Chocolate Martini Recipe | Easy Healthy Recipes

What Makes This Chocolate Martini a Staple Cocktail

This recipe is a classic—the kind of cocktail you’ll make all the time! Here’s what makes it so good.

• Only 3 ingredients. So once you have those ingredients on hand, you can shake up a chocolate martini whenever the craving strikes!
• Easy yet impressive. Even though this martini takes just a few minutes to put together, once you pour it into a martini glass with a chocolate drizzle and add some chocolate shavings on top, it looks (and tastes!) like it came from a high-end bar.
• Customizable. Use this chocolate martini recipe as a base for all different kinds of variations. I share some ideas later in this post!

What You’ll Need

Here’s what you’ll need to make a chocolate martini at home. Scroll down to the recipe card to find the ingredient quantities and recipe instructions.

• Vodka – Don’t use the cheapest bottle on the shelf, but no need for the most expensive either.
• Chocolate liqueur – I used Borgata, but Bailey’s makes a chocolate liqueur, as does Godiva.
• Baileys – Just like when you’re baking a chocolate cake and add a little coffee to enhance the chocolate flavor, Baileys does the same thing in this chocolate martini.
• Optional garnishes – Chocolate sauce to drizzle in the martini glass and chocolate shavings to sprinkle on top.

How to Make a Chocolate Martini

You’re just a few minutes away from a creamy, dreamy chocolate martini! Here’s what you’ll need to do.

Chocolate Martini Variations

Come up with your own spins on this martini recipe or use these ideas for inspiration!

• Peppermint. If you love a Peppermint Espresso Martini, try swapping the plain vodka for peppermint vodka. Rim the martini glass with chocolate syrup and crushed candy canes.
• Mexican chocolate. Shake your martini with a pinch of cinnamon and a tiny pinch of cayenne.
• Black Forest. Use cherry vodka and garnish with a maraschino cherry.
• Chocolate caramel. Swirl caramel sauce in the martini glass and use caramel vodka.
• S’mores. Use marshmallow vodka and rim the martini glass with chocolate sauce and graham cracker crumbs. Garnish with marshmallows on a pick. (Bonus points if you toast the marshmallows first!)

Serving Suggestions

A chocolate martini is the kind of cocktail you enjoy on its own or with dessert. (I suppose you could have it with a plate of spaghetti or salmon, but I wouldn’t recommend it!) Naturally, it pairs well with chocolate desserts—I love serving it with a dessert board or small-bite treats like Fudgy Peppermint Brownies and Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies.