This lusciously creamy, nutty, and chocolatey cocktail tastes like ice cream!

Boozy milkshakes and the delightfully-retroGrasshopper Cocktailmight be among the most well-known.

What Is a Pink Squirrel Cocktail?

Pink squirrel cocktail with garnish

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Bryants Cocktail Loungein Milwaukee, Wisconsin takes credit for shaking up the original Pink Squirrel Cocktail in the 1940s.

Touted as Milwaukees first cocktail lounge, Bryants is still alive and well 60 years later.

The cocktail lounge now boasts a staggering menu of optionsmore than 450including the Pink Squirrel.

Pink squirrel cocktail with garnish

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For a Brandy Alexander, brandy sets the mood.

For a Grasshopper Cocktail, it’s creme de menthes time to shine.

Cover and shake until very cold.

Strain into a coupe or cocktail glass.

If desired, top with grated fresh nutmeg and/or chocolate shavings.

Pink Squirrel Cocktail Recipe Variations