The drink itself has a sharp and refreshing flavour profile, courtesy of the ginger beer topper. This ingredient will cut through the sharpness of the vodka ... which comes by way of the base ...

For a simple yet luxuriant chocolate martini, all you need are three core ingredients. Those, plus a shaker and some garnish, ...

Vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry juice, and lime round out the standard ingredient ... I mixed the drink because Garten noted in the instructions that this is the ideal way to serve a cosmopolitan.