Gabriel Boudier Creme De Cacao Noir (Dark Chocolate) Liqueur 25% 500ml

Brand: Gabriel Boudier

Release Name: Crème de Cacao Noir (Dark Chocolate Liqueur, Bartender Range)

Spirit Style / Type: French Fruit/Flavour Liqueur (Crème de Fruits — Chocolate)

Composition: Cocoa Beans (Ivory Coast), Sugar, Neutral Spirit

Age: Non-Vintage

Volume: 500ml Bottle

Alc / Vol (%): 25.0%

Country: France

Region: Dijon, Burgundy

Production Method: Extraction of Roasted Cocoa Bean Flavour, Traditional Recipe

Limited Edition: No (Gabriel Boudier's Standing Crème de Cacao Noir Release, Part of the Bartender Range)

Award Winner: Not independently confirmed with a specific competition score for this exact product at time of writing — Gabriel Boudier as a house holds multiple awards across its wider range, particularly for its Crème de Cassis de Dijon

Gabriel Boudier is a family-owned French liqueur house founded in 1874 in Dijon, originally established in the house of Fontbonne before Gabriel Boudier took over the business in 1909 and renamed it after himself. In 1936, following Boudier's death, his widow sold the house to Marcel Battault, whose family has steered Gabriel Boudier ever since — making it the only remaining independently owned liqueur producer among what were once more than 50 fruit liqueur houses in Burgundy. Renowned worldwide for its award-winning Crème de Cassis de Dijon, Gabriel Boudier uses only natural fruits, flowers and botanicals across its range, avoiding artificial flavours and colours, and continues to innovate through its cocktail-focused Bartender Range alongside classic, traditional expressions like this Chestnut Liqueur.

Crème de Cacao Noir follows in the footsteps of Gabriel Boudier's celebrated Crème de Cassis de Dijon, made specifically for lovers of flavour variation and adaptation within the house's wider range. Made with genuine cocoa beans sourced from the Ivory Coast, it carries a little more bitterness than many commercial chocolate liqueurs, giving it real depth and complexity rather than a simple, one-dimensional sweetness — exactly the character professional bartenders look for when building cocktails that need genuine cocoa structure rather than just chocolate flavouring. It's the essential ingredient in a classic Brandy Alexander, and features in more unusual serves too, including "The Never Ending Story" from the Beaufort Bar at London's Savoy Hotel — a mix of white rum, Crème de Cacao Noir, lime juice, caster sugar and absinthe. As with all Gabriel Boudier products, the focus stays on retaining genuine raw ingredient character rather than leaning on artificial, overly sweet flavouring. Beyond cocktails, it's a versatile kitchen ingredient too — excellent drizzled over ice cream, worked into pastry, or used as a coulis alongside a red fruit salad. A genuinely essential, professional-grade chocolate liqueur for any serious cocktail programme or home bar.