Easy Homemade Chocolate Syrup
This rich, dark chocolate syrup is better than Hershey's! With just 5 ingredients and 10 minutes, you'll have your own homemade chocolate syrup. Recipe as written makes a nice dark chocolate version; add more sugar for a sweeter sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 cup good quality unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup cold water
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together the cocoa powder and sugar until blended. Add the water and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, and whisk over medium heat until boiling, stirring constantly.
- Continue boiling until mixture thickens, about 3 minutes. The mixture will still be fairly thin (it thickens to a syrup-like consistency once cool). Taste and stir in additional salt until dissolved, up to 1/4 teaspoon, if desired.
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Cool. Taste again. If it's not sweet enough for you, add a bit more sugar and stir in the warm syrup until dissolved.
- Store syrup in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator. The syrup should keep, refrigerated, for at least a month.
Notes
Adapted from The Washington Post
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2tablespoons, Calories: 126kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 149mg, Potassium: 164mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 25g, Calcium: 14mg, Iron: 1mg