First there was the Creme Egg Mojito... now try the Chocolate Orange Martini
LEAVE chocolate eggs to the children this year, why not try your favourite treats in slightly more adult form? Cocktails have never been so indulgent...
Why just eat chocolate this Easter when you can drink it too?
Drinks expert David Kay, a mixologist for bar owners Late Night London, has created a mouth-watering menu of choc-based cocktails. All you need to decide whether each one qualifies as a drink or dessert.
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Jack's Terry's Chocolate Orange Martini (orangey chocolate and vodka) is available at London's Foundation Bar and CORE over the Easter weekend.
And the Creme Egg Mojito, a concoction of rum, chocolate and fondant - and a staggering number of calories, will be served at Jewel Bar in Piccadilly.
But if you can't let your diet slip at Easter then when can you?
CREME EGG MOJITO
Serves: 1
25ml Bacardi Superior
25ml Mozart chocolate liqueur
1 sprig of mint
25ml sugar syrup
Dash of lime juice
Dash of soda water
2 chocolate eggs
Crushed ice
Method:
Bruise the mint sprig and place in the bottom of the glass with the rum and chocolate liqueur.
Add the sugar syrup and lime juice to the mix. Add some crushed ice and smashed up chocolate egg and stir.
Top with a little more crushed ice, a dash of soda on top and serve with an oozey half of egg.
THE CHOCOBERRY MARTINI
Serves: 1
25ml Absolut vodka
20ml blackberry puree
20ml raspberry puree
12.5ml crème de mure
5ml gomme or simple syrup
12.5ml crème de cacao noir
25ml single cream
Method:
First mix the raspberry, blackberry and crème de mure. Then add the crème de cacao noir and single cream, stir and beat with cocktail stirrer.
Add the absolut vodka and gomme or simple syrup and blend all the flavours together. Strongly stir and pour in a glass.
THE CHOCOLATE ORANGE MARTINI
Serves: 1
25ml Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka
12.5ml crème de cacao
12.5ml Baileys
25 ml chocolate sauce
100ml cream
5g marmalade
Method:
First beat the orange marmalade with the chocolate sauce and Baileys. Then add your vanilla vodka and crème de cacao.
Blend all the flavours together, pour in a glass and add cream.