Quick & Easy Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe (Better Than Store-Bought)
Make rich, silky chocolate syrup from scratch in under 10 minutes using simple pantry staples like cocoa powder. This recipe produces a superior dessert topping perfect for ice cream, milk, and coffee.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 5 min
- Total Time: 10 min
- Yield: About 1 1/2 cups 1x
- Category: Dessert Topping
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Combine the sugar, cocoa powder, and water in a medium saucepan.
- Place the saucepan over medium heat. Whisk the mixture constantly until the sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to simmer.
- Reduce the heat to low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes until the syrup thickens slightly. Do not boil rapidly.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat. Stir in the vanilla extract and salt until fully combined.
- Pour the hot syrup into a clean, airtight jar or container.
- Allow the chocolate syrup to cool completely to room temperature. It will thicken further as it cools.
- Store the finished syrup in the refrigerator.
Notes
- For a thinner syrup, use 1 1/4 cups of water instead of 1 cup.
- This homemade chocolate syrup is excellent for making chocolate milk or mochas.
- For a gift, bottle the cooled syrup and tie a ribbon around the jar.
- This recipe contains no corn syrup.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 Tablespoons
- Calories: 95
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg