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Chocolate Sidecar

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Discerning Drinkers (47)
Chocolate Sidecar image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
3⁄4 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
3⁄4 fl oz Brown/dark crème de cacao liqueur
3⁄4 fl oz Cockburn's Tawny Eyes 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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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. RIM glass with cocoa powder and sugar (moisten outside of rim with sugar syrup and dip into cocoa powder and sugar mix).

Method

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

Garnish

  1. No additional garnish. (The preprepared rim is garnish enough.)

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Sidecar contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 13.9% alc./vol. (27.79° proof)
  • 14.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

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

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Review

A riff on a Sidecar with chocolate, port wine and sugary richness balanced by lime juice.

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Comments & Discussion

Josh Harpoon
Just like Avery said, more port than chocolate. More brown coloured than black as seen above. A nice cocktail.
score: 1
Josh Harpoon
a new attempt today has a better balance between port and chocolate, very nice.
score: 1
Henry Tran
Very good using 15ml butterscotch liqueur instead of 10ml simple syrup!
score: 2
Zach Schwartz
I used 1/4 oz triple sec instead of the 1/3 oz simple syrup, to make it more sidecar-like and a bit less sweet. I think it’s great with the hint of orange. I also used ruby port because I didn’t have tawny, which gives it a lovely deep red hue. Overall quite a tasty dessert drink.
score: 1
ian roberts
Very nice using maple syrup instead of sugar syrup
score: 2
Marek Vranka
very good, however, I will try it without sugar and with less lime next time.
score: 1
Avery Garnett
Surprisingly a lot less chocolate and a lot more port than you'd think. Even at 10ml of a 1:1 simple it was very sweet - I'd probably halve it if not remove it entirely next time.
score: 2
Avery Garnett
Of course I still gave it 4.5 because it's a very delicious cocktail. Just a little sweet.
score: 1
Matija Prelec
Very interesting, perfumy. If there was a perfume that smelled like this cocktail nose, I'd wear it! :)
score: 1
Naomi Heaps Premium Member
A fave, but I skip the sugar syrup... already quite sweet without
score: 1
Lora Bryant
More of a dessert cocktail. Very enjoyable!
score: 1

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