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If you looking for ways to celebrate World Chocolate Day on July 7th. Below you will find four excellent ways to mark the date:

• Two recipes to make chocolate cocktails at home
• A truffle and cocktail experience to visit (or enjoy at home)
• A gift for whisky and chocolate lovers

A Cocktail & Truffle Experience in Peckham (or UK delivery)

Melange Chocolate Shop & Café in Peckham are working with Virginia based Catoctin Creek Distilling Company to create a unique rye whisky and chocolate experience. The Creek Cocktail and The Creek Truffles, made with the eclectic combination of whisky, chocolate, mint and cumin are available at the newly opened The Melange bar in Peckham or via UK-wide delivery (truffles only).
Price: The Creek Cocktail is priced at £8.50 and The Creek Truffles is priced at £10.50 for a presentation box of nine.
Link: www.themelange.com/chocolate-treats

A Gift for Chocolate and Whisky Lovers

Following a blind tasting the British Bourbon Society selected Single Estate, Finca Garyth, Ecuador, 70% Dark Chocolate from Suffolk-based bean to bar chocolatier Tosier to pair perfectly with Sagamore Double Oak Rye. To celebrate World Chocolate Day each purchase of Sagamore Double Oak Rye will come with a free bar of chocolate which perfectly compliments the whisky.
Price: £71
Link: www.nativespiritsonline.com/collections/sagamore-rye

Chocolate Cocktails

Dark & Pear

Ingredients
40 ml June Royal Pear & Cardamom
20 ml Vodka
5 ml Lime Juice
20 ml Egg White
Chocolate
Method
Add ice and all the ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously, strain into a frozen coupette glass and grate chocolate (or use powder) on half the surface.
Price for June Royal Pear & Cardamom: £25
Link: www.booths.co.uk

Ingredients
40 ml La Quintinye Vermouth Royal Rouge
40 ml Chairman’s Forgotten Casks Rum
5 ml Fernet Branca
5 ml Pedro Ximenez
2 Dashes of Chocolate Bitters
Method
Pour in a mixing glass filled with ice and stir. Serve in a tumbler glass with an ice and garnish with grapefruit
Price for La Quintinye Vermouth Royal Rouge: £21.45
Link: www.thewhiskyexchange.com