I admit, these won’t make someone fall madly in love with you. What they’ll do, though, is make your Valentine’s Day celebration a bit more exciting and give it a little more edge than usual. An intimate dinner with these concoctions in tow should bring the romance up a couple of notches. Paired with some well-arranged flowers, a small token of your adoration and plenty of sweet mumblings, it just might leave your lover weak at the knees and falling helplessly into your arms.

Red Martini

A casual drink without much fluff, this is incredibly easy to make and works as potent as any cocktail you can concoct for the special day of love. With little to get in the way, this drink delivers like a lover unable to contain his bustling emotion.
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The Disaronno Amaretto is arguably the world’s favorite Italian liqueur. Gifted with a hint of loving flavor, it is one of the most romantic cocktail ingredients with an equally heart-warming story to boot.

According to legend, the Disaronno found its beginnings from the kitchen of a young widow who found romance in the arms of Milanese artist Bernadino Luini during the Renaissance Period. Story has it that Bernadino commissioned the young woman to model for a fresco he was making of the Madonna. After spending months laboring over the work, they fell passionately in love. The woman created the sweet almond liqueur as a sign of her devotion for her newfound lover.
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Nothing beats a bubbly tickling your nose when celebrating the day of love with the one who stole your heart. After all, what’s better to celebrate your life together than with an ever-symbolic champagne?

These choice champagne cocktails are perfect to sip through while enjoying a few appetizers and snacks. They’re subtle and seductive with just a tinge of sweetness, a perfect setup for an eventful night. The main course, of course, comes later - much later, when the lights go out.
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Chocolate has always been a lovers’ treat. A great aphrodisiac, it should set up an evening of romance nicely for a loving late night tryst. This Valentine’s Day, why not raise the sweetness bar and delight in these deliciously indulgent cocktails?

Sweet, Lovely Death

Decadence is full steam ahead with the appropriately named Death By Chocolate. It’s certain to kill any craving for the sweets yet piles on the longing for being enraptured in your lover’s arms. To make it, bring out the trusty blender and pile on: one ounce of coffee liqueur, one ounce of chocolate syrup, one ounce of creme de cacao, one ounce of vodka, two scoops of chocolate ice cream and once cup of crushed ice.

Blend the concoction until smooth and pour into a stemmed glass (it’s Valentine’s after all). Top it with whipped cream and garnish with a cherry on top. If death was truly this sweet…
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