Name: Champagne Snowball
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Brut sparkling wine; 30 ml Fino sherry; 15 ml Lime cordial; 60 ml Advocaat liqueur

Champagne Snowball
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Serve in a Flute glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine
1 oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
2 oz	Advocaat liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Flute glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist and cacao powder.
POUR sparkling wine into chilled glass.
SHAKE other 3 ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN over sparkling wine in the glass.
Express lime zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with a dusting of cacao powder over the cocktail.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine, Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Advocaat liqueur - Eggs

Hazardous Ingredients:

Recipe contains the following hazardous Ingredients:

Advocaat liqueur

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Deliciously silky smooth, indulgent, and decadent. Rich, thick, and creamy advocaat freshened with dry sherry, zesty lime cordial, and invigorated with fizz.

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History:

The Snowball cocktail was huge in the 1970s and is now enjoying a well-deserved renaissance. This fizz-enhanced version is by yours truly.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Champagne Snowball contains 227 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
9.81% alc./vol. (9.81° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Brett Davison

1st January at 05:37

I didn't have Lime Cordial or Cacao Powder, so used 60 ml fresh lime juice and 7 ml 1:1 Sugar Syrup (it was a double mix) and Choccocino to dust it off....looks like a keeper!!

Alan Kirk

21st December 2024 at 19:02

First one of the season! Ran out of lime cordial so used lime juice - just as delicious (still sweet enough). Christmas not the same without a shedload of these

Caroline Bancroft

31st December 2023 at 07:11

I might be a little bit addicted to these 🤣

Joerg Meyer

19th December 2023 at 20:40

I tried this with an Olorosso Sherry and really loved the result. Thanks for the inspiration

Stuart Glover

16th December 2023 at 14:35

I've taken to mixing x8 the base in a litre bottle, topped with a touch of water, refrigerated and taking that with a chilled bottle of prosecco to events where I've not wanted to be chained to the cocktail shaker but want to share a treat with a few people

mairead oconnor

3rd January 2023 at 21:53

Many of these were made in our household over the festive season!
On one of these occasions there was a mixup between two bottles and we made this same recipe but with dry vermouth instead of fino. It was different - drier and herbaceous - but surprisingly good as an alternative.

Bjorgvin Askelsson

6th August 2022 at 22:22

Tried with port instead of sherry and Amarole instead of warninks advoqat - was okey but not great.

Paola Moore

24th December 2021 at 16:26

Remeber this drink as a teenager at family Christmas parties when advocaat was mixed with cream soda!! Now,it's time for more sophisctication; festivities crammed into a glass, but prefer fresh lime to the cordial.