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May 27, 2022 | Laura
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This cocktail is a Snickers candy bar in liquid form! It's filled with delicious caramel vodka, creme de cacao, and peanut butter whiskey. The cocktail glass rim is coated in chocolate and crushed peanuts while the glass is given a caramel drizzle for the ultimate candy bar cocktail!
A Snickers candy bar in a martini glass!
Snickers is one of my favorite candy bars. The combination of delicious nougat, chocolate, peanuts, and caramel is a combination you can never go wrong with. So that's exactly why the Snickers candy bar was my inspiration for my next decadent cocktail recipe!
This Snickers cocktail is the perfect cocktail for all you chocolate and candy fans with a sweet tooth that are looking for a fancy drink to kick off the weekend or relax after a stressful day at work. Let's get into the recipe!
Snickers Cocktail Recipe: Ingredients
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✽ Caramel Vodka: I'm so happy to have discovered caramel vodka. It's so good! It's a wonderful flavored vodka to have on-hand especially during the fall and holiday season. It adds so much more flavor than regular vodka.
Some great caramel flavor vodka brands are Smirnoff Kissed Caramel Vodka, Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka, and Veil Caramel Vodka. Salted caramel vodka would be really good in this cocktail too for a hint of sea salt flavor!
✽ Creme de Cacao: To bring in the milk chocolate flavor of a Snickers, creme de cacao is added. This will make the cocktail both chocolately and creamy.
✽ Peanut Butter Whiskey: Peanut butter whiskey is my new favorite thing. It adds the peanut flavor to this cocktail and makes it taste so yummy. Some of my favorite brands are Skatterbrain Peanut Butter Whiskey, Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey, Shepherd's P'Nutty Peanut Butter Whiskey, and Sheep Dog Peanut Butter Whiskey.
✽ Caramel Sauce or Syrup: Adding a caramel drizzle to the inside of the cocktail glass adds a delicious buttery caramelized sugar flavor to it. You can buy pre-made caramel sauce or you can whip up your own.
✽ Chocolate Sauce or Syrup: Putting chocolate sauce/syrup on the cocktail glass rim makes this cocktail all the more chocolately. Yes, please!
✽ Crushed Peanuts: The crushed peanuts will stick perfectly to the chocolate syrup rim giving this cocktail all the Snickers candy bar vibes.
How to Make Snickers Cocktails
➊ On a small saucer, add a small amount of chocolate sauce or syrup. Dip the rim of a martini cocktail glass into the chocolate to coat the entire rim of the glass.
➋ Dip the chocolate rim of the glass into a small pile of crushed peanuts so the peanuts stick to the chocolate.
➌ Drizzle caramel syrup or sauce inside the martini glass so it sticks to the sides of the glass.
➍ In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 ounce caramel vodka, 1 ounce creme de cacao, and 1 ounce peanut butter whiskey with a couple ice cubes. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds.
➎ Strain cocktail into prepared cocktail glass. Cheers!
Snickers Cocktail: Questions
✽ How do I make this cocktail into a Snickers shot?
Turning this cocktail into a shot really easy. Just decrease the amounts to 1/2 ounce caramel vodka, 1/2 ounce creme de cacao, and 1/2 ounce peanut butter whiskey. After shaking in a cocktail shaker with a couple cubes of ice, strain into a shot glass. You can add the chocolate syrup, caramel sauce, and crushed peanuts or you can omit them. Enjoy!
✽ What is a Snickers?
Snickers is a candy bar made by Mars, Inc. It consists of nougat, caramel, peanuts, and covered in milk chocolate.
According to the Snickers Wiki page, Mars came out with Snickers in 1930 named after the family's favorite horse.
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Snickers Cocktail
By Laura | Laura The Gastronaut
Prep Time: 5 minutes | Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 1 cocktail
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This cocktail is a Snickers candy bar in liquid form! It's filled with delicious caramel vodka, creme de cacao, and peanut butter whiskey. The cocktail glass rim is coated in chocolate and crushed peanuts while the glass is given a caramel drizzle for the ultimate candy bar cocktail!
*Some of these ingredient links may be affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.*
Ingredients
• Caramel Sauce/ Syrup, for drizzle
• Chocolate Sauce/ Syrup, for rim
• Crushed peanuts, for rim
• 1 ounce caramel vodka
• 1 ounce peanut butter whiskey
• 1 ounce creme de cacao
Instructions
➊ On a small saucer, add a small amount of chocolate sauce. Dip the rim of a martini cocktail glass into the chocolate so the rim is coated. Dip the chocolate-covered rim into a small pile of crushed peanuts so the peanuts stick to the chocolate. Drizzle caramel sauce inside the martini glass.
➋ In a cocktail shaker, combine caramel vodka, peanut butter whiskey, and creme de cacao with a couple ice cubes. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain cocktail into the prepared glass. Cheers!
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Category: Cocktails Cuisine: American
Keywords:caramel vodka drink, caramel vodka cocktail, chocolate liqueur cocktail, peanut butter whiskey
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May 27, 2022 by Laura Ehlers
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