Cocktails with Brown crème de cacao
Brown crème de cacao is a sweet, dark-brown chocolate liqueur made from cocoa beans, the richer-colored counterpart to the white version.
ABV20–25%
Substitutes for Brown crème de cacao
Another brown crème de cacao
Swaps straight in, though sugar varies by brand from about 350 to 500 g per liter, so taste first.
Works in the same amount. It is the same cocoa without the color, making the drink paler.
Weaker and less sweet: Mozart is 17% with about 200 g of sugar per liter. It gives a creamier drink, but keep it out of citrus drinks where the cream can curdle.
On the label
- “crème de”
- Nothing to do with cream. EU rules set a minimum of 250 grams of sugar per liter for anything sold as crème de. That sugar, not dairy, gives the syrupy weight.
- white vs brown
