Garnish:
Powdered sugar & chocolate powder rim, plus float tip of mint sprig
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 3/4 fl oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 3/4 fl oz | Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao |
| 3/4 fl oz | Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe |
| 1 fl oz | Single cream / half-and-half |
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Review:
Why drink a mere Grasshopper when you could be enjoying a Flying Grasshopper? This creamy after-dinner cocktail is all the better for the splash of vodka, indeed it's arguably better with a splash more vodka. Minty fresh with indulgent chocolate - reminiscent of a choc mint ice-cream.
History:
A 1970s or earlier more alcoholic riff on the Grasshopper cocktail. Some, including Stan Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Bar Guide omit the cream: 1 vodka, ¾ green crème de menthe and ¾ white creme de cacao to make a clear emerald green cocktail.
Nutrition:
One serving of Flying Grasshopper contains 230 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.1 standard drinks
- 15.82% alc./vol. (31.64° proof)
- 15.4 grams of pure alcohol
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