As autumn’s chill creeps in and shadows grow longer, this bewitching cocktail will cast a spell on your taste buds that’s impossible to break. Made with Belle Isle’s Blood Orange Moonshine that glows like a harvest moon and a hefty splash of their Lemon Drop Blackberry Moonshine, this sinister sip is your grimoire for the most haunting nights of October. Dare to try this spine-tingling elixir?
Good Witch Punch
By Belle Isle Moonshine
24 ounces Belle Isle Blood Orange Moonshine
8 ounces Belle Isle Lemon Drop Blackberry Moonshine
4 ounce lemon juice
24 ounces sparkling wine
6 ounces club soda
Add all ingredients to your punch bowl with a few scoops of ice. This cocktail serves 25—perfect for your Halloween gathering!
Eyeball Dark ‘n’ Stormy Rum Punch
12 to 24 fresh blueberries
12 canned lychees in syrup, drained, plus 5 to 6 tablespoons syrup from the can
3 cups blueberry juice cocktail
⅓ cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 4 limes)
2 cups sparkling water
Ice
¾ cup dark rum
Stick 1 to 2 blueberries, depending on their size, into the cavity of each lychee.
Place on a foil-lined baking sheet and freeze, about 1 hour. (Wait until the “eyeballs” thaw a bit before eating, so that you don’t choke on them.)
Stir together 5 tablespoons of the lychee syrup, the blueberry juice and lime juice in a bowl or pitcher until combined.
Stir in the sparkling water and add the lychee eyeballs. If it is a bit tart for your remaining tablespoon syrup.
Serve in tall glasses over ice, spooning the lychee eyeballs into the glasses as you pour. Stir in the rum before adding the sparkling water. Enjoy!
This article originally appeared in the October 2025 issue.
