Greg,

Would you care to reveal your chocolate martini recipe? I'll add it as the 2003 analogue of 2002's pizza recipe.

Thane

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Sure, I had my first Chocolate Martini in Dunedin, New Zealand (South Island) in May 2002. I had challenged the bartender to make something I'd never had before, so I think it was a relatively new drink at the time. I've had several since then, but none compared to that original recipe:

Chocolate Martini

2 shots Vodka
1 shot Creme de Cacao (clear, not dark)
1/2 shot Butterscotch Schnapps

For best results, keep the Vodka in the freezer and make the drink as follows (you'll need a cocktail shaker):

1. put some ice in the glass to chill it (use a real martini glass if you can -- the stem allows you to hold the drink without warming it)

2. take the top off of the shaker, remove the cap (exposing the filter), turn it upside down and fill it with ice. put it on top of the shaker body, still upside down, so that it forms a funnel full of ice.

3. pour the ingredients over the ice. remove the top from the shaker when done.

4. dump the ice from the martini glass and pour in the mixed drink

5. enjoy!

If you have one of the cocktail shakers that goes on top of a pint glass and a separate filter, just (a) put the ice in the shaker, (b) pour in the ingredients, (c) attach the filter, (d) pour out the mixed drink. Don't shake or you'll get fragments of ice in the drink -- not a problem with a regular martini or a cosmopolitan, but I think it detracts from the chocolate martini.

-Greg