Recipe: Campfire Old Fashioned (serves one)
- 2 oz. rye
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 dashes chocolate bitters
- 1 large marshmallow
Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. Lightly toast the marshmallow, spear it with a cocktail pick, and place it on top of the glass.
We had a Campfire Old Fashioned for the first time at Saint & Second in the happening Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach. Some mixologists might try to assemble a recipe that captures the essence of a toasted marshmallow, but this cocktail takes a simple and fun approach: include the marshmallow with the drink.
Our version uses maple syrup to enhance that out-in-the-woods feeling. The chocolate bitters (we used Scrappy’s brand) round out the classic s’mores flavor combination.
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This is such a beautiful and simplistic recipe, I love it so much! Definitely one to save and try at home.
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I made my own cocktail called “Old Fashioned Campfire” before finding this recipe. I use lapsang souchong infused Jim Beam Black and lapsang souchong simple syrup, with Fee Brothers Black Walnut bitters and Frostbite hot sauce.
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That sounds really good! We’ve never had lapsang souchong, and adding the hot sauce makes it really different. We’ll have to try it! We’re ordering the frostbite hot sauce now; we’ve never white hot sauce before.
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