We know the holiday parties are about the commence and there’s no reason why we can’t keep it horror-ific while the festivities are in full swing!

Every Tuesday, NightTide will be sharing a horror-themed cocktail recipe to honor our favorite characters, themes and films all through New Year’s Day! Next up: The Eat Your Heart Out Cocktail – Honoring the bittersweet, bloody bond of the Yellowjackets Soccer Team of Wiskayok, New Jersey!

The Cast of Yellowjackets (2021-)

INGREDIENTS

• ½ teaspoon each of salt and white or caster sugar
• 3 pitted cherries
• 1 ½ oz Merlot
• ½ Cherry Liqueur
• ½ oz Simple Syrup
• ½ oz Blue Curacao
• ½ oz Blanco Tequila (your favorite brand)
• 1 wedge of fresh Lime – for squeezing in
• 1 can of San Pelligrino Dark Morello Cherry & Pomegranate OR Schweppes Black Cherry Sparkling Water
• Luxarod Maraschino Cherries

TO CREATE SIMPLE SYRUP

Combine 1 cup Sugar, 1 cup Water mix until combined, bring to a boil for one minute, let cool OR purchase simple syrup from your local grocer.

BUILD THE EAT YOUR HEART OUT COCKTAIL

Rim a tall cocktail glass with lime juice and salt and sugar mixture. Pour in Merlot, cherry liqueur, and simple syrup and combine these together with a spoon until well mixed. Top the glass the rest of the way with fresh ice. Add your blue curaçao and Blanco tequila, and squeeze in the juice from 1 wedge of fresh lime to the wine mixture. Stir everything together with a spoon until combined. Top off with your sparkling water and give one last good stir. Top with 2-3 Luxarod Maraschino cherries in syrup.