Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini

This post happens to be on Valentine's Day. February is also synonymous with cherries thanks to a president who couldn't tell a lie about chopping down the cherry tree.  In a recent quarterly trip to the ABC store I was overwhelmed with the sheer volume of flavored vodkas.  In a weak moment I purchased one named 'S'mores' and it was a huge mistake. It did not taste like S'mores; it tasted like alcohol. 

My quest for the chocolate covered cherry martini was born from a friend's Facebook post and a picture of what she called a "Marilyn Monroe." She said it had chocolate and cherry. Of course I Googled! But the Marilyn Monroe drinks in my search did not have chocolate or cherry. It lead to a search of drinks with chocolate and cherry. BINGO! The recipe I found was for a shooter, but it seemed pretty easy to turn a shooter into a martini. And, there is no strange flavored vodka. Then again, there is no cherry except for the garnish. Four simple ingredients and you have a martini with the taste of a chocolate covered cherry. No kidding!

Chocolate covered cherry martini

Serves 2 (or not)

2 shots Amaretto

1 teaspoon Grenadine syrup

2 teaspoons chocolate syrup

2 teaspoons heavy cream

Fill martini shaker with ice. Add all ingredients. Shake and strain into 2 small martini glasses. Add a maraschino cherry for garnish .

Cheers!