Creamy Cocktails
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Creamy cocktails put body before brightness. Cream, milk or egg do the structural work, and the rest of the drink builds around their weight. The White Russian is the cleanest example: vodka, Kahlúa, cream, served on big ice in a short glass, the cream slowly settling through the coffee liqueur as the drink sits.
The Alexander goes older and richer, with gin, crème de cacao and cream stirred or shaken short — a drink that reads almost as a dessert in its own right. The Mudslide takes the same logic and pushes harder, the Grasshopper does it with mint and chocolate, and the Brandy Alexander swaps the gin slot for cognac to add weight in a different direction. Beyond the dessert end, the Ramos Fizz and Brandy Milk Punch bring cream into longer formats with citrus and soda doing the lift work.
What ties this list together is technique. A creamy cocktail wants to be shaken longer and harder than most — both to chill it properly and to incorporate the cream into the liquid rather than letting it sit as a top layer. Most of these don't keep well, so build them just before serving.
Most reward proper double cream rather than the lighter pouring variety. Most serve happily at the end of dinner rather than the start, and most are better in smaller pours than larger.
Our top Creamy cocktail
Alexander
Gin, Crème de cacao, Cream
More top Creamy cocktails
White Russian
Vodka, Liqueur de café, Cream
Tiger’s Milk
Cognac, Sucre / sirop simple, Milk, Cannelle, Essence de vanille, Cream, Œuf
Death Flip
Tequila blanco, Yellow Chartreuse, Jagermeister, Sucre / sirop simple, Œuf
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Jerez (seco), Champagne / prosecco, Cordial de lima
Bahia
White rum, Jus d'ananas, Crème de coco
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Liqueur de café, Milk, Cream
Grasshopper Cream
Crème de cacao, Crème de menthe, Milk, Cream, Crème de coco
Grasshopper
Crème de menthe, Crème de cacao, Cream
Ramos Fizz
Gin, Eau de fleur d'oranger, Sucre / sirop simple, Soda water, Lemon juice, Jus de citron vert, Cream, Œuf, Essence de vanille
Brandy Milk Punch
Cognac, Sucre / sirop simple, Milk
Shaft
Vodka, Crème de cafe, Bailey's, Café
North Pole #2
Gin, Liqueur de cerise Maraschino, Lemon juice, Œuf
White Russian
Vodka, Liqueur de café, Cream
Tiger’s Milk
Cognac, Sucre / sirop simple, Milk, Cannelle, Essence de vanille, Cream, Œuf
Death Flip
Tequila blanco, Yellow Chartreuse, Jagermeister, Sucre / sirop simple, Œuf
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Jerez (seco), Champagne / prosecco, Cordial de lima
Bahia
White rum, Jus d'ananas, Crème de coco
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Liqueur de café, Milk, Cream
Grasshopper Cream
Crème de cacao, Crème de menthe, Milk, Cream, Crème de coco
Grasshopper
Crème de menthe, Crème de cacao, Cream
Ramos Fizz
Gin, Eau de fleur d'oranger, Sucre / sirop simple, Soda water, Lemon juice, Jus de citron vert, Cream, Œuf, Essence de vanille
Brandy Milk Punch
Cognac, Sucre / sirop simple, Milk
Shaft
Vodka, Crème de cafe, Bailey's, Café
North Pole #2
Gin, Liqueur de cerise Maraschino, Lemon juice, Œuf
More top Creamy cocktails
White Russian
Vodka, Liqueur de café, Cream
Tiger’s Milk
Cognac, Sucre / sirop simple, Milk, Cannelle, Essence de vanille, Cream, Œuf
Death Flip
Tequila blanco, Yellow Chartreuse, Jagermeister, Sucre / sirop simple, Œuf
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Jerez (seco), Champagne / prosecco, Cordial de lima
Bahia
White rum, Jus d'ananas, Crème de coco
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Liqueur de café, Milk, Cream
Grasshopper Cream
Crème de cacao, Crème de menthe, Milk, Cream, Crème de coco
Grasshopper
Crème de menthe, Crème de cacao, Cream
Ramos Fizz
Gin, Eau de fleur d'oranger, Sucre / sirop simple, Soda water, Lemon juice, Jus de citron vert, Cream, Œuf, Essence de vanille
Brandy Milk Punch
Cognac, Sucre / sirop simple, Milk
Shaft
Vodka, Crème de cafe, Bailey's, Café
North Pole #2
Gin, Liqueur de cerise Maraschino, Lemon juice, Œuf
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