Frozen Grasshopper recipe

Name: Frozen Grasshopper
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 oz Green Crème de Menthe; 1 oz White Crème de Cacao; 2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream; 0.5 oz Heavy Cream

A blended mint-chocolate dessert drink with a smooth ice-cream texture.

Method: Blend · Glass: Coupe or dessert glass · Time: 4 min · Difficulty: Beginner · Family: Modern Classics

Ingredients

1 oz Green Crème de Menthe
1 oz White Crème de Cacao
2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
0.5 oz Heavy Cream

How to make a Frozen Grasshopper

Add crème de menthe, crème de cacao, ice cream and cream to a blender.
Blend until thick and completely smooth.
Pour into a chilled dessert glass.
Finish with chocolate shavings and a mint leaf.

Garnish

Chocolate shavings and mint leaf.

Pro tip

Use firm ice cream straight from the freezer for a thick pour; softened ice cream makes the final drink loose and flat.

History of the Frozen Grasshopper

The Frozen Grasshopper turns the creamy mint-and-chocolate classic into a blended dessert drink.

Flavour profile

Mint, Chocolate, Frozen, Creamy

Variations

Grasshopper — Return to the shaken coupe original
Flying Grasshopper — Add vodka to the classic shaken format

Practise making the Frozen Grasshopper in the free Virtual Bar game.