• 3 tablespoons Chocolate Sauce, heated slightly and divided
• 2 tablespoons Dark Chocolate, finely grated
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ¹/₄ teaspoon Organic Unsweetened Cocoa 
• 4 dashes Orange Bitters
• 1 teaspoon hot water
• 2 ounces Maker’s Mark 46 ® Bourbon
• Garnishes: Dark Chocolate Orange Peels, orange zest, or chocolate covered cherries

Instructions

• To prepare the glass, pour 2 tablespoons of the chocolate sauce into a shallow dish and place the finely grated dark chocolate in another shallow dish. Swirl the remaining 1 tablespoon of chocolate sauce into a rocks glass. Dip the rim of the glass into the chocolate sauce and then into the grated chocolate. Set aside.
• Add the sugar, cocoa, bitters and hot water to a mixing glass and stir until the sugar and cocoa are dissolved.
• Fill the mixing glass with ice, add the bourbon and stir until well-chilled.
• Strain into the prepared rocks glass over one large ice cube.

If desired, express the oil of an orange zest over the glass and then add to the cocktail. Garnish with dark chocolate orange peel and serve immediately.