Boozy Hot Chocolate: Booze buzz meets sugar buzz

Was there any holiday if chocolate wasn’t involved? And drinks? For the best of both worlds, mix and match them creatively.

When the weather’s cold and you need a warming pick-me-up, nothing beats a good hot chocolate. Except, of course, a Boozy Hot Chocolate.

Another member of the Martini-in-name-only family (witness the Espresso Martini, the French Martini and even the Porn Star Martini) but so delicious it can slide, the Chocolate Martini is a decadent concoction that will easily double as dessert.

Also, mint and chocolate go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Or raspberry and chocolate. Or pretty much anything and chocolate.

Booze buzz meets sugar buzz in these decadent dessert cocktails.

Boozy Hot Chocolate

Ingredients
60g semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
180ml milk, heated
45ml spirit of choice
Garnish: mini marshmallows

Steps
-Put the chopped chocolate in an Irish Coffee mug.
-Pour the hot milk into the mug and let stand for 2 minutes until the chocolate melts, then stir with a spoon until smooth.
-Pour in the spirit of your choice and stir to combine.
-Garnish with mini marshmallows.

Chocolate Martini

Ingredients
Cocoa powder, to rim glass
30ml chocolate liqueur, plus more for rimming glass
30ml crème de cacao
30ml vodka
15ml half-and-half
Ice
Steps
-Add a small amount of chocolate liqueur into a small rimmed plate. Add a small amount of cocoa powder to another plate.
-Dip the rim of an inverted cocktail glass into the liqueur, then into the cocoa powder. Set aside.
-Add the 30ml chocolate liqueur, crème de cacao, vodka and half-and-half into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
-Strain into the prepared glass.

Mint Chocolate Chip Shot

Ingredients (Serves 8)
120ml Baileys Irish Cream
120ml crème de menthe
120ml Frangelico liqueur
Chocolate sauce, to coat glasses
Garnish: mint leaves
Garnish: whipped cream

Steps
-Combine the Baileys Irish Cream, crème de menthe and Frangelico in a pitcher, and place in the refrigerator to chill.
-Drizzle chocolate sauce in each of 8 shot glasses.
-Add 45ml of the pre-batched drink to each glass.
-Garnish with mint leaves and whipped cream.

Guinness Chocolate Float

Ingredients
1 cup premium chocolate ice cream
Chocolate syrup
180ml Guinness stout (chilled)

Steps
-Scoop the chocolate ice cream into a chilled pint glass.
-Drizzle with chocolate syrup.
-Slowly pour the Guinness over the ice cream.
-Serve with a straw.

-Liquor.com