Name: Chocolate Orange Manhattan
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Bourbon whiskey; 10 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 25 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 10 ml Grand Marnier; 2.5 ml Brown/dark cacao liqueur; 8 drop Chocolate bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth (chilled)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur

¹⁄₁₂ fl oz

Brown/dark crème de cacao liqueur

8 drop

Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist expressed & discarded, and chocolate orange segment on rim.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.

Garnish with chocolate orange segment on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Orange Manhattan contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.39% alc./vol. (56.78° proof)
24.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Gallery

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Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 16w

Not my favorite Manhattan variation but certainly unique and worthy of notice... Used Wild Turkey 101 8-year, Dad's Hat rye, Punt e Mes, PF Dry Curacao, Tempus Fugit Dark Creme de Cacao, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters... too smooth in expression and mouthfeel... Couldn't drink more than one in a sitting (touch too rich)... Worth trying and especially playing with brands for it... It does though identify as none other than a Manhattan. Well done.

Mookie Premium Member 24w

there's nothing better than a Manhattan riff that still feels like a Manhattan but tastes like a novel drink

John Hinojos Premium Member 24w

Simon. Thank you so much for this cocktail. I normally find Manhattans a bit too sweet, but this is perfect. Nicely balanced with a hint of chocolate and orange. Not overly sweet. Perfect for an evening sipper.

Peter Pendergest Premium Member 24w

Superb. The chocolate seems to overwhelm the orange a bit, but I think that is probably down to my chocolate liqueur (Tempus Fugit Creme de Cacao, which is outstanding, but VERY chocolatey). I'll adjust for next time, which I'm sure will happen soon.

John CARR Premium Member 25w

Due to various wartime stockpile demands my base spirit included bourbon, scotch and cognac but came out pretty nicely. Still very much a rich sweet Manhattan with the orange and choc seamlessly blended in. Stunning.

John CARR Premium Member 23w

Remaking with more proper ingredients and Wow! Flavour bomb. A lot spicier than I expected. Wild Turkey 101 and Rittenhouse. Rich, boozy and indulgent as any good Manhattan should be. Would be interested to try with a less corny bourbon such as Elijah Craig.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 25w

We rarely stray from our favoured Sweet Manhattan but this is a bit of a show-stopper. Bravo. In our community, we gather around a bonfire in our local park for a sausage sizzle and conviviality on the night of the winter solstice...looking forward to longer days. We might offer some of these around this coming June.

Andre Derailleur Premium Member 24w

Saturnalia In Braddon?

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 24w

No, it's a pretty gentle but, nonetheless, joyful middle class sort of affair. The middle class sometimes gets a bit of a bad rap from those both above and below (and sometimes even from within). But, at least in the West, it was the locus of achievement and contentment for many in much of the middle part of the 20th Century.