Sunday, September 16, 2012

Homemade chocolate syrup

There has been a lot of baking going on in our house this week! I have decided to do birthday treats monthly for our youth groups. So the second Sunday and Wednesday of every month will be the celebration times. I also made dessert for our community group this week as a kick off for the dinner that was already being provided! Due to this, I wanted to try to make my own chocolate sauce since we were out of the store bought kind that was given to me a long time ago! I found this recipe from The Tightwad Gazette. It was so simple and easy to make, stores nicely in a mason jar, and Brian liked it. We will be making it again!

chocolate Sauce

1 cup water
1/2 cup cocoa powder (I used hersheys unsweetened)
2 cups sugar
1/8 tsp of salt
1/4 tsp of vanilla

In a sauce pan dissolve the water and cocoa powder over medium heat.
Then add the sugar and dissolve. Boil for 3 minutes (be careful because it will double or so in volume).
Take off heat after 3 minutes and add salt and vanilla.
Let cool and store in a glass jar or container in the fridge.

I used a 2 cup mason jar and then one of the tiny mason jars.

This is great over ice cream and amazing in chocolate milk (my vice)! It is so much better than store bought, and so easy, that the ingredients are probably already in your cabinets!