This is small batch easy chocolate sauce recipe that uses simple ingredients and creates a rich, smooth and silky chocolate sauce. It is perfect for drizzling over ice cream, cake and making chocolate milk!
Prepare: 10 minutesmins
Bake: 30 minutesmins
Servings: 8
Ingredients
¾cup(180mL) water
½cup(100g) granulated sugar
3tbs(15g) cocoa powder
½tsp(2.5mL) vanilla extract
⅛tsp(.625g) salt
Instructions
In a heavy bottom saucepan, whisk or sift together the sugar, cocoa powder and salt until there are no remaining lumps. Gradually stir in the water until the cocoa dissolves.
Bring the cocoa mixture to a boil over medium to medium high heat while stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium low or until it's just boiling. Cook and stir continuously for 9 minutes or until the boiling slows, the bubbles become small and uniform and the sauce reduces in volume and thickens. The temperature should reach 220°F (104°C) when ready.
Let cool in the pan 30 minutes and stir in optional vanilla. Pour cooled syrup into a glass jar, cover and refrigerate up to 3 months.
Notes
Makes roughly 1/2 cup (120mL) chocolate sauce.Want to make chocolate syrup? Continue to boil until mixture reduces and temperature reaches 230°F (110°C.)For safety, be sure to allow the chocolate sauce to cool at least thirty minutes and come to room temperature before placing into a glass for storage. Adding hot liquid to glass can cause thermal shock which can lead to broken, cracked or shattered glass. Please be careful not to spill or spatter hot mixture onto electric stovetops as it can etch or permanently mar the surface. If using an electric glass stovetop, we recommend picking up a cheap hotplate for all sauces, candies and fudge making.