The Simple Chocolate Trick to Liven Up Your Landslide-Related Drinks

When you want a cozy, creamy treat on a chilly evening, a mudslide is the perfect sip. And if you don’t have a favorite recipe, don’t worry. Our decadent mudslide cocktail recipe, developed by Mashed recipe developer Jaime Shelbert, checks all the boxes. It contains a blend of Bailey’s Irish cream, coffee liqueur and vodka plus heavy cream or half-and-half to add a little extra volume (without adding alcohol). And of course, it has chocolate syrup to sweeten it all up.

Take your mudslide to the next level! Don’t just throw the ingredients in a glass and call it a day. Instead, create a drink you’d be happy to enjoy at a luxury cocktail bar by taking a few extra minutes to improve the presentation. Our simple but crowd-pleasing tip is to take the same chocolate syrup you use to add flavor and sweetness to your drink and top your glass with it. Spread a thin layer on a plate, dip the rim of your glass in the syrup until well coated, then pour in your chilled drink and shaker and decorate it however you like. If you’re a true chocolate lover, you can even top it with chocolate whipped cream and an extra drizzle of chocolate syrup. Not only is this tip simple, but it also requires no additional ingredients, so there’s no excuse not to try.

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A first-rate mudslide

One of the things that will make the biggest difference is the type of syrup you use. You’ll want to select a variety that has a good consistency – not so thick that it ends up in unappealing chocolate balls and not so thin that it immediately runs down the side of your glass. Since it’s the first thing you’ll taste when you take a sip of your mudslide, it should also be a syrup that you enjoy the flavor of. The chocolate flavor is diluted in the drink itself since it’s paired with a variety of spirits, but it comes through in full force around the rim.

For additional enhancements, find something with a thin consistency that you can press into the chocolate for added visual appeal and flavor. Consider pressing some cookie crumbs into the chocolate on the edge, or for a minty touch, add crushed candy canes. Finally, you can also incorporate some frosty elements. One option is to turn your mudslide into a float by adding vanilla or coffee ice cream, as suggested by recipe developer Jaime Shelbert. For a different consistency, “you can mix it with ice to make a frozen dessert cocktail,” Shelbert recommends. If whipping up a batch of mudslides inspires you to try a few similar drinks (like iced mocha and café amore), we’ve ranked several coffee cocktails that will get you going.

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