This Elegant Tropical Cocktail Is What You Should Be Sipping

By Sarah Lipoff

Updated on 1/19/2016 at 12:03 PM

So much more than a sticky-sweet tropical drink, this combination of vodka, chocolate, and almond-flavored syrup shake together into a cocktail that's hard to resist. Giving orange slices a quick brûlée finishes the drink with a caramel edge. Serve on the rocks or straight up for a pretty drink that's also wonderful made as a punch at your next party. You can also make your own chocolate sauce, which really adds to the drink.

Sweet Orange Lotus Cocktail

Cook Time5 minutes
Yield1 cocktail

From Sarah Lipoff, POPSUGAR Food

INGREDIENTS

    • 2 ounces vodka
    • 1/2 ounce almond syrup
    • 1/4 of a lemon
    • 12 drops orange-flavored water
    • 6 drops bitters
    • 1/4 teaspoon chocolate sauce
    • 1 orange slice
    • 1/4 teaspoon superfine sugar

    INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Add the vodka, almond syrup, juice from the lemon, orange-flavored water, bitters, and chocolate sauce in a shaker filled with ice. Shake, and then strain over a tumbler filled with ice, or serve straight up in a martini glass.

    2. Cut the orange slice in half and place on a piece of aluminum foil. Sprinkle one half with the superfine sugar and brûlée with a hand torch until the sugar has caramelized. Use as garnish for the drink, and serve.