Healthy Chocolate Cocktails? Cacao Nibs In My Drink
As you may know, cacao finds its way into many dishes, both savory and sweet. But were you aware that chocolate is also a key ingredient in many new cocktails?
Gone are the days of the “alcoholic Fudgesicle.” Today’s chocolate spirits add bitterness and depth, and not too much of the sweet. Some are entirely unsweetened, made from cacao nibs, vanilla and rum.
Mixologists are careful with incorporating cacao nibs into mixed drinks. Sippers may not recognize the true, bitter and heavy taste of chocolate, unaccustomed to the unsweetened version. Nevertheless, many bars are introducing sophisticated cacao-infused cocktails to adventurous customers.
“Even as they harness chocolate’s bitter and savory notes, these bartenders are proceeding cautiously with customers who might still be thinking milk instead of tequila.
“Sometimes people see chocolate and think ‘alcoholic milkshake,’ ” Patterson says. “If you can steer away from putting ‘chocolate’ in the name of the drink, you have a better chance of explaining things.”
Chocolate-infused spirits with kick, not sugar.
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