Cooking Lesson #898: Summer S.O.B. Cocktail

…from the Perspectives’ Happy Hour Bar

How you doin’? At the original Customs House Restaurant in Foster City, California we had some expressive cocktails. At the corner of the long bar was a virtual Soda Fountain with a Liquor License. I loved being able to come in once a week and introduce my bartenders to new inventive frozen drinks made with ice cream and liquors.
 
When I walked into the restaurant my two lead bartenders or soda jerks—Chip and Crash—would break out in a rash realizing that another new complex cocktail was on its way. They hated frou-frou drinks because they had to clean up and wash out the blender after each and every drink.
 
So, here’s my summer offering for a new Happy Hour frozen cocktail that you can easily make at home and, I promise… it will blow your mind with its creamy, chocolaty flavor—introducing the S.O.B. Cocktail. The S.O.B . is equal parts delicious, refreshing and rich—a mixture of a mocha shake and a piña colada.
 
The S.O.B. is lusciously smooth with notes of chocolate, coffee and vanilla. It’s perfect for sipping poolside as a summer cocktail, or as a dessert drink any time you’re dreaming of the sun. Here’s everything you need to know to make it!
 
The S.O.B. is a frozen cocktail made with rum, Kahlua, creme de cacao, cream of coconut and milk—known for its creamy texture, sweet flavor and boozy kick. This frozen boozy milkshake relies on a great mixologist and the ingredients blended to perfection with the following ingredients. Here are all my secrets to making the perfect S.O.B.:

• Dark rum is common in a S.O.B., but you can use aged or white rum. I like this drink with aged rum (golden or Añejo), because it has subtle flavor notes of vanilla, coconut, and caramel.
• Kahlua is a coffee liqueur that’s made in Mexico. You can use other types of coffee liqueur like Tia Maria.
• Creme de cacao: This chocolate liqueur adds milkshake flavor.
• Cream of coconut: Make sure to use cream of coconut, a sweetened syrup for drinks (not coconut cream, which is a different product).
• Any type of milk works here, from 2% to whole to non-dairy milk like oat milk or almond milk. Blend everything with ice to make the perfect S.O.B.

 
Ingredients 
1 ounce chocolate syrup
2 ounces dark rum
2 ounces Kahlua coffee liqueur
2 ounces creme de cacao
2 ounces 2% milk (or oat milk is okay, too)
1 ounce cream of coconut
3 cups of crushed ice
1 maraschino cherry, garnish
1 teaspoon of chocolate shavings, garnish
Dollop of whipped cream, garnish (if desired)
 
Directions

1. “Artfully” drizzle the chocolate syrup on the walls of a tall glass.
2. Place the dark rum, Kahlua, crème de cacao, 2% milk and cream of coconut in a blender.
3. Add 3 cups ice and blend until well frozen.
4. Pour into the glass and garnish with a straw, whipped cream, a maraschino cherry and chocolate shavings.

ChefSecret:  There’s no dairy in any of the liqueurs in a S.O.B. cocktail, so it’s easy to make it a dairy free or vegan cocktail using oat or soy milk and dark chocolate. The drink tends to separate a bit, which is normal, just stir it up with a straw while drinking.

Quip of the Day:  Do you know that a lion would never drive while drunk? But a tiger wood.
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