MILLIONAIRE MARTINI for BE A MILLIONARE DAY!

If you're going to be a millionaire you need a cocktail to fit your new station in life, right?  Well, there's nothing more fitting than a martini made with real gold and topped off with some pricey Champagne!

My Millionaire Martini is a cinnamon apple martini that screams "nouveau riche" - perfect for your financial ambitions and those "Champagne and Caviar Dreams" you've been harboring.

The

MILLIONAIRE

MARTINI

INGREDIENTS

1 Oz. Apple Schnapps

1/2 Oz. Goldschlager

3 Oz. Dom Perignon Champagne

Garnish

Cinnamon, Sugar & Gold Leaf Sprinkles Rim,

Apple Slice

Edible Gold Leaf Sprinkles

DIRECTIONS

Rim a Champagne flute with apple juice and the cinnamon, sugar and gold leaf rim.

Chill glass in freezer.

Shake the apple schnapps and Goldschlager with ice to chill.

Strain into the chilled Champagne flute.

Top off with the Champagne.

Garnish with an apple slice and extra gold leaf sprinkles.

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You can purchase the Edible Gold Flakes here on Amazon and here's a larger jar of Edible Gold Flakes as well.

Updated 5-2021

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It's National Devil's Food Cake Day

The DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE MARTINI   INGREDIENTS: 1-1/2 Oz. Chocolate Liqueur 1/2 Oz. Cake Vodka 1 Oz. Chocolate Port 3 Drops Fee Brother's Aztec Chocolate Bitters
Garnish:  1 Tbsp. Dark Cocoa Powder mixed with 1 Tablespoon Sugar, Cocktail Cherry
Tools:  Two Small Plates, Cocktail Shaker
Glass: Cocktail (Nick & Nora)
DIRECTIONS: Mix the cocoa powder with the sugar on one of the small plates. Add a splash of chocolate liqueur to the other small plate. Dip your glass rim in the chocolate liqueur then the cocoa mixture. Chill the glass in the freezer. Add the ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into the chilled glass, garnish and serve.

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If you're not into brimstone, try my other Chocolate Martinis or my other Cake Martinis.
National Devil's Food Cake Day is May19th.

Updated 2026

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Celebrate National Egg Month with these Egg Martinis!

MAY is NATIONAL EGG MONTH
so why not celebrate at Happy Hour with an egg in your cocktail? An egg can add a wonderful body to a cocktail  as well as act as a binder, and it puts a lovely froth on top as well.  Some great classic cocktails employ the use of eggs and with the use of pasteurized eggs many of these cocktails are making a comeback:

EGG COCKTAILS


Most drinks using eggs are within the Flips or Fizzes categories with the Fizzes having sub categories depending on what part of the egg is used, i.e. Silver Fizzes use only egg whites, Golden Fizzes use only egg yolks and Royal Fizzes use the whole egg!

There is a big debate about whether or not raw eggs are dangerous to use in cocktails.  The big salmonella scare a few years back almost killed off egg use in bars but most experts will tell you that the the risk of becoming ill from a FRESH egg is not the danger it's cracked up to be. If you still worry then the use of pasteurized eggs is your answer and they are readily available in most grocery stores in the egg aisle - just look for something that resembles a small milk carton:

Mixing in your egg can be a bit more trouble - you have to shake, shake, shake until you can't shake any more and it's always wise to start with a slow shake at the beginning to start the emulsification process so you don't end up with a shaker full of froth - but the results are well worth the effort.  Besides, you can always use a blender, just start with a few slow pulses then bring up the speed to medium.  For a more expert and detailed instructions on how to use eggs in your cocktails, here's a great article on How to Use Eggs in Cocktails over at DrinkDogma.com

So get down and get eggy with yo bad self to celebrate National Egg Month!

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Bubble Gum Martinis - Opus One and Opus Two

 

TODAY'S FEATURED MARTINIS

Holy Bazooka, Batman - it's a Double Bubble of  Bubble Gum Martinis!

 

BUBBLE GUM COCKTAILS

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Updated 2-2017

It's National Chocolate Chip Day!

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CHOCOLATE CHIP

COOKIE

MARTINI

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The MISSISSIPPI MUD PIE MARTINI Cocktail

A friend came for dinner, brought over a pint of coffee ice cream for dessert and left the remainder in my freezer.  I'm not a big coffee ice cream fan BUT I am a fan of iced coffee drinks, especially in the summer.  Of course, you know where I'm going with this, booze was going in that coffee ice cream drink.

By the time I finished I had what was basically a Mississippi Mud Pie in my glass; Oreo cookies, coffee ice cream and a nice little punch from Kahlua, coffee and chocolate vodkas and Bailey's Irish Cream. It was just like drinking one of those classic seventies restaurant desserts.

The

MISSISSIPPI MUD PIE

MARTINI

INGREDIENTS
1 Oz. Kahlua
1/2 Oz. Coffee Vodka
1/2 Oz. Chocolate Vodka
1/2 Oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
1 Oz. Half & Half
3 Oreo Cookies
Scoop of Coffee Ice Cream

Garnish: Cocktail Cherries

Tools: Blender

DIRECTIONS
Rim your glass if you choose to, then chill the glass in the freezer.
Add the ingredients to your blender and pulse until smooth and creamy.
Pour into your chilled glass, add a few extra Oreo cookie crumbles on top and serve.

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WHY IS IT CALLED MISSISSIPPI MUD PIE?

Because the very dense cake base resembled the mud from the banks of the Mississippi River.

This is me getting ready to enjoy mine:

Updated 8-2021

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Check back tomorrow for the recipe - boy, are you gonna be a happy caffeinated camper!


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