Chocolate Cocktails

For an extra special touch when serving this cocktail use a stencil when dusting with the chocolate powder. They come in all sorts of pictures from hearts to stars and even happy faces. If you are mixing a Chocolate Biscuit for a special someone you could add a heart, if it's for a group of friends you could try a happy face. You are limited only by your imagination.

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Chocolate and fruit also go well together, especially berries. I have recipes for a Berry Chocolate Martini and a Chocolate Raspberry Martini on my Berrilicious Martini site.

If you have time to prepare the garnish ahead of time then this cocktail combining strawberries and chocolate is bound to be a hit.

Chocolate Covered Strawberrytini

2 ½ shots strawberry vodka
1 ½ shots white crème de cacao
1 strawberry
melted chocolate for dipping.

Melt the chocolate using a melting pot, microwave or double boiler. I find a melting pot easier as it is too easy to over melt the chocolate in the microwave. It is also less messy than with a double boiler.

Once the chocolate is melted you need to dip the strawberries in and then leave in the fridge for the strawberries to harden.

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To make the cocktail add the vodka and crème de cacao to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with your chocolate coated strawberry. This cocktail is great for Valentines Day or a girls cocktail afternoon.

Cherries also go well with chocolate and feature in my next recipe.

Chocolate Coated Martini

1½ oz vodka
½ oz Godiva chocolate liqueur
½ oz vanilla schnapps
cherry

Place a cherry at the bottom of a cocktail glass. In a mixing glass add vodka, Godiva, vanilla schnapps and ice then stir. Strain into the cocktail glass covering the cherry.

A childhood favorite of many is the banana split and it is in memory of this delicious treat that I am adding the next cocktail to this page.

Banana Split Martini

1 oz vodka
½ oz crème de bananas
½ oz crème de cacao

Place all of the ingredients, along with ice, into a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Chocolate Orange Martini

2 shots vodka
2 shots white crème de cacao
1 shot triple sec

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice and strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Butterscotch is another flavor that, along with caramel, goes really well with chocolate and this is well illustrated with the Butterscotch Martini.

Butterscotch Martini

2 shots vodka
1 shot butterscotch schnapps
1 shot white crème de cacao

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

If you are after more of a richer caramel flavor then the Chocolate Carmel Martini is a great drink.

Chocolate Carmel Martini

1½ oz vodka
1½ Baileys
3 oz Kahlua
3 oz Godiva chocolate liqueur

Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker, with ice, and shake. Strain into a cocktail glass and enjoy.

One of my favorite chocolate bars (yes, there are A LOT of them!!) is the bounty. I think coconut and chocolate are made for each other, so grab the Malibu and let's make up some more cocktails!

Choco-Coconutini

1 shot vodka
1 shot Malibu
1 shot dark crème de cacao

Place all of the ingredients together with ice into a cocktail shaker and shake. To serve strain the cocktail in to a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprinkling of chocolate powder.

Cocuba

2 shots golden rum
1 ½ shots Malibu
¾ shot white crème de cacao
½ shot frangelico
desiccated coconut for rimming the glass

Moisten the rim of the glass with water or an orange wedge and dip it in the coconut.
Shake the ingredients together with ice and strain into the prepared glass to serve.

The addition of coffee to chocolate really helps to intensify the flavor which is why Kahlua is often added to these chocolate cocktail recipes. Rum is another flavor that goes well in chocolate cocktails as it adds a depth of warmth to the finished drink. This leads us to the Coco Martini.

Coco Martini

1 ½ Bacardi Coco rum
¾ oz Kahlua
½ oz brown crème de cacao

Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Chocolate Rum Martini

½ shot dark crème de cacao
½ shot crème de menthe
½ shot double cream
½ shot milk
1 tsp rum

Shake all of the ingredients, except the rum, together with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass and then carefully pour the teaspoon of rum onto the drink so that it floats on top.

An absolute classic combination is chocolate and mint, a great way to end a meal is with one of these cocktails (if you need an excuse to try one that is).

Chocolate Mint Martini

1 oz vodka
½ oz white crème de cacao
½ oz green crème de cacao

Shake all of the ingredients together in a cocktail shaker, with ice. The next step is to strain the liquid into a cocktail glass to serve.

Midnight Mint

1 ½ shots baileys
¾ shot white crème de cacao
¾ shot green crème de menthe

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a dusting of chocolate powder.

Thanks for visiting my chocolate cocktail site, I hope you found a recipe to love.

Here's some artwork for you to admire.

Believe it or not, not all delicious cocktails have chocolate in them! Check out a range of cocktails I have on offer 24/7

This cocktail webpage was last updated by lou16 on 18th January 2012.