Torito is the unofficial state cocktail of Veracruz, Mexico. It’s a rich, creamy drink that comes in multiple flavors, but peanut (cacahuate) is by far the most popular. Legend has it that sugar cane workers of Veracruz made the recipe with roughly-distilled aguardiente and said the drink made them feel “like bulls” – hence the name, meaning “little bull” in Spanish.
It’s almost always made as a large batch cocktail, and rarely to measurements more precise than a can of this, a bottle of that – but we’ve broken it down into a workable single-serving recipe. It’s quite sweet, so you may want to tinker with the proportions to suit your palate. It’s a forgiving recipe, and can work with a variety of base spirits.
