Recipe - Raspberry Chocolate Kiss Cocktail

This raspberry chocolate kiss cocktail, from chef Michael Schulson, is the perfect addition to your Valentine's Day celebration.

Ingredients

-    1/4 cup Mint Syrup, plus more for rim
-    3 chocolate cookies, finely crushed
-    10 raspberries
-    1/4 cup vodka
-    2 tablespoons cranberry juice
-    Ice cubes

Directions

1.    Fill a shallow dish with enough syrup to just cover the bottom. Place crushed cookies into another shallow dish. Invert a martini glass into syrup and then immediately into crushed cookies to coat the rim of the glass.

2.    Place raspberries in a cocktail shaker; crush with a muddler. Add syrup and muddle again. Add vodka and cranberry juice; fill shaker with ice. Shake well until chilled. Strain into prepared martini glass. Serve immediately.