Mudslides in the Vitamix

Tonight I made Mudslides in the Vitamix. It's the first frozen cocktail I have tried in there, and it's delicious! The Vitamix blends frozen cocktails perfectly, and I look forward to making many more in this machine. 

Fill Vitamix with ice (if you only want half a blender, fill half way)
Then pour alcohol to the top of the ice in the following ratios:
1 part vodka (I like 42 Below, Opulent, or Grey Goose)
2 parts Kahlua
2 parts Bailey's Irish Cream

Select Variable 1.
Turn machine on and quickly increase to Variable 10, then to High. 
Blend 30-45 seconds, or until smooth, but still frozen. 

Rob's Mai Tai Recipe

Rob mixing a Mai Tai New Year's Eve 2008

Many people ask me for Rob's Mai Tai recipe. Here it is:

Mai Tai Recipe

2 parts rum (Meyer's Legend)

1 1/4 parts mix
1 1/2 - 2 parts lime juice

Pour the ingredients into a glass in the order listed above. 

Mix
2 parts Orange Curacao (Marie Brizard is the best!)
2 parts Orgeat Syrup
1 part simple syrup

Simple Syrup
2 parts Sugar in the Raw
1 part water
boil until sugar dissolves

Chocolate Martini

My favorite cocktail in the world is a crystal clear chocolate martini. I first tried one over at Holokai Grill in Waikiki. That restaurant closed back in 2008. We asked the waitress what was in the drink, and she told us it had equal parts of Three Olives Chocolate Vodka and Stoli Vanil. We had friends and relatives visiting at the time, and we all ran out to the liquor store to get the ingredients to enjoy a night of chocolate martinis for everyone.

That was the night I decided I didn't like Stoli Vanil or Stoli Vodka in general. The martinis we made at home were horrible, probably because Stoli Vanil is horrible. We went back to the liquor store and bought every kind of chocolate liquor we could get our hands on. We mixed, tasted, and mixed again. It was an arduous task. We finally created what I think is the perfect chocolate martini. It's crystal clear, and it's the perfect cocktail and dessert all in one.

Ingredients

Three Olives Chocolate Vodka

Dekuyper Crème de Cocoa (the clear one)

Pour equal parts in a shaker with lots of ice. Shake. Pour into a martini glass.

Optional 

Garnish with fresh or frozen raspberries or cherries. 

Garnish with fancy chocolates, if you can find them. Be careful with this though. Some make the drink cloudy, and some just look kinda gross sitting there on the bottom. The best ones have white and milk/dark chocolate. For example, Hershey Hugs work alright. Hershey Kisses just don't look right.

VARIATIONS

Chocolate Peppermint Martini

Same as above

Add ¼ part Dekuyper Peppermint Schnapps

Optional: garnish with a tiny candy cane

Chocolate Cherry Martini

Same as above

Add ¼ part Three Olives Cherry Vodka

Optional: garnish with a maraschino cherry