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Northshore October 2025
  Barrel-aged rum and craft chocolate have a lot in common. Both share complex flavors of vanilla, sometimes cinnamon and nutmeg, or salted caramel. Some rums even gather hints of chocolate from the aging process. “In chocolate, you actually have a lot of natural flavors that are also expressed in rum,” says Bob McCoy, director of on-premise sales at Privateer Rum in Ipswich. “They complement each other really well.” So it seems only natural at this time of year to put them together in a thoroughly warming and totally decadent hot chocolate. Sure, you could just dump a shot or two into some Swiss Miss,
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