Recipe: Homemade Chocolate Syrup
Recipe #1
Ingredients
1 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup cold water
1 tablespoon vanillaPreparation
Combine cocoa and sugar and blend until all lumps of cocoa are gone. Add water and salt and mix well. Cook over medium heat, bringing it to a boil. keep boiling until thick, stirring to keep from overflowing. Remove from heat and let cool. When cool, add vanilla. This is great for chocolate milk, hot cocoa, and ice cream topping. Cost Analysis: (30 ounces) Store bought: $1.89 Homemade: 90
Recipe #2
(only slight variation)
Ingredients
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilaPreparation
Mix cocoa and water in saucepan. Heat and stir to disolve the cocoa. Add sugar, stir to dissolve. Boil 3 min. Add salt and vanilla, pour into jar and store covered in fridge. Keeps several months.
Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup Hershey’s Cocoa
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash of saltPreparation
Combine cocoa, sugar and salt in a saucepan. Add water, and mix until smooth. Bring this mixture to a boil. Allow it to boil for one minute, being careful that it does not boil over. Remove from heat and let cool. When cool, add vanilla extract.
Really they all sound essentially the same, but vary on size of ingredients for taste. Looks like some experimentation is in order.
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2 Responses to “Recipe: Homemade Chocolate Syrup”
July 25th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
[…] side note: I made the third concoction recipe from my post about homemade chocolate syrup tonight, replacing the sugar with splenda, and it turned out alright. I may adjust the below recipe […]
August 21st, 2008 at 8:10 am
Interesting recipe and very cool design. Good job!