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Signature Cocktails: Chocolate Martini

POSTED BY COLLEEN MULLANEY, OCTOBER 30 2007 10:58 AM | PERMALINK

Chocolate Martini

Serves 4

8 oz. Absolut Vanilla

8 oz. Kahlua

4 oz. light creme

Chocolate shavings for garnish

Raw sugar for the rims

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, mix the Absolut, Kahlua, and creme until frothy. To sugar rims of glasses, pour the sugar into a shallow dish, wet the rims and dip into the sugar coating evenly. Strain the Absolut, Kahlua, and creme into glasses and serve.

It’s a wedding after all, so who doesn’t want to indulge in a bit of...
Signature Cocktails: Champagne Cocktail

POSTED BY COLLEEN MULLANEY, SEPTEMBER 06 2007 03:46 PM | PERMALINK

Serves 8 1 bottle (750ml)

Champagne, chilled 16 oz.

Grand Marnier 4 oz.

lemon juice

8 sugar cubes

Divide and pour into each glass the Grand Marnier, lemon juice. Drop in the sugar cube and fill each glass with Champagne. Serve immediately.

The champagne toast at the wedding marks a joyous end to formalities and a splendid beginning of festivities. Champagne is celebratory in itself, but when mixed to make a cocktail, it becomes a decadent addition to the party. Champagne cocktails are...