Snowball Cocktail is a rich gin-and-cream after-dinner drink layered with violette, menthe, and anisette.
Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.79) — Harry of Ciro's 1923
| 0.5 glass | creme de violette — Creme de Violette | base |
| 0.5 glass | gin | base |
| 0.5 glass | anisette | modifier |
| 0.5 glass | white creme de menthe — White Creme de Menthe | modifier |
| 0.5 glass | cream — Fresh Cream | other |
This matters because it preserves a dense cream-and-cordial snowball branch in the London 1923 layer.
Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.73) — Barflies 1927
| 0.17 part | anisette | base |
| 0.33 part | gin | base |
| 0.17 part | creme de violette — Creme de Violette | modifier |
| 0.17 part | white creme de menthe — White Creme de Menthe | modifier |
| 0.17 part | cream — Fresh Cream | other |
This matters because it preserves one of the sweeter cream-and-floral interwar side branches rather than only the dry aperitif canon.
See also: Pink Lady Cocktail, Milk Punch