crème de cacao

There's little doubt that chocolate is just about everyone's favorite flavor, and crème de cacao is aimed straight at chocolate lovers. Its flavor comes primarily from the cocoa bean, usually some vanilla added. You’ll see it coming in both clear and dark brown. Unlike the artificially colored curaçao, there are slight differences in the manufacturing of clear, which has a slightly lighter flavor, and dark crème de cacao. The difference isn’t terribly noticeable, however, so the clear is usually recommended when you make cocktails. Using the dark will turn every cocktail a muddy brown.

The following recipes on this site use crème de cacao:

Alexander

brandy, heavy cream, crème de cacao,

Coffee Nudge

brandy, coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, coffee,

Commodore

bourbon whiskey, crème de cacao, lemon juice, grenadine,

Floridita

rum, lime juice, sweet vermouth, crème de cacao, grenadine,

Frostbite

tequila, crème de cacao, heavy cream,

Grasshopper

crème de menthe, crème de cacao, heavy cream,

Twentieth Century Cocktail

gin, Lillet blanc, lemon juice, crème de cacao,

Twenty-First Century Cocktail

tequila, crème de cacao, lemon juice, absinthe,