What is crème de cacao?
Crème de cacao · French
Chocolate liqueur, clear (white) or brown, sweet and cocoa-flavored. It isn't creamy despite the name.
What it tastes like
Sweet cocoa and vanilla, sometimes a little bitter like dark chocolate in the better bottles.
Where you’ll see it
Dessert cocktails like the grasshopper, brandy Alexander and Twentieth Century, and after-dinner menus.
Related words
- coffee liqueur
- amaretto
- crème de violette