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FINLANDIA VAMPIRE JUICE

2 ounces Finlandia Lime Vodka

4 ounces tomato juice

½ teaspoon fresh horseradish

Splash of steak sauce (any brand)

Splash of hot sauce

Mix all ingredients together in a tall glass with ice. Garnish with "eyeball radish." To make ice "eyeballs," peel radishes, leaving thin streaks of red skin on to represent blood vessels. Using the tip of the vegetable peeler, or a small, knife, carefully scoop out a small hole in each radish, roughly the size of an olive. Stuff a green olive, pimiento side out, in each hole. Place one radish eyeball in each section of an empty ice cube tray. Pare the radishes down a bit to fit, if necessary. Fill the tray with water and freeze overnight.

For all you vampires out there, this blood's for you. These simple, delicious cocktails from Finlandia Vodka (www.finlandia.com) are no pain in the neck (get it?) to prepare. Try the Candy Apple Martini, made with Finlandia Vodka and Chambord (www.chambordonline.com), a wonderful blood-red raspberry flavored liqueur from France.

VAMPIRE KISS MARTINI

1 ½ ounces Finlandia Vodka, chilled

1 ½ ounces Korbel Champagne

¾ ounce Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur

Rim the glass with red sugar (use food coloring) or drop in a set of wax vampire teeth for a real surprise. Pour vodka and half of the Chambord in a martini glass, top with Champagne and pour the remaining Chambord over the back of a spoon to make it float.

CHAMBORD CANDY APPLE MARTINI

1 ounce Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur

1 ounce Finlandia Vodka

¾ ounce apple schnapps

Splash of Tuaca Liqueur

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass. Rim the glass with caramel and garnish with an apple slice.

The rich coffee taste of Kahlua (www.kahlua) will have you howling at the moon with these Halloween-inspired cocktails.

DRA-KAHLUA

1 ½ parts Kahlua

½ part Martell V.S. Cognac

½ part Hiram Walker Triple Sec

¾ part fresh lemon juice

½ part simple syrup

Blood orange wedge for garnish

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled, half sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with a blood orange wedge.

KAHLUA CRYPTINI

2 parts Kahlua

1 part vodka

½ part fresh brewed espresso

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass.

KAHLUA BLACK CAT

1 part Kahlua

2 ½ parts vanilla vodka

¼ part Sambuca

Espresso beans for garnish

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with three espresso beans.

SOCO SLIME

4 parts Southern Comfort

1 part Sweetened Lime Juice

Combine ingredients with ice in a shaker. Shake until well chilled. Strain into glasses.

Quite appropriately, these potions from Southern Comfort (www.southerncomfort.com), a cauldron of flavors of whiskey, caramel, fruits like oranges and peaches, and spices like cinnamon, are bewitchingly easy to make. The caramel in Southern Comfort, which has been casting its spell since 1874, cackles in these cocktails.

SOCO SPINE TINGLER

1 ½ ounces Southern Comfort

Sweetened lime juice

Cola

Begin with ice, pour 1 ½ ounces of Southern Comfort, then a splash of sweetened lime juice. Fill with cola and stir. Garnish with lime wedge.

SOCO CREEPY CRANBERRY

1 ½ ounces Southern Comfort

Cranberry juice

Fill tumbler with ice. Squeeze lime wedge over ice and add Southern Comfort. Fill with cranberry juice. Garnish with a slice of lime.