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Mounds Bar

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Mounds Bar

1 oz.     Bols Creme de Cacao (Dark)
1 oz.     Malibu coconut rum 

Place the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and serve in a shot glass. Enjoy !

It’s been a little while since we shared a shot where it’s supposed to taste like a delicious food. Today we believe we have a pretty good one for you. Previously, we shared a recipe for Liquid Snickers. It received a 5 on our scale of 5 and tasted awesome. Today we present to you the Mounds Bar.

Now in that December 30 recipe for Liquid Snickers, I said that I absolutely love a Snickers bar. More than Mounds or Kit Kat. And that is true. But don’t get me wrong; a Mounds Bar or an Almond Joy are pretty freakin’ good too ! And I’ve never been one to turn my back on a Watchamacallit either. Or even just a regular ol’ Hershey’s Bar. Or M&M’s.

But I digress.

With its tasty combination of chocolate and coconut, a Mounds Bar has always been a sweet snack or lunch dessert. And the simple ingredients in today’s recipe do a really admirable job of capturing this fine confection. All you need is Malibu coconut rum—which just about any self-respecting home bar should have on its shelf. And you need a good label of creme de cacao (the dark variety). While the posted recipe calls for Bols Creme de Cacao, you can also feel free to use the slightly more expensive Marie Brizard Creme de Cacao. Both will suffice just fine for this scrumptious shooter.

And as simple as this 1-2 punch is, the panel positively loved it. The coconut and chocolate meld together to taste like a melted (or liquid) Mounds candy bar. It is pretty sweet tasting without being overwhelming or too rich. It goes down very smooth, although I myself am not even sure you need to shake it over ice. It tastes wonderful chilled…..and I know many people keep candy bars in their refrigerator….but I think it would be just as delicious if it were served at room temp. Just as many people keep their candy bars in a cupboard and eat them “warm” —-for lack of a better term.

Either way, this shot was enjoyed by all. However, we feel we can only give it a 4 on our scale of 5. That mark is almost entirely based on the awesome taste. But you’d have to drink a number of these to light your fire. And while the two-ingredient combination is interesting and a touch creative, it is still only two ingredients. The Liquid Snickers employed four components. We simply felt that of the two, the Liquid Snickers deserved a slightly higher mark for its creativity and multiple ingredients. But we certainly wanted to reward the Mounds Bar fairly for being as good as it is.

So if you are having a little dinner party with friends who would enjoy a sweet dessert shot, make up a batch of each. Let them decide which one is better. It would generate some fun conversation and you’ll save money on getting a more expensive traditional dessert.

Cheers !!

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Tarheel Shot

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Tarheel Shot

1 oz.               Smirnoff Vanilla Twist vodka
1 oz.               Godiva white chocolate liqueur
1/2 oz.            Blue Curacao liqueur 

Shake the first two ingredients in a cocktail mixer with ice. Strain into a shot glass. Add the Blue Curacao slowly until the appropriate color blue (North Carolina Tarheel blue) is obtained.

Today’s shot was brought in by one of the women on our panel that I’ve always gotten along with pretty well. Besides the obvious common interest we share of enjoying the pleasure in throwing down shots, she is a graduate of the University of North Carolina.

I’ve always been a huge Tarheels basketball fan since I was an adolescent. And I didn’t just hop on in 1983 when Michael Jordan was there. I had already been a fan a few years earlier when the likes of James Worthy and Sam Perkins hit the scene. And to me, Dean Smith is the best college coach ever. Of course, Jordan enhanced the program even more. But the stars just never stopped coming….Brad Daugherty, J.R. Reid, Rasheed Wallace, Jerry Stackhouse, Vince Carter, and most recently Tyler Hansbrough.

It never ends out there in Chapel Hill. They just keep winning.

Except this year, the Heels are only 14-11. Katie (the girl on our taste test panel) and I have been suffering. But when one is suffering, there’s always downing a few shots to drown your sorrows. So today Katie brought in her recipe for the Tarheel shot. And after a few groans from some of the other panel members who have grown tired of our North Carolina banter, the mood swung around when she gave us the ingredients.

The shot is a nice combination of vanilla vodka and a high quality white chocolate liqueur that we have used previously—-Godiva. Actually, we have used Godiva’s chocolate liqueur in the past. Their white chocolate liqueur is outstanding as well. It is exceptionally rich, silky smooth, creamy, and delicious.

