Chocolate Glaze (That Hardens when Cool)

Nana Lee's Note:

ISO: Chocolate Glaze that dries hard using cocoa and without... Saw this and found the answer. This would be good now with Valentine's Day is near. Try using it like those chocolate dips they have in ice cream shops; it hardens into a shell on the ice cream. Or use it to top your favorite cookie, cupcake, cheesecake, brownie, etc..

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 cup

• 2 tablespoons melted margarine or 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Combine melted margarine or oil, cocoa, and hot water.
2. Blend in confectioners' sugar and vanilla.
3. Pour or spread on brownies or cake.
4. Glaze will harden when cool.

Reviews

[Chef #553722]

this is a good icing for a bundt type cake or brownies, but it is not at all like the hard shell you get on ice cream. This doesn't get that hard. To get the true hard shell chocolate, the type you can pick up with your fingers without it sticking to them is by using chocolate chips, butter and corn syrup.

[Candace Michelle 2]

Made to cover 24 cupcakes that I had filled with cream. I had to double it to cover all the cupcakes. It hardened just fine, but did melt pretty quickly at room temp. I was looking for something that hardened & stayed hard, like the previous comment by Chef #553722 mentioned in their review. Over all a decent glaze though.

[pheasant farmer]

I have made this so many times - sorry I forgot to rate it. Always works. always tastes great, and can be made in a flash. I use it on cakes, cookies, brownies, to dip strawberries or bananas when it is still soft - perfect for so many things,