Name: Chocolate Martini Cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 1/2 fluid ounces chocolate liqueur; 1 1/2 fluid ounces creme de cacao; 1/2 fluid ounce vodka; 2 1/2 fluid ounces half-and-half; 1 cup ice

Why it works: Chocolate and vodka work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chocolate Martini Cocktail

1 cocktail

Prep5 min

Ingredients

1 1/2 fluid ounces chocolate liqueur
1 1/2 fluid ounces creme de cacao
1/2 fluid ounce vodka
2 1/2 fluid ounces half-and-half
1 cup ice

Directions

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Chocolate + vodkatop 25% of all pairs

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Cooked together70 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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