Description
The Peppermint Mochatini is a fantiastic Christmas cocktail recipe that can be quickly made and will impress everyone. It's a peppermint martini made with 2 kinds of Khalua: classic and peppermint-flavored. A swirl of chocolate sauce and a rimmed peppermint glass sets off the whole effect.
Ingredients
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For the glass garnish:
- Chocolate syrup, cold
- 1/2 cup crushed candy canes or peppermint candies
For the cocktail:
- 3 oz vodka
- 6 oz peppermint vodka
- 12 oz peppermint Kahlua
- 12 oz heavy cream
Instructions
- Drizzle a puddle of the chocolate syrup on a small-ish plate (dessert plate size is fine). Spread the crushed candy canes/peppermints in an even layer on another small-ish plate. Set both aside for while you mix the drink.
- Shake all of the liquor and the heavy cream in shaker with ice. Stick the shaker in the fridge while you garnish the glasses.
- Turn a martini glass upside and dip the rim into the chocolate syrup, all the way around. You’ll want a good coating for the crushed candies to stick to. Move the upside down glass to the second plate and set it down in the crushed candies. Ease the candies onto the chocolate on the inner and outer rim of the glass, pressing lightly as you go to help them stick. Repeat with the remaining glasses. (Note: It will help to keep the finished glasses in the fridge on a platter so the chocolate stays cold to help prevent the candies from running down the glass.)
- Once all of the glasses are garnished, drizzle a swirl of chocolate syrup into each of the glasses starting from the bottom and working your way out to the edge of the glass. A trick to help do this neatly is to hold the syrup bottle in one place and slowly spin the stem of the glass in your fingers as you squeeze the syrup into the swirly pattern in the glass.
- Once you’ve swirled the syrup into all of the glasses, give the drink mix another quick shake and quickly strain it into the garnished martini glasses. Pouring straight into the bottom of the glasses, rather than down the sides, will keep the chocolate syrup in place. Sprinkle some extra crushed candies into the center of the drink or hang a small candy cane off the side of the glass if you wish before serving.
Notes
Be sure to keep your chocolate syrup cold in order to achieve those pretty swirls around the inside of the glass.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Drinks & Cocktails
- Cuisine: American
