How to get tipsy on hot chocolate

This would be the official national Irish après-ski drink if the green isle's rolling hills turned into snow-topped mountains and the ruddy-faced codgers lining the bars of Dublin's pubs came around to the idea of a chairlift. It's got the rich warmth that we need from a good snowy-day hot chocolate, plus whiskey's sharp uppercut and a pour of Guinness for good measure because we're in Ireland, remember?

So whether you're chilly and drained from a day of skiing, or feeling like you need a little more Irish in your life than the Irish exit you pulled at the bar last weekend, or simply looking for new ways to spin your nightly hot chocolate cha-cha, stir together this Irish Hot Chocolate. You'll be knocking out cocktail hour and dessert in one fell swoop, which is fitting: We Irish are an industrious bunch.

Irish hot chocolate

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Serves 6

One 12-ounce bottle Guinness or other stout

1/4 cup cocoa powder

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1 pinch kosher salt

3 cups whole milk

8 ounces chopped dark chocolate

4 ounces Bailey's

4 ounces Bushmill's Irish Whiskey

This story was originally published on Food52.com: How to get tipsy on hot chocolate

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