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Grasshopper Float Recipe

The Grasshopper is a classic cocktail made with creme de menthe and creme de cacao, but you've never seen it like this—poured over ice cream, topped with silver bee pollen.
Grasshopper Float Recipe

Servings: 1
Prep time: 5 minutes
Total time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

2 scoops ice cream ( I love "Bath Salts" from Ice and Vice in NYC's Chinatown, which is lavender- and pine-flavored)
¾ ounce|20 ml dark rum
½ ounce|15 ml creme de menthe
½ ounce|15 ml white cacao
1 teaspoon chlorophyll
bee pollen, for garnish
confectioner's silver dust, for garnish

Directions

  1. Scoop ice cream into a glass. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake rum, creme de cacao, creme de menthe, and chlorophyll separately. Pour over the ice cream.
  2. Garnish with silver-dusted bee pollen. Bee pollen is available at any health food store. Silver dust can be purchased at any cake supply shop.

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