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Chocolate
Martinis
A favorite martini recipe,
the chocolate martini has quickly become the bon mot of martinis.
Here are a few offbeat versions of the standard chocolate martini
recipe to help you get perfectly festive & decadent
when mixing your holiday drinks. Be sure to always
use a top quality vodka for the best tasting drinks.
Version #1
Cocoa
powder the rim of a cocktail glass. Mix ingredients in a
shaker over ice, strain into glass. Drop a small piece of
chocolate and add a splash of the liqueur. Serve in a cocktail
glass. Garnish.
Version #2
Reserve
one strip from the chocolate and grate finely as a garnish,
or use Hershey's Kisses. Melt the rest of the chocolate in
double-boiler, slowly stir in vodka then shake with everything
else with plenty of ice and serve in small martini glasses).
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Amarula
Chocolate Martini
Chill
a martini glass. Shake all ingredients with crushed ice.
Strain into a chilled martini glass. If desired, swirl chocolate
syrup in the martini glass. Garnish.
Decadent
Chocolate Martini
Shake Vodka, Kahlua & Bailey's over ice & pour. Garnish.
White Chocolate Martini
Shake
Vodka, Godiva
White Chocolate Liqueur over
ice & pour. Garnish.
Mint
Chocolate Chip Martini
Shake
Vodka, Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur, White
Creme de Menthe, Bailey's Irish Cream over
ice & pour. Garnish.
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Holiday
Drink Coasters
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Ingredients
Version #1
1 oz Türi vodka
1 oz vanilla flavored vodka
1 oz white crème de cacao
1 splash chocolate liqueur
Version
#2
1 bar fine organic cooking chocolate (150g)
200 ml vodka
100 ml curaçao
200 ml coconut cream (not coconut milk)
100 ml single (pouring) cream
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Amarula Chocolate Martini
2 oz Amarula Cream Liqueur
1 oz Vodka
Splash of creme de cocoa
Decadent
Chocolate Martini
1
Part(s) Stoli Vanil Vanilla Vodka
1 Part(s) Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
1 Part(s) Baileys Irish Cream
Lenox Martini Glasses- Tuscany Classics, Set of 4
White Chocolate Martini
2 parts Vodka
1 part Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
Dot-Etched Martini Glasses
8-pc. Set
Mint
Chocolate Chip Martini
1 oz. vodka
1/4 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
1/2 oz. White Creme de Menthe
1/4 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
Garnish Options for all
Chocolate Martinis
A Pocky (chocolate-dipped cookie stick, available at Asian markets) swizzle
stick.
Dark
Chocolate Shavings
Hershey's
Kisses
Cookie Crumbs or Unsweetened cocoa powder mixed half and half
with sugar. (Rimmed on Glass)
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The Martini: An Illustrated History of an American
Classic
