These Halloween cocktails are made with 'boos'

I'm just going to be honest here: I've never actually been frightened by a drink. Have you?

Nevertheless, this is the time of year when food writers — ordinarily a wise and sagacious bunch — write about cocktails that are frightening or scary or spooky.

But when they say "frightening" or "scary" or "spooky," what they mean is "kind of fun for Halloween."