Creamy Cocktails

363 recipes. Dessert in a glass, and the ones that are better than they sound.

A cream cocktail is a dessert and there is no point pretending otherwise. The good ones know it: a Brandy Alexander is cognac, crème de cacao and cream, and it is closer to a milkshake than to a Martini.

Two rules make them work. Shake hard, because cream needs aeration to stop being heavy, and keep the drink short. A long creamy drink goes from rich to cloying somewhere around the third mouthful.

Half and half or whole milk lightens any of these considerably and is usually an improvement if you are making more than one.

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