It’s December and Christmas is on its way. To help you celebrate in style this year, we’re going to be posting one of our favourite cocktail recipes every week this December! To start you off is the ‘Chocolate Alexander’. Created when I was still a teenager and alcopops weren’t yet around, we made our own of whatever we could. I can’t drink quite so much of this these days, but I still give it a good go!
1 part vodka
1 part crème de cacao
1 part tia maria (or similar)
1 part baileys (or similar)
chocolate milk (chilled) to taste
It’s really easy too – just stick it all in a glass and give it a stir! For an extra pretty touch, garnish the glass by melting some chocolate and dipping the rim of the glass, then quickly dipping in chocolate vermicelli and leaving to set. Cinnamon chocolate works great for this if you’d like a Christmassy twist, you can also replace the Tia Maria with an orange liqueur such as Grand Marnier. Or try Amaretti instead of vodka (or as well as vodka, we won’t tell anyone).
(Warning: This is a lot more alcoholic than it tastes – not to be confused with regular chocolate milk!)