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Chocolate Puff

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Traditional milk punches combine milk with rum and/or brandy, citrus juice, sugar and spices. Adding club soda to this cocktail "gives it a nice puffed-up texture," says bartender Wayne Collins. It's terrific as an after-dinner drink.

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  1. Ice
  2. 1 1/2 ounces amber rum
  3. 1/2 ounce dark crème de cacao
  4. 1 1/2 ounces heavy cream
  5. 1/2 ounce vanilla syrup
  6. Finely grated zest of 1/2 small orange
  7. 1 ounce chilled club soda
  8. Pinch each of unsweetened cocoa and freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish
  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the remaining ingredients except the club soda and garnishes; shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass; stir in the soda. Garnish with cocoa and nutmeg.