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Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe

February 8, 2013 Amy 11 Comments

It is Valentine’s day.

Two things that go together more than Valentines day and Chocolate.

How about a great chocolate syrup recipe? You can make your own chocolate syrup the simple way. We don’t eat a lot of chocolate here, since Little Face is allergic. I know that sounds horrible to be allergic to chocolate, but I was allergic to chocolate too when I was little. Thank goodness I grew out of that one! I feel he will grow out of it in time too. Using this chocolate syrup recipe is great for a little drizzle for those of us who love chocolate in this house.

Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe

 Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe spoon

I have found several recipes require you make a ton of chocolate syrup. We don’t need that much, so feel free to double or triple if your family is a bunch of chocoholics. I made just enough for us to use before I feel like it will go bad. 

Ingredients for Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe:

Homemade Chocolate Syrup

1/2 unsweetened cocoa
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cornstarch (to thicken the syrup, not needed)
1 cup cold water
1 tsp vanilla (vanilla extract recipe)
pinch of salt

How to make Homemade Chocolate Syrup:

1. Whisk together the dry ingredients: cocoa, sugar and salt.

2. In a pot, slowly whisk in cold water and corn starch to make sure it is completely dissolved.

3. Cook over a med heat, whisking to combine until nice and glistening. This helps dissolve the sugar in the water to make the syrup. Now is a good time to test just a little.

4. Once the chocolate concoction has cooled, add the vanilla. Mix to combine.

5. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use on whatever you like.

Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe
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Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe

Make your own homemade chocolate syrup recipe to have on hand at any time. Make chocolate milk, syrup for pancakes and much more.
Course Sides
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 10
Author Amy Greene

Ingredients

  • 1/2 unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp cornstarch to thicken the syrup, not needed
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 tsp vanilla vanilla extract recipe
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the dry ingredients: cocoa, sugar and salt.
  2. In a pot, slowly whisk in cold water and corn starch to make sure it is completely dissolved.
  3. Cook over a med heat, whisking to combine until nice and glistening. This helps dissolve the sugar in the water to make the syrup. Now is a good time to test just a little.
  4. Once the chocolate concoction has cooled, add the vanilla. Mix to combine.
  5. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use on whatever you like.

Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe

Why Homemade is Best

This chocolate syrup recipe doesn’t contain any high fructose corn syrup or anything artificial. I never bought the other stuff, since it had high fructose corn syrup as the top ingredient. I am not sure this is considered healthy, but it is better than the store bought stuff. My motto is: everything is OK in moderation. The kids just love we have chocolate syrup again.

This would be great to use on pancakes, in a little milk for chocolate milk, smoothies or make coffee for an awesome mocha. Follow me on Facebook and Pinterest for more homemade recipes. 

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Comments

  1. Lois Christensen/Walking on Sunshine says

    February 12, 2013 at 6:12 am

    I have to agree and think that this recipe would be much healthier! Looks great. Thank you for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday! Hope you come back this week with another great recipe. Please add a link back to our blog in this recipe.

    Reply
  2. Theresa @DearCreatives says

    February 13, 2013 at 11:14 am

    Yum! Can you thicken it up for covering cookies? Have you tried that? Thanks for sharing & linking up @ DearCreatives.com

    Reply
  3. Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma) says

    February 14, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    I LOVE how easy this is!!
    Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂

    Thanks for linking back to the Gluten Free Fridays post!

    Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com

    Reply
  4. Mel says

    April 8, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    This chocolate syrup looks divine! I would love it on pancakes and my little ones would definitely have it on vanilla ice cream! Yum! Mel, visiting from Tots100 Be Inspired – Chocolate

    Reply
  5. Linda says

    June 24, 2021 at 4:26 pm

    Made the chocolate syrup today for pancakes tonight. Tasted it and it was yummy. My kids are going to be so happy.

    Reply
    • Amy says

      January 15, 2022 at 5:37 pm

      Yay! I am so glad your kids are going to love this Linda!

      Reply

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