Chocolate Bitters Recipe

Homemade chocolate bitters provide a spiced cocoa snap for cocktails and other beverages.

Category Tags:

Ingredient

Cuisine Tags:

American

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Instructions

  1. Combine whiskey, cacao nibs, split vanilla bean, cinnamon stick, gentian root, wild cherry bark, cardamom pods, and wormwood (if using) in a quart-sized jar.

  2. Seal and shake the mixture, then infuse for two weeks in a cool, dark place, shaking daily.

  3. Strain out the botanicals through a cheesecloth-lined fine-mesh strainer.

  4. Stir in the citric acid until it dissolves completely.

  5. Bottle the finished bitters in small, tightly sealed jars and store at room temperature.