The Best Dessert Cocktails For Your Next Dinner Party To

When you are putting together a dinner party, it’s the details that really wow your guests. Obviously, you need amazing food and great conversation, but simple things like the drinks you serve can make a big difference too. 

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After you have eaten your main course, it’s time to serve dessert. You should consider making some special dessert cocktails to go with it. It’s a great way to top off an amazing evening and make it that bit more exciting.

How To Decide Which Cocktail Is Best

If you want to serve cocktails with the final course of your meal, you need to match the flavors. So, take a look at your dessert recipe and think about what the overriding flavors are. For example, if you are serving tiramisu, an espresso martini is the ideal cocktail. But if you are serving key lime pie, you’ll be better off with a margarita, which is heavily lime-based. Think about how heavy the dessert is too because if you have something quite rich, it might be best to balance it with a fairly small, light cocktail. 

Using these basic considerations, you should be able to find the perfect cocktail, but if you are stuck for ideas, here are some excellent recipes to try. 

The Best Dessert Cocktail Ideas

Irish Coffee

Irish coffee is such a popular after dinner drink and it even has its own national day. It’s not your typical cocktail, but it’s ideal for a dessert drink. People often have coffee with their dessert anyway, so why not spice things up with a bit of whiskey and some fresh whipped cream? It’s a great alternative for people that don’t have much of a sweet tooth so they don’t want a dessert or a sugary cocktail. 

Brandy Alexander 

The Brandy Alexander is one of the most iconic sweet cocktails out there. There’s a reason why it’s such a classic. It’s so simple to make and the basic recipe only contains brandy, creme de cacao, and cream, with a bit of nutmeg on the top. It has a nice creamy dessert quality to it but it’s not overly sweet, so you can still pair it with a rich dessert. 

Chocolate Martini

The Martini is probably one of the best known cocktails in the world. Adding a chocolate twist makes it perfect for a dinner party dessert drink. This recipe uses chocolate liqueur and baileys alongside vodka, but there are plenty of other ways you can mix it up. It can be quite rich, so it’s best paired with a simple dessert like a sorbet or a lemon posset. If you put this alongside a heavy chocolate dessert, it might be a bit too much. 

Grasshopper

The Grasshopper is another classic sweet cocktail recipe that is ideal for a dessert. This delicious mint chocolate cocktail is also low-proof, so if you’ve already had a few drinks and you don’t want anything too heavy, it’s perfect. 

These are all excellent choices for cocktails to serve with dessert at your next big dinner party. Just use your imagination and fly!!

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