[1] Cocoa Bomb on the rocks (photo © Heritage Distilling).

[2] A cocoa bomb, inspiration for the whiskey (photo © Williams Sonoma).

Here’s a different type of chocolate for Halloween…or Christmas…or Valentine’s Day…or whenever: Cocoa Bomb Chocolate Whiskey from Heritage Distilling.

Heritage is the largest independently owned craft distillery in the Pacific Northwest.

It’s also the most-awarded craft distillery, with numerous awards for Cocoa Bomb*.

This chocolate whiskey is so delicious that it is sold out just about everywhere.

Trying to replace our supply, we found one spot that still has inventory, Martin Bruni Liquor.

The whiskey was driven by the love of the Cocoa Bomb hot chocolate experience†—a hollow sphere of chocolate with hot chocolate powder and marshmallows inside (photo #2).

You place the cocoa bomb in a mug and pour hot milk over it. The sphere “explodes,” the chocolate shell melts, the cocoa powder mixes with the milk, and you’ve got a delicious cup of hot chocolate.

Thus inspired, the Heritage team set out to make the best-tasting chocolate-flavored whiskey on the market.

It doesn’t explode for theatrics, but bottled at 75 proof and naturally flavored with cane sugar, the whiskey is extremely smooth with notes of cocoa, dark chocolate, and a hint of marshmallow.

It has no milk, but you could create a Black Russian-type drink by combining it with half-and-half.

When you track down a supply, get more than one bottle. You’ll be glad you did.
 
 
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*Best of Class: Infused/Flavored Whiskey from Sunset’s Spirits Awards 2022, Double Gold Medal / Best Flavored Whiskey from The Fifty Best 2022, Silver Medal from American Distilling Institute 2022, Gold Medal from USA Spirit Ratings 2021.

†Cocoa Bombs™ were invented by Eric Torres Garcia of Boise, Idaho. They became an immediate viral success on TikTok. Today, you can buy them from CocoaBombs.com.