Creme Martini

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup milk chocolate
  • 3 Tbsp. condensed milk 
  • Yellow and red food dye 
  • 3/4 cup half-and-half
  • 2 1/2 oz. crème de cacao
  • 1 1/2 oz. vodka or gin 

Method

  1. On a small, shallow, heatproof plate, microwave chocolate in 10-second increments, stirring between each, until melted and smooth, about 30 minutes total. Dip rims of martini or coupe glasses into chocolate.
  2. In a small bowl, combine condensed milk with a drop of yellow food dye and a very tiny amount of red dye. The color should be a similar orange color to the inside of the Cadbury egg. Pour mixture into bottom of prepared glasses to resemble an egg yolk.
  3. In a cocktail shaker, combine half-and-half, crème de cacao, and vodka. Fill shaker with ice. Vigorously shake until outside of shaker is very frosty, about 20 seconds. Strain cocktail into prepared glasses. Top off with seltzer.
  4. Gently slice a small slit in the back of each egg half and arrange on rim of glasses, using some melted chocolate or a skewer to help adhere, if needed.