I made a Christmas cocktail with the world's best chocolate liqueur

I made a Christmas cocktailwith the world's best chocolate liqueur - made in Lancashire

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00:00Last week I reported that Poulton-based spirit manufacturer Luchellas, they produce this

00:13chocolate and rum spirit drink, they were experiencing a sales surge in the run-up to

00:18Christmas and they've responded with new packaging, bigger bottles and they're getting all the

00:24You can't see there, probably, but the Great Two Star Great Taste Awards and also, really

00:30impressively it has been named as the best chocolate liqueur drink in the world, not

00:36to come over all Jeremy Clarkson, but the world. So, being cheeky, I asked whether they

00:42would send me a sample and they have done. So I'm going to taste it neat and tell you

00:47what I think, but also, because it's so much Christmas, they've sent a recipe card with

00:53some festive cocktails. Now, I'm going to try this one, which is Rudolph Champagne Royale,

01:01which has got orange juice, triple sec, prosecco and of course, this. So, I'm going to take

01:09you through making that and tell you what that's like. Okay, so I've poured myself a

01:14little showy glass of this liqueur neat and it says, it's a sumptuous symphony of rich

01:22warming rum and heavenly indulgent chocolate suitable for vegans. And also, I can see on

01:28the back of this recipe card, it says suitable for people with gluten intolerances, lactose

01:34intolerance, celiacs, dairy, vegetarian, vegan, so there's no excuses there. Right, so that's

01:42the colour of it, very warm amber glow to that. It does smell of chocolate, it smells,

01:52it's not a very overwhelming smell, but I hate to say it, but it's a little bit reminiscent

01:57of Baileys or is that because I'm thinking it's going to taste like Baileys? Well, let's

02:06see. Okay, so first of all, really smooth, really, really smooth and very, very drinkable.

02:13It's not got a harsh alcohol taste at all. Rich, yes, caramelly notes. I wouldn't say

02:22it's overwhelmingly chocolatey, but also it's not, it doesn't hit you that it's really,

02:31really rummy either. Yeah, just a really easy, mellow, rich, soothing, sweet, very,

02:46very drinkable and pleasant little tip of that. So let's see what it tastes like in

02:53combination with these orange flavours for this Christmas Rudolph Royale. Right, so I'm

03:00going to follow the ingredients. What I'm not going to do is do the garnish where you've

03:04got to basically do a bruleed clementine wheel. We're not going to do that. I have got a dehydrated

03:13orange though that I'm going to stick on for a bit of fanciness, but all right, so it says

03:16Lucella's 25 ml. Again, unsurprisingly, I don't have measuring, shot measuring measures,

03:28so I'm just going to guess that that's 25 ml. I've found a little decorative shot glass,

03:33so I'm going to put that into my fancy glass. That might be more than what you're meant

03:39to do, but come on, who's actually measuring this properly at home? And then we've got

03:44the triple sec. Now, I did find some triple sec in the cupboard and I need 12.5 millilitres

03:51of that. So again, that's half of the Lucella's. Okay, and then it's 50 ml of orange juice. Very

04:02difficult to do this with one hand. And then you get the Prosecco. There we go. Got to top

04:12off with Prosecco. So I'm just topping it all off with some Prosecco there. It's like a fancy

04:23Bucks fizz, which I happen to really like. And yes, very festive. I would have a Bucks fizz on

04:28Christmas Day, but it's got that deeper tone of the chocolate in it that I can taste. It's just

04:40got more body is what I can say. It's like a Bucks fizz with soul. That's the best description

04:50I can give you. But yeah, I would say this would make a fantastic, I know that they've gifted it

04:57to me, but it would make a fantastic gift. I'm not just saying that. It tastes along the lines

05:04of Bailey's, although I don't believe that Bailey's is actually chocolate. It's Irish cream,

05:08isn't it? But if that's your kind of thing, then you won't go wrong with that. That's lovely. It's

05:14not too overpowering. It's wonderfully smooth and rich and a real treat.