Name: Chocolate Presidente
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml White crème de cacao; 5 ml Grenadine syrup

Chocolate Presidente
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	White crème de cacao liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Like other Daiquiris, this complex version benefits from dilution so consider adding a dash of water.

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Variant:

With fruit.

History:

The origins of this Daiquiri with rosso vermouth and crème de cacao are unknown.

Early origins of this database saw this cocktail titled "Daiquiri No.2 (El Floridita style)" but is quite different to the Daiquiri No. 2 created by Constantino "Constante" Ribalaïgua Vert, who owned Havana's famous El Floridita from 1918 to 1952. Hence, in June 2025, I retitled this cocktail Chocolate Presidente after the classic El Presidente, the best-known rum-based cocktail with vermouth, lime and grenadine.

See: Daiquiri cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Presidente contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.29% alc./vol. (20.29° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Tony Jones

6th June at 16:54

I should have believed Florian - the ingredients don't align here.

Florian Ruf

27th July 2022 at 11:35

Interesting, but cacao and lime are sorrily not my preferred combination.

Calvin Grant

10th December 2021 at 05:05

Suspected the sweet red vermouth might taste odd in this cocktail. Suprisingly well balanced by the white creme de cacao and grenadine. Some tannin(?) bitterness. Will try substituting some bianco vermouth. A lot of potential here.

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