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

Add espresso. Adding a shot of espresso can turn the drink into a chocolate strawberry espresso martini. Change up the vodka. You can use strawberry vodka to add extra strawberry flavor.

without fruit mince pies and strawberries making some sort of appearance. This is my Christmas take on a bombe alaska finished off with an indulgent strawberry martini sauce.