June 19: National Martini Day

Has anyone ever watched Scrubs? I loved that show, until it switched producers and the last few seasons were awful.

Anyways, I love JD. I thought of JD on this day because he loved apple martinis. Clearly a very manly drink ;)

I don't think I have ever had a martini before. So clearly I wanted a sweet and decadent one. A chocolate martini sounded good to me!

Note: If you go to the liquor store to buy chocolate alcohol, do not be persuaded to buy a cheap bottle of tequila just because the bottle was super cool. Not even if the bottle is gold with a skull design on it and it is labeled "limited edition collector's item." You don't need this bottle of cheap tequila.

Note 2: The above mentioned may or may not have happened to me.

JazzyJ's Chocolate Martini Recipe:

Ingredients:
- chocolate liquor (I used creme de cocoa because it was cheap)
- vodka (plain flavored, unless you want to be adventurous)
- half and half

Directions:
Mix 2 parts chocolate liquor with 1 part vodka and 1 part half and half.

Shake over ice and serve chilled. I decided to be extra fancy (because doesn't a chocolate martini just sound like a really fancy drink?). I dipped the top of my glass into the creme de cocoa and then dipped it in cocoa powder. 

Since this is a martini, you may want it shaken.

But what do you do if you don't have a martini shaker?

Well clearly you improvise and use a protein shake shaker!

It worked well for me.

As you may have noticed, this is actually a margarita glass, not a martini glass. I had to improvise. My dad had to drink his chocolate martini glass out of a wine glass. That's just the way we roll around here.

This may or may not be the alcohol I bought just for the bottle :D It's okay though, I know I'll put the tequila to good use. Can anyone say Hello Margaritas?