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Chocolate Presidente

Name: Chocolate Presidente
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml White crème de cacao; 5 ml Grenadine syrup

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Presidente contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
20.29% alc./vol. (40.57° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

The origins of this Daiquiri, with rosso vermouth and crème de cacao, are unknown.

Early origins of this database saw this cocktail titled "Daiquiri No.2 (El Floridita style)" but is quite different to the Daiquiri No. 2 created by Constantino "Constante" Ribalaïgua Vert, who owned Havana's famous El Floridita from 1918 to 1952. Hence, in June 2025, I retitled this cocktail Chocolate Presidente after the classic El Presidente, the best-known rum-based cocktail with vermouth, lime and grenadine.

See: Daiquiri cocktail history

Review

Like other Daiquiris, this complex version benefits from dilution so consider adding a dash of water.

Variations/similar cocktails

With fruit.

Don Q Cristal Rum 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$12.99 $1.04 per cocktail Don Q Cristal Rum image

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$31.99 $0.32 per cocktail

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur image

Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) image

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Comments & Discussion

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Tony Jones 1y

I should have believed Florian - the ingredients don't align here.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

Interesting, but cacao and lime are sorrily not my preferred combination.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4y

Suspected the sweet red vermouth might taste odd in this cocktail. Suprisingly well balanced by the white creme de cacao and grenadine. Some tannin(?) bitterness. Will try substituting some bianco vermouth. A lot of potential here.

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