Make The Creamiest Chocolate Milkshake Cocktail The Showstopper Of Your Next Party
A simple chocolate milkshake cocktail can become the showstopper at the next cocktail party you host if it is blended diligently enough to arrive at a velvety, luxurious texture. When made right, the drink presents a fine balance between sweet and spirit-forward flavours in such a way that the combination itself becomes a decadent dessert — the centrepiece of the party.
But making a chocolate milkshake of this sort requires just a bit of mixology tact. Along with bringing together good quality chocolate and cream, what is essential is adding the right kind of liqueur. While about 30 ml of good quality dark rum might be an excellent addition to cocktail milkshakes featuring dark chocolate for building on its depth, another luxurious inclusion can be 30 ml Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur or any other premium cream liqueur of choice which goes well with a slightly sweeter chocolate.
Here’s more on unravelling the secret to making such a creamy, luxurious dessert-style cocktail the absolute showstopper of your cocktail menu:
Use Premium Chocolate
The secret to a good quality chocolate milkshake is premium base ingredients. Start building this drink using high-quality cocoa or melted dark chocolate which will add just the right kind of decadence to the blend. Go for about 70 percent dark chocolate melted and cooled for blending or even about 30 ml of rich chocolate liqueur, which will add a certain depth to the milkshake. Try to avoid overtly sweet syrups or cocktail ingredients with a pronounced sweetness that would mask the chocolatey flavour of the blend.
Good Quality Cream
Another essential element, which forms the base of this milkshake cocktail is of course heavy cream. When you are building a dessert-style cocktail shake, go for a cup of heavy cream or half-and-half which will carry the dense and creamy quality that contributes to building a velvety texture in the cocktail. The right cream to chocolate ratio is also essential for crafting a balanced blend, so ensure that a whole cup of cream or milk is accompanied by at least 30 ml dark chocolate liqueur and one tablespoon of melted, good quality dark chocolate.
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Blend, Never Stir
The next secret to making an excellent chocolate milkshake cocktail is right blending. This cocktail is meant to be served with a light froth at the top and a velvety texture overall which comes from blending. The blending technique also ensures that all the different ingredients in the cocktail, including the cream and chocolate, integrate well with each other without any scope for creamy lumps or dried chocolate sticking on the sides of the glass. Use a high-speed blender to whip the ingredients with lots of ice into a silky, creamy, frothy and chilled mixture.
Balance Sweetness With Spirit
Many times, it may so happen that no matter how hard a mixologist tries, a chocolate milkshake can become sweeter than intended. This can be due to a sweeter chocolate or the addition of simple syrup. While a chocolate milkshake cocktail is a dessert-style blend, it nonetheless carries a bit of bittersweet depth owing to the presence of 30 ml chocolate liqueur or dark rum. Sweetness in a creamy chocolate milkshake can then be balanced out with the addition of a spirit whose slightly tart notes will round out the overall flavours in the blend.
Dramatic Garnishes
A decadent chocolate milkshake will be incomplete without similarly grand garnishes. Whipped cream with a cocoa powder dusting, chocolate shavings or curls, sprinkles or crushed cookies and a rim of crushed hazelnuts and cocoa powder are only among some of the options that can adorn the chocolate milkshake glasses. They will lend this cocktail a thoroughly dramatic flourish, especially when accompanied by decorative straws, mini umbrellas or edible gold flakes — a presentation that would definitely make the drink the centrepiece of a dinner party.
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