A classic cacao blanc might best be known for its role in milkshake cocktails such as the Grasshopper and Pink Squirrel, but it also shines as a complementary note to gin, tequila, bourbon, Scotch, and more; shaken or stirred applications are made complex without becoming cloying. Begin by trying Cartrons exemplary cacao blanc in a 20th Century cocktail.

The cacao beans are combined with neutral sugar beet distillate, boiled lightly, and macerated for one day before the infusion is clarified; more cacao beans and alcohol are added and left to macerate for another day before the final infusion is distilled in a copper pot still.