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Drunk Ghost in a highball glass with ghost-shaped marshmallow candy (optional) (AI-generated image)
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Drunk Ghost

A creamy, ghostly-white Halloween highball: coconut rum and vanilla vodka shaken with cream of coconut, then lifted with lemon-lime soda. Sweet, tropical and as pale as a phantom.

Time
3 min
Difficulty
Easy
Method
Shaken
Glass
Highball glass

Ingredients

Servings

Amounts below make 1 serving.

Garnish: Ghost-shaped marshmallow candy (optional) (1)

How to make it

  1. 1

    Add coconut rum, vanilla vodka and cream of coconut to a shaker with ice.

  2. 2

    Shake hard so the cream of coconut fully blends in.

  3. 3

    Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.

  4. 4

    Top with lemon-lime soda and garnish.

Swap it: No vanilla vodka? Use regular vodka plus a drop of vanilla extract. Shake longer than usual — cream of coconut is thick and needs it to blend smoothly.

Bar gear

Equipment for this drink

Tools you'll need

  • Cocktail shakerChills, mixes and dilutes shaken drinks in about 12 seconds. A two-piece Boston shaker is the bartender standard.
  • JiggerA double-sided measure so every drink comes out the same. Look for one marked in ½ and ¼ oz.
  • Hawthorne strainerThe spring-edged strainer that holds back ice when you pour from a shaker.
  • BlenderFor frozen drinks. Any countertop blender that can crush ice will do.

Recommended glassware

  • Highball glassTall and straight for long, fizzy mixed drinks over ice.

No shaker? A clean jar with a tight lid works. Build your home bar →

Recipe source: Shake Drink Repeat — Drunk Ghost (Lisa Longley). Quantities and basic method are factual. Description and steps are original Mixistry copy. Last updated 2026-10-11.

Contains alcohol. For adults of legal drinking age — please enjoy responsibly.

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