What says Valentine’s Day more than a chocolate covered strawberry? This year we decided to take the classic and make it two ways. Yesterday, we shared the fun for everyone, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Hot Chocolate mocktail. Today we’re going to jazz it up, chill it out, and make our cocktail version of a Chocolate Covered Strawberry!
Chocolate Covered Strawberry
Our Chocolate Covered Strawberry cocktail starts out with a bright burst of fresh strawberries, before gradually transitioning into a sweet and silky chocolate ending. The bitters and chocolate vodka compliment each other adding a mix of dark and milk chocolates to blend. Pair with Netflix, warm snuggles, and decadent desserts.
Strawberry Simple Syrup:
Shared with our Chocolate Covered Strawberry Hot Chocolate mocktail, this syrup is both deliciously fresh and unadulterated. It’s easy to make and ends up thick, fast, and fragrant. It’s uses aren’t limited to cocktails, feel free to try it on pancakes.
- 250 g Strawberries, cleaned and hulled
- 250 g White Sugar
In a blender, combine equal weights cleaned and hulled strawberries with white sugar. Blend until smooth. Pour into a sealed container, refrigerate, and use within 1 – 2 weeks.
Drink Notes & Recommendations
We experimented with a number of different combinations of bitters, vodkas, and accents before settling on a simpler approach with this cocktail. You may notice that it ends up looking a little short compared to the wash line, but bare in mind this is a full sized drink. Rather than adding things to stretch it, we tried to keep it as close to a real chocolate covered strawberry as possible.
- Strawberry Simple – Use fresh strawberries here for the best results. Since no heat is applied, the flavor will be extraordinarily natural.
- Chocolate Vodka – Our preference is the cheap and sweet 360 Double Chocolate Vodka. As sweetness varies, adjust using more unflavored vodka to temper sweetness or adding more Strawberry Simple / regular Simple Syrup to increase sweetness.
- Vodka – We use Absolut here, and find it works fairly well in most drinks. Feel free to substitute your own favorite.
- Angostura Cocoa Bitters – We did attempt to use Fee Brother’s Aztec Chocolate Bitters here, but found the complexity was lacking. Angostura is relatively new to the chocolate bitters scene, but their large distribution network should make them easy enough to find. If you’re in a pinch, substitute what you can find.
- Vanilla Extract – We use Kirkland, however McCormick or your favorite will work just fine.
- Strawberry Garnish – Feel free to make this Strawberry as cute or as simple as you like. We tried to make ours look like Cupid’s arrow.
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