a boozy beverage. I nominated myself and I think it turned out pretty damn delicious.

halloween shot on a bloody coaster

Please do some stretching, the story behind this recipe contains some serious reaches.

Earlier this year I made a batch of  Sally inspired sugar cookies so I turned to Jack Skellington for this drink. After the big Halloween celebration the sax player calls Jack “Bone Daddy” hence the name.

Side note, wasn’t that a cologne? I remember I wore the feminine counterpart ‘Ragdoll’ when I was super cool in high school… PS. Just googled it and you can still get it from Hot Topic!

I decided on a shot for a few reasons. One, Jack is a busy guy. He’s making snowflakes and sewing a Sandy Claws suit. He doesn’t have time to be sipping a cocktail. He needs a drink you can make and drink in a hurry.

Also, shots are party drinks. Aside from me, most adults aren’t hanging around doing Halloween shots alone on a Tuesday. You can scale this recipe up for a party with no issues. The math is easy, even if you’ve been drinking.

Looking for more Christmas drinks? I’ve got you covered with 4 Easy Christmas Shots

The Booze

skeleton hand holding a shot glass filled with a Bone Daddy Halloween Shot over a red blood splatter coaster on a black background with spooky black branches

The Nightmare Before Christmas is about the collision of Halloween and Christmas so I wanted both holidays represented in the flavors while keeping the ingredient list trim. Very trim, like Jack (pull a muscle yet?)

All you’ll need is a bottle of black rum and a bottle of cinnamon creme liqueur. RumChata is the most popular but there are other kinds available, usually for cheaper.

If you’ve never had it, RumChata tastes like Christmas morning. It’s a smooth rum-based cream liqueur flavored with sweet cinnamon.

We’re going to corrupt it. Black rum is.. a meaningless term? In general it’s dark rum with a strong molasses flavor. I used Bacardi Black Rum.

Mixing black rum and cinnamon cream liqueur takes down the sweetness and makes the Halloween shot a little stronger. It’s also gonna make the RumChata more palatable for those of you who aren’t a fan of sweet booze.

The Build

two shot glasses filled with Jack Skellington inspired Halloween shots sitting on a red blood splatter coaster with spooky trees and a green background

Shake together RumChata and Black Rum over ice. Strain and serve in shot glasses. It might be a little foamy from the milk content in the RumChata but I don’t mind and I’d rather shake a drink than stir it.

Just like the Pumpkin Spice Latte Shots you can serve this as a cocktail to sip. But then my back story falls apart even more…

By the way, if you want to make yourself a set of those kick ass blood splatter coasters head over to Chicken Scratch for the tutorial and free pattern 😉

Don’t forget to save this to your Halloween Party board!

skeleton hand holding a shot glass filled with a Bone Daddy Halloween Shot over a red blood splatter coaster on a black background with spooky black branches

Bone Daddy Halloween Shots

Yield: 2 shots
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes

Inspired by Jack Skellington and The Nightmare Before Christmas this Halloween Shot takes sweet Christmasy RumChata and corrupts it with Black Rum

Ingredients

  • .5 oz Black Rum
  • 1.5 oz Cinnamon Cream Liqueur

Instructions

  1. Shake together over ice until chilled
  2. Strain into shot glasses and serve
  3. Dramatically sing 'This is Halloween"
© Alecia
Cuisine: American / Category: Rum

Check out my Halloween Page for more ideas or start here:

https://tipsychickens.com/drunk-in-the-graveyard-boozy-halloween-pudding-cups/
four shot glassed filled with different Christmas Shots

Filed Under: Liqueur, Rum Tagged With: Halloween, Shake, Shots

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Comments

  1. sofia pope says

    September 19, 2019 at 12:21 am

    Ahhhhhh ragdoll. For all these years I’ve been trying to figure out the name. I LOVED it. I’ll never forget the smell. I wish they still made it!

    Reply
    • Hope A says

      October 7, 2020 at 4:40 pm

      They do still make it, just looks different… “Hot Topic” sells it online.

      Reply

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