If you love dessert drinks, you must try this chocolate cupcake cocktail. This rich and decadent super sweet cocktail is sure to please your sweet tooth.
What is a Chocolate Cupcake Cocktail?
A chocolate cake cocktail is a combination of whipped cream vodka, Godiva liqueur, heavy cream and amaretto. Take it over the top, you can add frosting and sprinkles to the rim.
The flavor of a chocolate cupcake cocktail is very similar to that of chocolate cupcake batter. It is sweet, chocolatey and creamy.
The creaminess of this cocktail comes in large part from the heavy cream. This ingredient adds a sweetness and creaminess as well as helping to smooth out some of the bite from the liquor.
Whipped cream vodka is a flavor infused vodka that has hints of vanilla and cream. It is a clear liquor that still has a strong bite of vodka as it goes down.
The chocolate flavor of this drink comes from the Godiva liqueur. This liquor has a rich and velvety chocolate flavor and clocks in at around 15% alcohol by volume.
Finally, the amaretto adds a sweet and slightly nutty flavor to the drink which when mixed with the chocolate and vanilla flavors from the other ingredients smooths out nicely.
Occasions to mix it up
With its sweet flavor and ease of making, this cocktail Is perfect for many occasions such as:
- birthday celebrations
- after dinner drinks
- dessert
- formal parties
Possible variations
Here are a few ways to make this drink a little differently:
- Add cake vodka. Cake vodka has a similar vanilla and cream flavor as whipped cream vodka but with a buttercream undertone added in. It is used in other cake flavored drinks such as the birthday cake martini.
- Increase the chocolate. You can never have enough chocolate, so you can add some chocolate syrup into the inside of the glass to up that chocolate flavor.
- Make it more festive. Add some whipped cream on top of the drink or substitute out vanilla frosting for chocolate frosting. You can even use chocolate sprinkles.
How to make this drink:
With only four ingredients, this cocktail is super easy to mix up and can be ready in around 5 minutes. Though it does look fancy with its frosting and sprinkles on the rim, it’s not difficult to make at all.
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Whipped Cream Vodka
- 1 oz Amaretto
- 1 oz Godiva
- 1 oz Heavy Cream
- frosting and sprinkles on rim
- Ice
Instructions:
Step one
Start out by getting your martini glass chilled. Place it in the freezer while you gather up your whipped cream vodka, amaretto, heavy cream, Godiva liqueur, jigger, cocktail shaker, frosting, sprinkles, Hawthorne strainer and ice.
Step two
Grab some ice and use it to fill your cocktail shaker to the top.
Step three
Go ahead and take your chilled martini glass out of the freezer. Grab your frosting and a butter knife and carefully spread a layer of frosting around the rim of your martini glass.
Step four
Next, to get the sprinkles on the rim. Go ahead and pour some sprinkles onto a saucer. Then, please sure glass rim and frosting down into the sprinkles. Rock the glass carefully back and forth to get the sprinkles to stick to it.
Step Five
If desired, add some chocolate syrup to the inside of the glass. Tip the glass sideways and slowly squeeze syrup onto the sides of the glass while turning it.
Step Six
Grab your jigger and your whipped cream vodka. Use your jigger to measure 1 oz of whipped cream vodka and toss it into your cocktail shaker.
Step Seven
Grab your amaretto. Use your jigger to measure 1 oz of amaretto and toss it into your cocktail shaker with your whipped cream vodka.
Step Eight
Grab your Godiva liqueur. Use your jigger to measure 1 oz of Godiva liqueur and toss it into the shaker with your whipped cream vodka and amaretto.
Step Nine
Grab your heavy cream. Use your jigger to measure 1 oz of heavy cream and toss it into the shaker with your whipped cream vodka, amaretto and godiva liqueur.
Step Ten
Grab the shaker top and put it on the shaker. Shake your drink up. This usually takes about 15 – 20 seconds. The outside of the shaker should get cold to the touch.
Step Eleven
Replace the shaker top with the Hawthorne Strainer. Then, pour the drink into the glass from the shaker. Enjoy!
Recipe
Chocolate Cupcake Cocktail
Equipment
- jigger
- Hawthorne strainer
- cocktail shaker
- Martini glass
Ingredients
- 1 oz Whipped Cream Vodka
- 1 oz Amaretto
- 1 oz Godiva
- 1 oz Heavy Cream
- Frosting and sprinkles optional garnish
- Ice
Instructions
- Start out by getting your glass ready. Chill the martini glass in the freezer for a few minutes while getting your ingredients gathered up.
- Grab your chilled glass, frosting and sprinkles. Take a butter knife and carefully spread a layer of frosting around the rim of the glass.
- Then, put some sprinkles on it. Two ways to to this:1) Simply tip the glass sideways and carefully sprinkle them over the frosting2) Pour some sprinkles on a saucer and place the glass rim down into the sprinkles and rock it back and forth.
- Fill your cocktail shaker up with ice.
- Pick up your jigger and use it to measure 1 oz of Whipped Cream Vodka. Toss that into the jigger.
- Pick up your jigger and use it to measure 1 oz of Amaretto. Toss that into the jigger.
- Pick up your jigger and use it to measure 1 oz of Godiva. Toss that into the jigger.
- Pick up your jigger and use it to measure 1 oz of Heavy Cream. Toss that into the jigger.
- Pop the top onto your shaker and shake it up; it should take 15 – 30 seconds.
- Replace the top with the hawthorne strainer and pour your drink into your martini glass.
Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.
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