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Flying Grasshopper

Name: Flying Grasshopper
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Vodka; 22.5 ml White crème de cacao; 22.5 ml Green crème de menthe; 30 ml Whipping cream

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (50)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
³⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
1 fl oz	Whipping cream

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
RIM glass with cocoa powder and sugar (moisten outside of rim with sugar syrup and dip into cocoa powder and sugar mix).
Prepare garnish of mint sprig tip.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with mint sprig tip floated in the centre of the cocktail.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Flying Grasshopper contains 230 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
14.59% alc./vol. (29.19° proof)
15.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Whipping cream — Dairy

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.

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.

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$19.99 $0.61 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$31.99 $0.97 per cocktail

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur image

$1.58 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 33 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Alexander Mzelski 1y

I was a bit discouraged to try this version since I enjoy a regular grasshopper quite much.

But I have to say that adding that much of neutral alcohol adds additional punch and does not dilute the liquors taste too much.

Recommended for someone who doesn't like that original grasshopper is too gentle

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