Name: Chocolate and Cranberry 'Martini'
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Vanilla vodka; 15 ml White crème de cacao; 15 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 10 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Cranberry juice; 4 drop Vanilla bitters

Ingredients

1 1/3 fl oz

Vanilla flavoured vodka

1/2 fl oz

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur

1/2 fl oz

Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

1/3 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

3/4 fl oz

Cranberry juice (sweetened)

4 drop

Bob's Vanilla bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

RIM glass with cocoa powder and sugar (moisten outside rim with orange juice and dip into cocoa powder and sugar).

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

No additional garnish. (The preprepared rim is garnish enough.)

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate & Cranberry 'Martini' contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.09% alc./vol. (40.19° proof)
20.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Gallery

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Comments & Discussion

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Charlie Forbes Premium Member Commenter 1 year ago

I thought this was great - cognac really pulls out the chocolate and vermouth adds some complexity - but SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) said it tasted like a "Frankenstein" cocktail.

Andy Prior Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 2 years ago

Very good but beware of inhaling the coco!

John Hinojos Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 3 years ago

This was great. Not very sweet and perfect for after-dinner. Love the chocolate powder rim as it is like the salt rim on a margarita. Kept moving the glass to a new space with the new powder. Very interesting blend of flavours which make a great sipper.

Florian Ruf Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 years ago

I used regular vodka and some drops of vanilla essence which worked very well and lifts the chocolate taste of the cocktail It would be interesting what a professional uses to fix the chocolate rim Sugar syrup tastes very good but tends to make some ugly "chocolate tears" on the glas.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 years ago

Rich (2:1) sugar applied via a sponge works but my go-to is orange juice. Cut the corner from a whole orange. (The depth of your cut will determine how deep the chocolate powder is on the rim.) Upend your glass and run the rim around the cut orange. (The photo above is a very old one - back when my preference was sugar syrup via a sponge.)