Showing posts with label Cacao Nibs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cacao Nibs. Show all posts

Monday, October 8, 2012

Homemade Chocolate Cream Liqueur

This recipe is just a variation on my Chocolate Liqueur.  Please go to that post for the base recipe.

Ingredients:
Instructions:
  1. Warm up the chocolate liqueur in a sauce pan over low heat.
  2. Stir in the creamer.
  3. Bottle and enjoy.
Notes:
If you make a batch of chocolate liqueur, you can turn any portion of it into chocolate cream liqueur.  Use 1/4 cup of non-dairy creamer per 250 ml of chocolate liqueur.

Homemade Chocolate Liqueur



This recipe turned out really well.  It is also the basis for my Chocolate Cream Liqueur.

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Everclear
  • 1 cup Vodka
  • 1 cup Cacao Nibs
  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 2 cups water
Instructions:
Step 1:
  1. Combine the vodka, everclear, and cacoa nibs in a glass jar.
  2. Allow to infuse for 1 week.
Step 2:
  1. Combine the sugar and water in a sauce pan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Allow to cool.
  3. Add to the cooled sugar water to the infusion.
  4. Allow to rest for 1 week.
Step 3:
  1. Strain and filter the infusion.
  2. Bottle and enjoy.

Homemade Chocolate Covered Cherry Liqueur



This experiment turned out perfectly!

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Everclear
  • 1 cup Vodka
  • 2/3 cup Cacao Nibs
  • 1 jar drained Marachino Cherries
  • 1 Vanilla Bean
  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 2 cups water
Instructions:
Step 1:
  1. Cut the vanilla bean in half and split down the middle.
  2. Combine the vodka, everclear, vanilla bean, cacoa nibs, and strained cherries in a glass jar.
  3. Allow to infuse for 1 week.
Step 2:
  1. Combine the sugar and water in a sauce pan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Allow to cool.
  3. Add to the cooled sugar water to the infusion.
  4. Allow to rest for 1 week.
Step 3:
  1. Strain and filter the infusion.
  2. Bottle and enjoy.