The blue curacao is chiefly used to shade the shot into a light blue color that is the trademark of North Carolina sports teams. If you are a fan, the motto is that you “bleed blue”.

Which Katie and I do.

The shot itself was delicious and we may have even earned a few converts to the Tarheels. The vanilla vodka meshed beautifully with the white chocolate liqueur to make a creamy concoction that tasted like a little piece of white chocolate candy bar that you let dissolve on your tongue. However, it wasn’t so thick that it tasted like melted ice cream or anything. The thinness of the vodka prevents that from happening.

You have to carefully add the blue curacao so as not to make the drink too blue. It isn’t supposed to be a dark shade; it is closer to “sky blue”. Maybe just a tiny little bit more blue than that….but not much. So this is why you should add that last ingredient after you have poured the vodka and white chocolate liqueur into the shot glass.

ShareMyShot gives this first team All American, NCAA champion of shots a 4 on a scale of 5. The creativity and unique appearance of the shot were there. The taste was awesome. The only thing missing from a perfect score was the power behind the shot. It would likely take several of these to ring your bell. But I could see myself doing several when the Tarheels win their next NCAA Tournament crown.

Perhaps the greatest part of today’s taste session was watching another panel member reluctantly acknowledge how good this shooter was.

He graduated from Duke University. And if you know anything about college basketball rivalries, you know how painful and difficult that was for him.

Cheers !!

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Coup de Gras

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Coup de Gras (or Coup de Grace)

1 oz.           Skyy vodka
1 oz.           White Godiva chocolate cream liqueur
1 oz.           Dr McGillicuddy’s peppermint schnapps 

Pour all three ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and give it a few gentle shakes. Just enough to create the slightest froth. Pour it in the shot glass. Enjoy !

The exact translation of the term coup de grace is ” blow of mercy “. It specifically means delivering a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded animal or creature. However the phrase can extend to include friends or enemies (as in battle)—given with or without their permission. In more everyday language, it is often used figuratively to describe the last of a series of events; to bring about the end of something. Some cooks refer to adding the final ingredient of a delicious dish as the coup de grace. Or a waiter may use the phrase in reciting a meal of many courses. But the real definition is to carry out the blow of mercy to put something or someone out of their misery.

Pretty serious shit, huh?

So when we heard about this recipe and the origin of the phrase from research and development, a couple of taste team members squirmed in their seats a little bit. Then we were told the ingredients.

Reluctance and fear soon turned to anticipation and thirst. This Coup de Grace sounded pretty damn good !

The combination of chocolate liqueur and peppermint schnapps conjured up visions of a spoonful of chocolate mint ice cream or a candy bar. And the vodka didn’t sound intimidating; it sounded like the power punch complementing the dessert imagery.

Before we get to the taste and the grade this shooter earned, let’s quickly address the ingredients. There is only one deviation we will approve of when it comes to both the chocolate liqueur and the peppermint schnapps. You want the chocolate liqueur to be creamy and top shelf. White Godiva is an outstanding brand and you should try and stick with that label. However, we have used Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream liqueur in prior recipes and that is also a terrific brand. So if you have Vermeer behind your bar already and don’t want to buy a special bottle of White Godiva, then we approve of it as a suitable substitute. But if you have neither and need to buy one or the other, then purchase the White Godiva per the recipe.

And when it comes to the peppermint schnapps, the only substitute for Dr McGillicuddy’s that earns our approval is Rumple Minze. You want the peppermint schnapps to be powerful in both its taste and its kick. Don’t go with a cheap peppermint schnapps on this one.

Finally, you can use any really good vodka that you like. Go with Skyy, Absolut, Ketel One, Thor’s Hammer, or Grey Goose. Any of those labels will suffice here.

The shot was magnificent. The taste team loved it and had 5 rounds before we pushed ourselves away from the table. The combination of a strong peppermint schnapps and the chocolate cream liqueur was as good as anticipated. The vodka and the schnapps combined to pack enough of a wallop to give us a slight buzz after the fifth round. Which is why we called it quits there. We’re a taste test team doing scientific research….not trying to get shit faced.

ShareMyShot gives this mercyful shooter a 5 on a scale of 5. It had a chilled creaminess that almost resembled a York Peppermint Patty. It combined a few delicous ingredients and could qualify as a dessert shot. But it still had enough of a kick to earn our highest mark.

If this is a “mercy blow” designed to put me out of my misery, well then thank you sir…..may I have another?

Cheers !!

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