Ballotin Bourbon Ball Chocolate Whiskey
Ballotin Bourbon Ball Chocolate Whiskey is a 30% ABV (60 proof), 750mL flavored Kentucky bourbon whiskey from Ballotin Whiskey of Louisville, Kentucky — bourbon and dark chocolate in the image of the bourbon ball, Kentucky's signature candy. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 30% (60 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Style: Chocolate flavored bourbon whiskey (non-cream)
- Inspiration: The Kentucky bourbon ball — bourbon, dark chocolate, pecan
- Origin: Louisville, Kentucky
The Bourbon Ball, Bottled
The bourbon ball was invented around 1919 in Frankfort, when Ruth Hanly Booe of Rebecca Ruth Candy dipped her bourbon chocolates and crowned them with a pecan — and Kentucky has claimed the candy ever since. Ballotin, founded in Louisville in 2015 by Brown-Forman veteran Paul Tuell and his wife Lisa and named for the 1915 Belgian chocolatier's box, was built to bottle that marriage of Kentucky bourbon and fine chocolate. Bourbon Ball is the flagship: straight bourbon whiskey layered with dark chocolate and a toasted-nut warmth, no cream, nothing between the whiskey and the candy it honors. Meet the full range on the Ballotin Whiskey vendor page, browse the bourbon whiskey shelves, or go full dessert with Ballotin Chocolate Mocha Cream Whiskey.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Dark chocolate and bourbon caramel. Palate: Chocolate over vanilla and caramel, with the toasted-pecan nuttiness of the candy itself. Finish: Warm bourbon spice under fading chocolate — a whiskey finish, not a liqueur's.
How to Enjoy
Sip it neat or over a large cube as a dessert whiskey, stir it into a chocolate Old Fashioned, or pour it alongside the real bourbon balls for the full Kentucky effect.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a bourbon ball? Kentucky's signature candy — a bourbon-laced chocolate confection, traditionally dark chocolate crowned with a pecan half, created around 1919 by Ruth Hanly Booe of Rebecca Ruth Candy in Frankfort.
Is Ballotin Bourbon Ball a cream liqueur? No — it is a non-cream flavored bourbon whiskey at 30% ABV (60 proof): whiskey, natural flavor and caramel color, per its label. Ballotin's creams are separate, lower-proof expressions.
Is it a flavored whiskey? Yes — the producer files the range as premium flavored whiskey, and Del Mesa classifies it as Flavored Whiskey accordingly.
Kentucky's favorite candy, in whiskey form — get Ballotin Bourbon Ball Chocolate Whiskey delivered from Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.