Chocolate Martini
ClassicDessert in a stem, dry enough to earn it.
RichDessertIndulgentAfter Dinner
4 minEasyStrong
Rich milk chocolate and cocoa over a clean vodka backbone, with a creamy, rounded texture and a dry, faintly bitter finish from the dark cacao.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1 oz White Crème de Cacao
- 0.5 oz Dark Crème de Cacao
- 0.5 oz Heavy Cream
- Cocoa powder rim · optional garnish
- chocolate shavings · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Rim a chilled martini glass with cocoa powder.
- 2
Shake the vodka, both crèmes de cacao, and cream hard with ice.
- 3
Double-strain into the prepared glass.
- 4
Finish with a scatter of chocolate shavings.
The Story
A child of the 1990s cocktail revival, the Chocolate Martini rode the same "martini everything" wave that gave us the Appletini and the Espresso Martini. Splitting white and dark crème de cacao gives it real cocoa depth without the cloying sweetness of the syrupy versions, and a short pour of cream turns it silky.
Glass · Martini glassGarnish · Cocoa powder rim, chocolate shavings
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