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A Shirley Temple is amazing but you know what’s even better? An interactive Bloody Shirley Drink for Halloween! These are great for Halloween parties: just serve vials of grenadine blood alongside soda and you have the perfect gory party drink!

A clear drink with a syringe filled with red liquid inside the glass, served on a green plate with small plastic black spiders, and two more similar drinks in the background.

I’ve made many a Shirley Temple in my time (it’s Jordan’s favorite drink, she even orders Dirty Shirleys occasionally) so when I was thinking up Halloween drinks this one popped into my mind: a Shirley Temple but make it gory and spooky!

This is a 2 ingredient drink that’s totally interactive: just fill plastic syringes with grenadine and serve with soda. So simple and everyone will think they’re super fun.

A bottle of Sprite, a bottle of Roses Grenadine syrup, and four plastic syringes filled with red liquid rest on a white plate.

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Bloody Shirley Temple Ingredients

Depending on who’s making this delicious drink, it either starts with lemon lime soda or ginger ale. Use your favorite (or have both options).
Grenadine is cherry flavored syrup that’s bright red and gives the drink it’s telltale color.
Jordan wouldn’t be happy without a maraschino cherry in her drink, so have some on hand, just in case.
Want to make these dirty? Have vodka, tequila, or rum alongside in case the adults want to spice things up.

A hand injects red liquid from a syringe into a glass of clear water on a green plate, with plastic spiders scattered around and another glass with red liquid in the background.

Dorothy’s Drink Tips

I purchased my plastic syringes on Amazon, but I’ve recently seen them at the Dollar Tree, so look around the Halloween aisles.
Freeze grenadine ice cubes for even more gore to keep the drinks cold.
This is the perfect drink to set up on a bar: vials of grenadine, 2L bottles of soda, ice, and glasses (and vodka!)