Name: Chocolate Negroni
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Vermouth amaro; 22.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 7.5 ml White crème de cacao; 6 drop Chocolate bitters

Chocolate Negroni
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Punt E Mes vermouth amaro
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₄ oz	Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
6 drop	Chocolate bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth amaro - robust & full (e.g. Punt E Mes) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

5th February 2025 is World Nutella Day

Review:

The chocolate in this riff on a classic Negroni seems to boost the orange notes in the Italian red bitter liqueur.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in the noughties by Naren Young in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Negroni contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
22.28% alc./vol. (22.28° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Per Lennart

12th February at 22:36

Tried once with Campari, which completely overpowered the drink. Much better chocolate flavour when using Carpano Botanic Bitter.

Calvin Grant

27th November 2024 at 02:08

I may have gone overboard with the chocolate bitters but this is really good with Cocchi Dopo Teatro Vermouth Amaro.

John CARR

14th January at 14:41

I accidentally put Cynar instead of Campari on this occasion but want unhappy as it retained the fundamental sweet- bitter balance and just added some extra depth.

John CARR

14th January at 14:38

Easily done! Salut!

Luca Sorriso Valvo

16th November 2024 at 18:14

Stirred with some scraps of orange peel (from shaping the garnish), great roundness and velvety texture, it tastes like a slightly improved Negroni with hints of complexity from the cocoa (I used a homemade creme de cacao, might have helped). Definitely at par with the classic version.

John CARR

17th October 2024 at 13:46

Retrying with the brilliant de Kuyper cacao. Just so delicious! Did add a splash extra cacao and one extra drop of bob’s excellent chocolate bitters.

John CARR

17th October 2024 at 14:03

I’m going to go with the crowd and advocate for 10ml cacao and 8 drops chocolate bitters. As a chocolate lover, if it says chocolate I expect chocolate!

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Lynn Garvie

21st September 2024 at 21:32

Probably my favourite Negroni variant. I'm currently enjoying this for Negroni Week 2024. I don't think I've had this variant since New Year and right now I'm struggling to work out why not :-D (Chocolate Negroni)

Simon Sedgley

23rd June 2024 at 06:27

This is a beautifully balanced cocktail. To those commenters here advocating more chocolate, I would simply say that it's a Chocolate Negroni, not Negroni chocolate.

Todd Maguire

2nd April 2024 at 16:20

This drink was well-received by my crowd on Easter. Couldn't find Dutch Cacao so I settled for a generic brand. Will try more chocolate next time, as noted in other comments.

John CARR

2nd April 2024 at 10:30

As noted by others, the chocolate is subtle, but definitely present. A really delicious Negroni!

Chris Brislawn

5th February 2024 at 05:29

Consensus seems to be that it needs more chocolate, so I used a good dash of Bittermen's Xocolatl Mole Bitters and 1/2 oz Drillaud *dark* creme de cacao. My wife agrees: no lack of chocolate in this drink. Instead of Punt E Mes I used Tempus Fugit's Alessio Rosso Vermouth, which works quite well with the chocolate flavors, and garnished with a dried orange wheel.

Bob McBobson

29th December 2023 at 22:38

A great combination, but as others have said definitely needs more chocolate to stand a chance of overcoming a powerful vermouth and campari. I've doubled both the creme de cacao and bitters.

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