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/blanc/blanco vermouth; 10 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Cranberry juice; 4 drop Vanilla bitters

Chocolate & Cranberry 'Martini'
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Absolut Vanilia Vodka
¹⁄₂ oz	White crème de cacao liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
¹⁄₃ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
³⁄₄ oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
4 drop	Bob's Vanilla bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Coat glass rim with chocolate powder and sugar (moisten with orange juice).
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

22nd November 2025 is National Cranberry Relish Day

Review:

The chocolate rim sounds naff, but it makes this cocktail.

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History:

Created in 2003 by yours truly in London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate & Cranberry 'Martini' contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.48% alc./vol. (19.48° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Charlie Forbes

22nd November 2024 at 00:47

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

26th November 2023 at 23:46

Very good but beware of inhaling the coco!

John Hinojos

23rd November 2022 at 03:23

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

5th October 2021 at 21:32

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

6th October 2021 at 07:27

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.)