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Black Forest Cocktail- Cherry & Chocolate Martini Recipe

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Cherry and chocolate belong together. It is a fact and there is no disputing it. They especially go together on Valentine’s Day (despite Cherries not being in season in my area). Black Forest Cake is my favorite cake and so when I started to think about a chocolate martini to serve for Valentine’s Day I naturally wanted to lean into trying to create a Black Forest Martini.

When creating this cocktail I knew I wanted it to have the essence of Black Forest Cake without going too far into dessert territory. The key to a good chocolate martini though is to not allow it to be too sweet. If a chocolate martini is so sweet that feels like you’re drinking dessert, you’re done with the meal and ready for bed before the night has even started. Also, I knew that adding in cherry could be a dangerous mix. Some cherry cordials or cherry syrups can just make your cocktail taste like a bad nostalgic take on children’s medication. I needed to find a balanced mix that wasn’t overwhelming nor cloyingly sweet, but still taste like cherries and chocolate.

The secret to not going overboard in the sweetness department was using good quality ingredients and ingredients that didn’t rely on sugar to carry flavor. I used a dark chocolate syrup rather than a sweeter milk chocolate. Cherry bitters and cherry liqueur carry the cherry flavor and scent rather than a grenadine.

Black Forest Cocktail — Cherry Chocolate Martini Recipe

Black Forest Cocktail

Jenni
A delicious dessert cocktail reminiscent of the traditional black forest cake where chocolate and cherry create a decadent treat.
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Servings 1 cocktail

Equipment

  • 1 Cocktail Shaker
  • 1 Jigger
  • 1 Martini Glass chilled

Ingredients
  

  • 1 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Half & Half
  • 3/4 oz Cherry Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz Chocolate Liqueur
  • a few dashes Cherry Bitters
  • Chocolate Syrup for garnish
  • Ice for shaker
  • 2-3 maraschino cherries on a bamboo skewer for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Take a chilled martini glass and swirl the glass with chocolate syrup
  • Add ice to a shaker
  • Top the ice with 1 ounce of vodka, 1 ounce of half and half, 3/4 ounce cherry liqueur, 1/2 ounce chocolate liqueur, and a few dashes of cherry bitters.
  • Shake the mixture over ice, strain into chocolate drizzled martini glass
  • Garnish with maraschino cherries
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Saving I love you to someone is one of the most important things you can do. It has meaning every time. Whether you are celebrating the love you have of your friends, your partner, or yourself… this cherry and chocolate martini, this Black Forest Cocktail will be.a drink worth celebrating that love.

I love love. I also love cherries and chocolate. 😉

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The Peach Plunge: A Peach Twist on the Lemon Drop Cocktail

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The kids are back to school and it is Mom’s Night! Gather your mom friends together that you haven’t seen over the long, busy Summer season and enjoy catching up with a Ladies Night complete with the perfect end of Summer appetizer and signature cocktail, the Peach Plunge!

Cocktail with peach and lemon, crater lake vodka, wild roots peach vodka, spiced peach simple syrup, and brightly colored mums

My favorite Ladies Night drink is one that I rarely get unless out for a Ladies Night—the Lemon Drop. The sweet and sour combo is always one that makes me feel like cutting it up with friends. I wanted to create a drink with that same feeling, that also helped celebrated the best flavors of the end of Summer and early Fall. This Peach-variation of the Lemon Drop was dubbed the Peach Plunge by my husband upon first taste! He included some cheesy tagline about plunging you into the flavors of Summer. It was perfect!

The Peach Plunge Cocktail Recipe

This end-of-summer sipper is sweet and sour and has the spices you’ll recognize from your favorite peach cobbler desserts. It all starts off with a homemade Spiced Peach Simple Syrup. Simple Syrup is easy to make and a cocktail staple. A traditional simple syrup is simply 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water heated over medium heat until the sugar has completely dissolved into the mixture. It can be stored, sealed, in the fridge for up to 7 days.

Similarly, the Spiced Peach Simple Syrup will include sugar and water, but this mixture has a bit more to it than the traditional simple syrup. Call this a slightly more complicated, but equally easy syrup.

Peaches in brown sugar and water mixture with cinnamon stick

Spiced Peach Simple Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup frozen peaches
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Supplies: small heavy-bottomed saucepan, sieve, and heat resistant jar with airtight lid

Directions:

  • Add all ingredients to the saucepan and heat on a stovetop at medium to medium-high heat. Stir occasionally, you do not want the sugar to burn.
  • Bring ingredients to a low boil for 5 minutes, or until peaches are very soft and all sugar is incorporated into mixture.
  • Turn off the heat and let the mixture sit for 30 minutes to cool and let flavors meld.
  • Pour the mixture through a sieve reserving the liquid. Use a fork to squeeze all liquid from the peaches. Discard the peach/spice mixture. The liquid, once cooled, is your Spiced Peach Syrup!

Now, on to the cocktail! This recipe makes 1 cocktail.

Peach Plunge Cocktail Ingredients:

  • Supplies: 1 shaker, ice, martini glass
  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Peach Vodka (or peach schnapps)
  • 1 oz Spiced Peach Simple Syrup
  • 1/2 oz of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • Garnish: Slice of Peach and Sugared Rim

The Peach Plunge: A Peach Vodka Cocktail Twist on the Lemon Drop – Directions:

  • Add the vodka, peach vodka (or peach schnapps), lemon juice, and spiced peach simple syrup in a shaker over ice and shake or stir until thoroughly chilled.
  • Take a lemon slice around the edge of a martini glass and dip the edge of the glass into granulated sugar to rim the glass.
  • Strain the chilled cocktail mixture into the sugar rimmed martini glass, top with a slice of peach.
  • Enjoy!
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