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Black and White Martini

A Black and White Martini served poolside

The Black and White Martini is so named because the traditional garnish is black and white licorice candies. I prefer to leave that garnish off, because I think it misleads you to think the drink might have a licorice flavor, and it doesn’t. This drink is mainly vanilla with distinct notes of chocolate. It’s wonderful ... Read the full article →

Pumpkin Pie Martini {MixThatDrink Original}

A Pumpkin Pie Martini against a white background

The Pumpkin Pie Martini is ideal for autumn, but delicious for any time. It blends the flavors of vanilla and white chocolate with pumpkin and nutmeg, and has a graham cracker rim just to finish off the flavor to perfection. This drink is obviously a wonderful dessert drink, but feel free to make one anytime ... Read the full article →

Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake Cocktail

The Raspberry Cheesecake cocktail with a raspberry garnish

It’s just like you’ve said it in your prayers: a raspberry cheesecake in the form of an alcoholic beverage. This is one seriously delicious, ice creamy treat! The Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake cocktail combines the flavors of raspberry, chocolate, vanilla and cream cheese (yes, it uses actual cream cheese) to create a drink that really ... Read the full article →

Pink Diamond

The Pink Diamond cocktail served with a cherry and umbrella

The Pink Diamond is an unapologetic frou frou drink. It’s beautiful, pink and creamy, and it tastes like chocolate with just a hint of pomegranate. People may turn up their noses at it, but it’s hard to imagine actually not liking the taste of it. I love that this cocktail has tequila instead of vodka ... Read the full article →

Caramel “J”

The Caramel "J" cocktail served against a red background

The Caramel “J” is one of those drink recipes you might refer to as an alcoholic milkshake. The addition of a ripe banana makes it especially smooth and rich. It’s definitely dessert in a glass. Serve up the Caramel “J” at parties where you want to keep guests happy but prevent any serious inebriation. The ... Read the full article →

Chocolate Heaven Martini

The Chocolate Heaven Martini served with chocolate candies

The Chocolate Heaven Martini is one of those wonderful chocolate martinis that actually captures a terrific chocolate flavor and doesn’t clutter it up with coffee liqueur or frangelico or anything decisively not chocolate. It’s just chocolate, vodka and cream. The recipe doesn’t call for garnish, but if you want to liven up your presentation of ... Read the full article →

Ladyluv

The Ladyluv cocktail against a gray background

The Ladyluv cocktail looks like a lot of other drinks – just another golden-amber cocktail. But the taste is something else. It blends whiskey with two different rums and a little white creme de cacao for a touch of sweetness. The result is a little mysterious, forcing you to keep sipping as you try to ... Read the full article →

Checkerboard

Checkerboard cocktail with chocolate shavings garnish

The Checkerboard cocktail is another variation on that noble tradition: cocktails that taste like chocolate milkshakes. This one uses amaretto for a distinctive touch. All milkshakes should be so blessed. Enjoy a Checkerboard whenever you want a chocolate milkshake with a kick. This drink is also great for mixing and serving in bulk when you’ve ... Read the full article →

Undertaker

Espresso beans in a martini glass

The Undertaker cocktail tastes like a mildly sweetened and flavored espresso served cold. The caffeine from the espresso can keep you from recognizing the alcohol, making this one of those stealth drinks that sneak up on you. Hence the name. Enjoy an Undertaker whenever you want a cold coffee drink with a kick. This drink ... Read the full article →

Azteca Cocktail

Golden cocktail against white background

The Azteca Cocktail is one of those very rich, very delicious Kahlua cocktails. But instead of Kahlua’s usual partner in crime – Bailey’s – this drink adds something special: a dash orange curacao. It’s a bit like a mocha (with the creme de cacao) with a wonderful hint of orange – and some tequila, which ... Read the full article →

Robin’s Nest

Pink cocktail in martini glass against white background

The Robin’s Nest cocktail is one of those divine taste sensations that make you not care that it’s pink. The mix of cranberry juice and creme de cacao is one of those things that just had to happen sooner or later, and should’ve happened much sooner. But better late than never. Enjoy a Robin’s Nest ... Read the full article →

Panama Cocktail

Light brown liquid in wine glass

The Panama Cocktail balances white creme de cacao with brandy and cream, all in equal parts. It’s one of those fascinating cocktails where some drinkers will struggle to identify its components, because they all blend together so perfectly. The end result is hard to describe. The Panama Cocktail is equally at home in a nightclub ... Read the full article →

Candy Cane

Candy Cane Martini

The Candy Cane is a fabulous holiday dessert drink. Of course, you don’t have to save it for dessert – it’s just deliciously sweet enough that you could. With a name like Candy Cane, you might expect this cocktail to be peppermint flavored, and it certainly does have that element. But there’s so much more: ... Read the full article →

Chocolate Raspberry Martini

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The Chocolate Raspberry Martini may not look particularly chocolate or raspberry, but it is both. And it is delicious. It looks like a simple, clear martini, which is why the garnish is so important. You can garnish this one in a few ways: put a few fresh raspberries in it, sprinkle cocoa powder across the ... Read the full article →

Chocolate Peppermint Stick

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The Chocolate Peppermint Stick tastes exactly like you’d expect from the name. The main flavor is overwhelmingly peppermint, but the creme de cacao is strong, too. If you’ve ever had one of those peppermint sticks that has a chocolatey ribbon woven through it instead of the usual red fruity ones, that’s about what this drink tastes ... Read the full article →

Vanilla Creamsicle

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The Vanilla Creamsicle uses milk as a mixer. Therefore, you may be tempted to argue that it’s a health drink. You would be wrong. This drink contains ridiculous amounts of alcohol – four and a half ounces, to be precise. That ranks it up there with the Zombie. (You can weaken this one for those ... Read the full article →

White Russian

White Russian cocktail

The White Russian is basically the Black Russian with cream, but there are a couple of variations on it. While a Black Russian always uses coffee liqueur, and the White Russian traditionally does too, the White can also use white Creme de Cacao for a more chocolatey flavor. This classic cocktail’s popularity is well-established. Not ... Read the full article →

Romance

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The Romance cocktail is all about coffee, chocolate and cream flavors. It’s sinfully rich and sweet. Anytime you see Kahlua and Bailey’s in a recipe, the image that springs to mind is of the just-old-enough-to-drink set in a club giggling over drinks designed to comfortably resemble the beverages of childhood. And yeah, there’s no denying ... Read the full article →

Brandy Alexander

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The Brandy Alexander is a dessert drink: chocolatey, sweet, creamy and smooth. Drinkers sometimes refer to it as a “milkshake” because the alcohol taste is so light. It’s a popular choice for those who don’t like the taste of alcohol but want to drink anyway. Serve it as an after-dinner drink, or to guests who ... Read the full article →