Grasshopper
A minty green dessert cocktail with a milkshake-like texture
- 1 ozgreen creme de menthe
- 1 ozwhite creme de cacao
- 1 ozheavy cream
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The Grasshopper was created at Tujague's restaurant in New Orleans between 1918 and 1928 and won second place in a New York cocktail competition in 1928. The drink — green crème de menthe, white crème de cacao, and cream — produces a vivid mint-green color that inspired its grasshopper name. It became a popular after-dinner dessert cocktail across the American South and Midwest and enjoyed widespread popularity in mid-century American supper clubs and fine dining restaurants.
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