I use sugar shacks recipe for BC and I just add cocoa powder to it and its good but I dont think it gets dark enough or quite as chocolaty as I would like. How do you get your chocolate BC darker and more flavorful?
Thanks,

Special Dark Cocoa powder is what I use.

If you want it darker or more chocolately add more chocolate too it. You just may need to add a little more fat or liquid to it.

Hershey's Chocolate Syrup + black food coloring.

melted chocolate chips mixed into bc

I use the unsweetened chocolate and it is yummy. My family really likes it

You could also add chocolte ganache to the icing. I never have, but I was speaking to a pro one day about chocolate icing and she told me that's what she does. I haven't tried it yet, but I intend to.

I make Toba Garrett's . Delicious!! you add ganache to it. so creamy and good.

Sugarshack's recipe is all high-ratio shortening, but chocolate buttercream tastes best with butter. In addition to the above recommendations, try subbing out some of the shortening with butter.

Or, instead of trying to adapt this recipe, just use a good chocolate buttercream recipe! The one on the Hershey's can is pretty good.

I made a Wilton's recipe chocolate BC with 1/2 butter-1/2 shortening and added ganache to boost the flavor. It was delish and RICH but crusting wasn't in the cards. I just used it for a filling. Yum!!

I go the semi-homemade route! I make homemade buttercream, and add in Pillsbury chocolate fudge frosting.

I use a chocolate fudge buttercream I found here on cc, very chocolatly and yummy!