EASY HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE SYRUP

Submitted by Kraig Elliott

"It’s so easy to make your own chocolate syrup, and you probably already have all the ingredients you need to whip up a batch. And it only takes 10 minutes!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 1 cup

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 vanilla extract

directions

1. 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.
2. Continue boiling until mixture thickens, about 3 – 4 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.
3. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Cool.
4. Store syrup in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator. The syrup should keep, refrigerated, for at least a month.