A festive cocktail that's perfect for the holiday season!

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My favorite annual (boozy) holiday tradition? Shaking up the perfect chocolate martini! While I was heartbroken to learn that Godiva’s Chocolate Liqueur was discontinued last year, I found an even better alternative. Cheers to all the home bartenders out there this holiday season!

As a reminder, all of my recipes are for the intuitive mixologists so I only include percentages!

Ingredients:

• Mozart Chocolate Liqueur

• Baileys The Original

• Vodka (I usually use Grey Goose or Ketel One - please do not use Tito’s!!)

• Chocolate chips or melts (Guittard is the best :))

• Sprinkles (here is a fun option)

• Ice

Tools:

• Cocktail Shaker

• Martini glass

• Microwaveable bowl or cup (for melting the chocolate)

• Knife or piping bag (for drizzling the chocolate)

• Paper towel, plate, or cutting board (for rolling the sprinkles)

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Instructions:

• Melt chocolate and drizzle in a spiral pattern in martini glass using a knife or piping bag

• Place melted chocolate also on the outside rim on 1/2 to 3/4 of the glass (doing a full rim always looks tacky to me and becomes hard to easily take a sip)

• Roll the outside rim melted chocolate in the sprinkles

• Put ice in cocktail shaker

• Pour ~ 30% vodka, ~ 40% Bailey’s, and ~ 30% chocolate liqueur

• Shake, shake, shake!

• Pour into martini glass

• Enjoy!

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