Name: Chocolate Sidecar
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Crème de cacao liqueur (dark); 22.5 ml Tawny port; 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Chocolate powder rim

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

3/4 fl oz	Remy Martin VSOP coganc
3/4 fl oz	Dark crème de cacao liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Tawny port
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Review:

Cognac-laced chocolate with port wine complexity and sugary richness balanced by lime juice.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2005 by Wayne Collins for Maxxium UK.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Sidecar contains 192 calories.

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
14.06% alc./vol. (28.12° proof)
14.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Chocolate Sidecar

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Garnish: