Chocolate Grasshopper Martini
If your favorite color is green, you’ll be quite happy this coming weekend because of this worldwide event… St Patrick’s Day 🍀! Green signs, ribbons and other decorations will be showcased in most big cities, plus people will be wearing green clothes, green hats, and other green accessories. Not only will they wear something green but they may also consume green food or drinks as well like Chocolate Grasshopper Martini!
Brent, a friend of mine from Toronto whose an Irish descendant, told me that on St Patrick’s Day, he likes to drink green beer! Let’s stop right now… I’m not a beer 🍺 person to begin with let alone green beer! Alright, occasionally, especially on a hot summer day, I might have a beer but I mix it with Clamato juice which is called a “red-eye”. For those of you who are not sure what that juice is all about, it’s similar to tomato juice but not as thick and far less tomatoey with a hint of clam flavor and some added spices.
As much as a Bloody Mary (vodka & tomato juice) is very popular in the USA, a Bloody Caesar (vodka & clamato juice) is our superstar here in Canada 🍁. Okay, enough with red, let’s go back to green…
All right, so now that I’ve established that green beer is not my thing, it might not be yours either but we still want to sip a green drink on Saint Patty’s Day 🍀.
I always enjoyed a Grasshopper cocktail here and there but find it a little too rich for my liking. So what I’ve decided to do is to turn it into a martini – now we’re talking! By adding vodka to this mix, it helps to cut down on the creaminess from the heavy cream used in the Grasshopper.
What I like about my Chocolate Grasshopper Martini is a cocktail I can serve as a digestif after a meal as well as just casually. It’s optional but sprinkling some shaved dark chocolate on top of a small dollop of whipped cream makes this drink even more delicious 😋. It’s like savoring a chocolate mint candy in its liquid form with a grown up twist… yummy!
Besides this scrumptious cocktail, I do have other martini recipes like Dirty Dry Martini, Appletini, Blood Orange Martini, Napoleon Martini, Chocolate Martini, Chinatini, Limoncello Martini, and many more so stay tuned.
This Chocolate Grasshopper Martini is a drink I definitely won’t have a problem having on St Patrick’s Day! What about you?
Cheers!🥂
P.S. Please drink responsibly otherwise you just might turn into a leprechaun!
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Chocolate Grasshopper Martini
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Ingredients
- 2 ounces Vodka
- 1 ounce white crème de cacao
- 1 ounce crème de menthe
- 1 1/2 ounces 35% heavy cream (substitute eggnog) see Recipe
- 7-8 large ice cubes
- dollop whipped cream, for garnish tips & tricks
- finely shaved dark chocolate, for garnish
Directions
- In the glass of a Boston shaker, combine vodka, crème de menthe, crème de cacao, heavy cream (substitute eggnog) and ice cubes. Place the metal shaker on top and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
- Place a strainer over the metal shaker and pour the mix into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and shaved chocolate.
Notes
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I tried this recipe, but didn’t have heavy cream, so I used Evan Williams Egg Nog. OMG, the family was blown away.
That’s awesome 😀! Oh yes, I can just imagine how tasty it was! Thank you for sharing and I will add it to the recipe as a substitute. Happy New Year to you & your family🥳🥂