Recipe: The after eight cocktail right out of your dreams

Did you after eight curb all your chocolate cravings growing up? Well, now say hello to the adult version of your childhood favourite!

The perfect blend of chocolate and mint, combined with whisky and Irish cream liqueur is just what the weekend ordered.

Ballantine's After Eight

Ingredients
Ballantine's 12-year-old: 50 ml
White mint liqueur
Irish cream liqueur: 12.5 ml
Crème de cacao: 12.5 ml
Grated chocolate
Ice



Method
- Pour 50 ml of Ballantine's 12-year-old into a mixing glass.
- Add 12.5 ml crème de cacao, 12.5ml of Irish cream liqueur, one bar spoon of white mint liqueur and add ice.
- Shake and strain into a port wine or small coupette glass.
- Garnish with grated chocolate.

* Recipe courtesy Ballantine’s