Homemade Chocolate Sauce

February 14, 2013 by 5 Comments

I started making my own chocolate sacue about a decade ago to use in a few of our favorite recipes.  Now that we have kids, this recipe gets a lot more use for making the coveted chocolate milk.  Just a few minutes and a few ingredients will get you a homemade chocolate sauce better than any store brand.

 

Homemade Chocolate Sauce from Growing Up Gabel @thegabels #recipe

 

When we first got married, my husband and I moved far away from my family for a job.  I found myself with a lot of free time so I dug in to learning how to make everything in my kitchen from scratch. Chocolate sauce was one of the first homemade recipes I tried – mostly because it looked fail proof to me. It was! We didn’t really need chocolate sauce, but now we always had it on hand.

Years later the kids were old enough to have discovered chocolate milk so I got more use out of this recipe.  I also started using it to make homemade Irish cream and my favorite chocolate mint brownie recipe.  I also try to buy as much organic food as I can and organic chocolate sauce is pretty pricey.  I can make organic chocolate sauce for a fraction of the cost at home.

 

Homemade Chocolate Syrup
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla

Instructions
  1. In a small pan, whisk together cocoa and sugar.
  2. Add water and salt and stir to mix.
  3. Heat mixture over medium heat until boiling.
  4. Continue to boil until mixture thickens, about 2-3 minutes.
  5. Remove from heat.
  6. Once sauce is cooled, add vanilla and stir to combine.

 

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Hello! Welcome to Growing Up Gabel - I am so glad you are here! I am a wife and homeschooling mom to my two young kids. This is the place where I share recipes, crafts and other DIY projects. I hope you will follow me on Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter! Just use the icons at the top of the page!
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  1. Marlene
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    February 24, 2013 at 8:13 am

    I love your version of homemade chocolate sauce. I actually made some earlier last week too :)
    Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday.
    Your co host form Nosh My Way.
    Marlene recently posted..Homemade Chocolate SyrupMy Profile

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  2. Abby says:
    February 21, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    Thank you for sharing this! I’ve been making homemade Nesquick, but I keep meaning to look for a chocolate sauce recipe. Pinned!

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