Welcome to HGTV and Made with Me Maryann! We're all excited because Halloween is just around the corner, and what says Halloween like a creepy cocktail? Today, I'm going to show you how to make a delicious Black Widow cocktail. This cocktail has blackberries, a little bit of rum, and an adorably creepy garnish that will make your party guests scream with delight!

To start making our Black Widow cocktail, we'll need four bottles of blackberry soda, one cup of white rum, orange, 1/4 cup of simple syrup, black licorice ropes, a cup of orange juice, a cup of blackberries, and black salt. We want to make sure to keep a few of those blackberries aside for garnish because they're not only delicious but also add a lovely dark color to our Halloween cocktail. Now, let's add our simple syrup. Simple syrup is just a 1:1 ratio sugar to hot water that's then cooled down. Grab your wooden spoon and smash up those blackberries just a little bit – this is called muddling, and it really lets the fruit release a lot of its flavor and soften in the sugar syrup.

Now, we're going to add one cup of orange juice and one cup of white rum to our mixture. The rum totally optional if you want to make this a mocktail; it's equally delicious with no rum added, by the way! We'll also add four bottles of blackberry soda, which gives us a great fizz and really amps up that Blackberry flavor. Now, let's just give it a little stir – smells really good, our cocktail is done!

Now, it's time to make the garnish for our Black Widow cocktail. We're going to grab our licorice ropes because you can find this at old-fashioned candy shops or order it online if you like black licorice then you're really going to love this, but even if you don't like me still looks really cute! If you don't like black licorice, I assure you that the spider will still look adorable. We're going to turn this black licorice into a spider by cutting 2 to 3 inches of black licorice into four lengths, which is going to make the legs for our spider. You'll gather them up and just bundle them together like that and hold them in the middle.

Take the rest of your licorice rope and wrap it around once, then tie a knot – this black licorice is really easy to work with because it's very stretchy, and it holds knots really well. See there's our little spider guy all ready to hang from your cocktail straw! Grab your straw, which I'm using these festive gold paper straws, and just tie that spider towards one end. Go ahead and trim the excess; I think this is ready to go in a cocktail!

Before we pour our cocktail, let's give it a black salt rim. This is an optional step but I think it adds a real nice creepy factor to our drink. Dip a little bit of simple syrup into the black salt, then add some ice and wait for the right moment to pour in our cocktail. Float a few blackberries on top for garnish and cut a slice of orange for the rim – and last but not least, our little spider friend will be there with us! If someone served this to me at a party I would be seriously impressed, and it only took a few minutes to put together.

But now, I want to hear from you guys! How are you celebrating Halloween? Let me know in the comments below, and I'm going to start celebrating myself.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys welcome back to HGTV and made with me Maryann so we all have Halloween on the brain these days and to me nothing says Halloween like a creepy cocktail so today I'm going to show you how to make a delicious Black Widow cocktail this cocktail has blackberries a little bit of rum and an adorably creepy garnish let's get started you'll need four bottles of blackberry soda one one cup of white rum and orange 1/4 cup of simple syrup black licorice ropes a cup of orange juice a cup of blackberries and black salt first up we're going to add our blackberries you want to make sure to keep a few of these aside for garnish these are so delicious and they also add a lovely dark color for our Halloween cocktail now we're going to add 1/4 cup of simple syrup simple syrup is just a 1: one ratio sugar to hot water that's then cooled down now grab your wooden spoon and smash up those blackberries just a little bit this is called muddling it really lets the fruit release a lot of its flavor and soften in the sugar syrup now to this we're going to add 1 cup of orange juice and one cup of white rum now the rum totally optional if you want to make this a mocktail it is equally delicious with no rum added now we're going to add four bottles of blackberry soda this gives a great Fizz and really amps up that Blackberry flavor now we're just going to give it a little stir smells really good our cocktail is done so now it's time to make the garnish for the garnish we're going to grab our licorice ropes now you can find this at oldfashioned candy shops you can order it online um if you like black licorice then you're really going to love this but even if you don't like me still looks really cute we're going to turn this black licorice into a spider so we're going to start by cutting 2 to 3 in of black licorice into four lengths this is going to make the legs for our spider then you're going to gather them up and just a little bundle like that hold them in the middle take the rest of your licorice rope wrap around once and then tie in a knot this black licorice is really easy to work with it's very stretchy and it holds knots really well see there's our little spider guy all ready to hang from your cocktail straw so grab your straw I'm using these festive gold paper straws and just tie your spider towards one end go ahead and trim the excess I think this is ready to go in a cocktail so before we pour our cocktail we're going to give it a black salt Rim now this is an optional step but I I think it adds a real nice creepy Factor dip it in a little bit of simple syrup and then in a shallow plate of black salt we're going to add some ice and time to pour in our cocktail float a few blackberries on top for garnish and cut a slice of orange for the rim and last but not least our little spider friend there you go I don't know about you but if someone served this to me at a party I would be seriously impressed and it only took a few minutes to put together but I want to hear from you guys how are you celebrating Halloween let me know in the comments below and I'm going to start celebrating myself so goodhey guys welcome back to HGTV and made with me Maryann so we all have Halloween on the brain these days and to me nothing says Halloween like a creepy cocktail so today I'm going to show you how to make a delicious Black Widow cocktail this cocktail has blackberries a little bit of rum and an adorably creepy garnish let's get started you'll need four bottles of blackberry soda one one cup of white rum and orange 1/4 cup of simple syrup black licorice ropes a cup of orange juice a cup of blackberries and black salt first up we're going to add our blackberries you want to make sure to keep a few of these aside for garnish these are so delicious and they also add a lovely dark color for our Halloween cocktail now we're going to add 1/4 cup of simple syrup simple syrup is just a 1: one ratio sugar to hot water that's then cooled down now grab your wooden spoon and smash up those blackberries just a little bit this is called muddling it really lets the fruit release a lot of its flavor and soften in the sugar syrup now to this we're going to add 1 cup of orange juice and one cup of white rum now the rum totally optional if you want to make this a mocktail it is equally delicious with no rum added now we're going to add four bottles of blackberry soda this gives a great Fizz and really amps up that Blackberry flavor now we're just going to give it a little stir smells really good our cocktail is done so now it's time to make the garnish for the garnish we're going to grab our licorice ropes now you can find this at oldfashioned candy shops you can order it online um if you like black licorice then you're really going to love this but even if you don't like me still looks really cute we're going to turn this black licorice into a spider so we're going to start by cutting 2 to 3 in of black licorice into four lengths this is going to make the legs for our spider then you're going to gather them up and just a little bundle like that hold them in the middle take the rest of your licorice rope wrap around once and then tie in a knot this black licorice is really easy to work with it's very stretchy and it holds knots really well see there's our little spider guy all ready to hang from your cocktail straw so grab your straw I'm using these festive gold paper straws and just tie your spider towards one end go ahead and trim the excess I think this is ready to go in a cocktail so before we pour our cocktail we're going to give it a black salt Rim now this is an optional step but I I think it adds a real nice creepy Factor dip it in a little bit of simple syrup and then in a shallow plate of black salt we're going to add some ice and time to pour in our cocktail float a few blackberries on top for garnish and cut a slice of orange for the rim and last but not least our little spider friend there you go I don't know about you but if someone served this to me at a party I would be seriously impressed and it only took a few minutes to put together but I want to hear from you guys how are you celebrating Halloween let me know in the comments below and I'm going to start celebrating myself so good\n"