Hot Chocolate Martini

Mmmmmm, Hot Chocolate Martinis. Bundle up, sit down yesteryear the fire, as well as quaff this rich chocolate cocktail it's the perfect innovation for warming upwards during cool autumn as well as wintertime days.

s the perfect innovation for warming upwards during cool autumn as well as wintertime days Hot Chocolate Martini

Oh baby, it's getting mutual depression temperature outside! Yes, it's that fourth dimension of yr when most of our province has to get-go enduring to a greater extent than or less colder temperatures.

And when it comes to cold, create you lot desire to know what I think? ... Yikes! That's right, I'm non at all a fan of the cold.

I'm thankful I immediately alive inwards North Carolina where, piece nosotros create indeed conduct maintain to a greater extent than or less chilly wintertime days, nosotros don't conduct maintain to endure through a long, hard, mutual depression temperature winter. I grew upwards inwards Vermont, thus you lot would intend I could handgrip wintertime days ... but, alas, I cannot.

Oh, but when those mutual depression temperature days hit, I do conduct maintain a innovation for warming upwards ... a Hot Chocolate Martini! Complete amongst marshmallows on top. Because marshmallows are fun. And piece I don't similar cold, I create similar fun as well as marshmallows.

The base of operations of this yummy hot chocolate martini cocktail is prepared hot chocolate, which is as well as thus cooled. But precisely because it's non hot, don't intend it won't soundless warm you lot up. The vanilla vodka, Kahlua, as well as creme de cacao volition certainly take attention of that.

The married adult man as well as I absolutely honey the rich chocolate flavor packed into these cocktails.

Now, if you lot occur to conduct maintain a kitchen torch ... or fifty-fifty a long tally or lighter ... you lot tin fifty-fifty taste your Hot Chocolate Martini marshmallow garnish roasted.

H5N1 give-and-take of caution, however. I don't propose roasting your marshmallows as well as taking pictures at the same time. See, roasting marshmallows amongst a lit kitchen torch inwards i paw as well as a digital photographic television receiver camera inwards the other isn't ... good ... easy. And precisely may trial inwards piddling marshmallow infernos.

And yesteryear the fourth dimension you lot tin instruct your confront unopen plenty to the marshmallow inferno to blow it out ... without lighting your long chocolate-brown pilus on give notice from the marshmallow inferno flaming inwards front end of you lot or from the kitchen torch burning inwards your hand, heed you lot ... well, it may precisely live on a piddling likewise belatedly for your pitiable piddling marshmallows.

Who may precisely destination up, well, a piddling too roasted.

But roasted marshmallows or not, this scrumptious Hot Chocolate Martini is for certain a fun piddling agency to assistance instruct us through a wintertime mutual depression temperature spell.

Wherever you lot are, remain warm as well as remain security this wintertime season! {And taste a delicious warm-you-up martini, if you lot must.}

Hot Chocolate Martini

Source: Adapted from Food.com

(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

3 oz. prepared hot chocolate, cooled {I used packaged Swiss Miss Sensible Sweets Diet Hot Cocoa, but whatever packaged or homemade volition work}
3/4 oz. dark Creme de Cacao
3/4 oz. vanilla vodka
1 oz. Kahlua
6 mini marshmallows

Directions

Fill a cocktail shaker amongst ice. Add cooled hot chocolate as well as liquors; milkshake for near thirty seconds. Pour into a chilled martini glass.
Drop mini marshmallows onto the top. Roast marshmallows amongst a kitchen torch if you lot conduct maintain one.

Makes 1 martini

NOTE: You tin also merely mix all ingredients together as well as chill inwards the fridge earlier serving rather than using a cocktail shaker.

Enjoy!

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