Name: Lovelight
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Cognac (brandy); 20 ml Red bitter liqueur; 10 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 5 ml Cinnamon syrup; 2 dash Chocolate bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

²⁄₃ fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Monin Cinnamon Syrup

2 dash

Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and square of dark chocolate.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.

Garnish with dark chocolate.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Lovelight contains 169 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
23.59% alc./vol. (47.18° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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George Jetson 31w

1 1⁄2 fl oz Cognac (PF 1840)

2⁄3 fl oz Campari

1⁄3 fl oz Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi Storico VdT)

1⁄3 fl oz Cinnamon Demerara Syrup

4 dash Chocolate bitters

Stir all ingredients with ice. Strain into chilled DOF glass over a large cube of block ice. Express orange zest twist over cocktail and garnish with dark chocolate.

A nice hint of cinnamon and dark sugar to play against the Campari. I upped the cognac, which was a bit lost in the OG recipe and added extra bitters to bring more of the chocolate/orange connection to the fore.

Mookie Premium Member 49w

I hadn't ever considered campari and chocolate could go so well together!

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Didn’t have any choc to go on top, but still very pleasant. Has rather a fantasy-confectionary feel to me - like a gaudy Halloween costume. I had some VERY well aged home cinnamon sugar (finished pods go in a jar of sugar) - half a tspn was plenty, a quarter might even suffice. Loved the jaffa choc-orange combination. Happy day for differences and diversity!

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

ok fine cocktail, bends well and rounded. I find other cognac cocktails better respect the cognac. It looks like a negroni in the recipe but does not resemble in the taste.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

This was perfect. Just finished. We needed to find another couple based cocktail to have for our 27th Anniversary.
This one was perfect. Perfectly balanced with no individual flavour dominating. Would definitely do again.

Nathalie O Flynn Premium Member 3y

Sipping this right now. This was on my must try list as my husband is a big fan of Negronis and cognac is my top base spirit, I don’t buy dark chocolate but I did have some small chocolate balls filled with various spirits and had 2 left with cognac so sat those on top, did the trick. Great cocktail, rated it a 5.