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Tootsie Roll Shot | 12 Shots of Christmas

Calling all chocolate lovers! This Tootsie Roll shot recipe is the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Made with just three ingredients, it’s quick and easy and tastes almost like the real thing. The creme de cacao is layered with a rich chocolate liqueur and a touch of light cream for a decadent and delicious treat. These shots will surely be a hit at your next party, so gather your friends and get ready to indulge!

Higher view of the three layered shots with the cream on top
Image Credit: Dishes Delish.

This is the seventh post in my 12 Shots of Christmas series. On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: one Tootsie Roll shot, one Eggnog shot, one After Eight shot, one Snowball shot, one Black Forest Cake shot, one Chocolate Raspberry Kiss shot and a shot named Peppermint Patty!

This Tootsie Roll shot is the perfect combination of three ingredients that makes for a fun and familiar mouthful of flavor! It’s reminiscent of the famous tootsie roll candy but does not taste exactly like it, but boy, is it delicious.

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It’s also an easy shot recipe to make and everyone who’s ever tasted it, LOVES it.

Did you know that there are a different ways of drinking regular shots, like tequila or whiskey, and layered shots? There are!

And this recipe isn’t just for Christmas time. It’s perfect for Halloween parties.

The difference between drinking a regular shot and a layered shot

  1. I won’t get into the steps of shooting a tequila shot, but when you pour a regular shot like tequila and proceed to drink it, you usually open your throat and pour the liquor down in one fell swoop.  Simple.
  2. You can use the same method when you drink a layered shot.  When you do it this way, you will often taste the ingredients separately until that “aha” moment when they meld together and deliver the shot’s special flavor, which it is often named for. In the case of this shot, that would be a Tootsie Roll.
  3. Here is my preferred way of drinking a layered shot: I use my tongue to close the back of my throat, I tip the contents into my mouth, swish my tongue a few times and swallow.  When you put them all in your mouth, you do taste the ingredients.  But when you swish, you get the shot’s special and definitive taste.
  4. So, why layer the shot?  You layer the shot for your eyes, because you eat and drink with your eyes as well as your stomach.

How do you drink a layered shot?  Leave me a comment as I’d love to know.

No cocktail shaker was injured in this fun layered shot recipe.

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Helpful
Tips
  • If you are going to layer this shot, either use a cocktail spoon or regular iced tea spoon – for the thin, tall shot glass, I have to use the iced tea spoon because the cocktail spoon is too wide to fit in the glass.
  • Always place the spoon upside down with bowl side facing up in the glass, and against the side.
  • Using a pourer controls the pour, which is critical to layering any shot. But if you do use a pourer, just know that you will have to eyeball the quantities because in that case, they’re coming straight out of the bottle, unmeasured.
  • As with all layered shots, you need to place the heaviest liquor on the bottom and work up to the lightest.
  • The dark creme de cacao is perfect in this recipe because of the chocolate taste, but if you don’t have it, you COULD use a coffee-liqueur like Kahlua but know that it will not taste the same as this recipe as written.
  • At the time of my writing this recipe, the Godiva brand had excellent chocolate liqueured. They have since discontinued their liqueurs. So, replace the Godiva brand with any chocolate liqueur.
a short glass layered with an amber and white liquid in front of another taller glass
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How to layer the Tootsie Roll shot

This recipe is for one shot. To make multiple shots, you can double or triple the recipe.

Grab a shot glass and a cocktail spoon.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – creme de cacao, Chocolate liqueur and light cream. (A)

Step two

Pour 1/2 ounce of creme de cacao into the shot glass (one-third of the way up the glass). (B)

Left - Chocolate liqueur, creme de cacao and light cream for the shot. Right - creme de cacao measured out in the shot glasses
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Step three

Place the spoon bowl side up in and against the side of the glass and slowly pour 1/2 an ounce of chocolate liqueur over the bowl and into the glass (another third of the way up the glass). (C)

Step four

Place the spoon back in the glass and pour 1/2 ounce of light cream over the spoon and into the glass (the last 1/3 of the way up the glass). (D)

Left - chocolate liqueur layered in the glasses. Right - light cream layered in the glass over the other ingredients
Photo Credit: Dishes Delish.

Let’s look at the Tootsie Roll shot.

Three shot glasses filled with the tootsie roll shot with the beveled glass in front
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I’m loving the shot glasses I bought recently. The one in front and the one on the right – pictured above – are both new.  Notice the funky slant to the glass on the right.

Let’s get a closer look.

vertical view with the three shot glasses with the tilted glass in front
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Isn’t it funky?

Close view of the middle shot glass with the tootsie roll shot in it
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All that is left is to drink the Tootsie Roll shot! Yum, yum!

And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish!

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Leaning glass in front for the tootsie roll shot - square

Tootsie Roll Shot

This delicious shot tastes like the famous candy!  It’s easy and fun!!
5 from 7 votes
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Course: Cocktails
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate shot, layered shot, shot, tootsie roll shot
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 shot
Calories: 136kcal

Ingredients

  • .50 ounce creme de cacao
  • .50 ounce Godiva chocolate liqueur (or other chocolate liqueur)
  • .50 ounce light cream (or half & half)

Instructions

  • Pour creme de cacao in the glass
    .50 ounce creme de cacao
  • Place the spoon bowl side up in and against the side of the glass.  Slowly pour the chocolate liqueur over the bowl and into the glass
    .50 ounce Godiva chocolate liqueur
  • Place the spoon again in the glass and slowly pour the light cream over the bowl and into the glass
    .50 ounce light cream
  • Lift
  • Shoot the shot
  • Smile
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Notes

Tips for making the Tootsie Roll shot:
  • If you are going to layer this shot, either use a cocktail spoon or regular iced tea spoon – for the thin, tall shot glass, I have to use the iced tea spoon because the cocktail spoon is too wide to fit in the glass
  • Always place the spoon bowl side up in the glass, against the side
  • Using a pourer controls the pour, which is critical to layering any shot. But if you do use a pourer, just know that you will have to eyeball the quantities because in that case, they’re coming straight out of the bottle, unmeasured
  • As with all layered shots, you need to place the heaviest liquor on the bottom and work your way up to the lightest

Nutrition

Serving: 1shot | Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 5mg | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 145IU
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12 Comments

  1. What a brilliant idea for a shot, I’d certainly have to give that a try! That Godiva chocolate liquor sounds incredible!

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