Easy Homemade Chocolate Sauce

With just 4 simple ingredients, make this easy homemade chocolate sauce at home as a healthier version of store-bought chocolate syrup. Smooth, sweet and chocolatey, definitely goes great with ice cream, brownies, cakes and drinks!

Easy Chocolate Sauce Recipe

This homemade chocolate sauce can be made easily, anytime at home, with just 4 ingredients! You don’t even need milk or cream to make this. It is also not super sweet. I love its smooth and chocolatey taste!

What Ingredients Do I Need?

• Unsweetened cocoa powder: Since chocolate is the focus in this recipe, I like to use Valrhona cocoa powder for a richer taste. You can also use Hershey’s cocoa powder, which is more commonly seen in the supermarkets.
• Caster sugar
• Salt
• Water
• Vanilla extract: I like to use Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract for its pure taste. You can use any brand that you usually use.

How To Make Chocolate Sauce

Firstly, combine cocoa powder, sugar, water and salt in a saucepan. Stir the mixture and boil it over the stove on medium heat.

To avoid burning at the bottom of the saucepan, whisk constantly till you see the chocolate mixture thickens and starts to boil. You can lower the heat slightly, while continuing to stir for a few minutes longer. Once the chocolate sauce thickens to your liking, take the saucepan off from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.

Pour the chocolate sauce into a heatproof container and let it cool completely before storing in the fridge.

How To Store The Chocolate Sauce

Once the chocolate sauce has cooled completely, store in airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. The recipe below makes a small batch of chocolate sauce, so you don’t need to worry about not able to finish it in time.

On the other hand, if you need larger amount of the chocolate sauce, just click on the 2x / 3x to double or triple the batch.

Easy Homemade Chocolate Sauce

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• Author: Cherie
• Yield: About 10 - 12 Tbsp 1x

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With just 4 simple ingredients, make this easy homemade chocolate sauce as a healthier version of store-bought chocolate syrup. Smooth, sweet and chocolatey, definitely goes great with ice cream, brownies, cakes and drinks!

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Ingredients

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• 40g unsweetened cocoa powder
• 80g sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 100ml water
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions

1. Whisk together the cocoa powder, sugar, salt and water in a saucepan.
2. Place saucepan over the stove on medium heat. As the mixture heats up, whisk constantly to prevent burning. The mixture will thicken and start to boil in a few minutes.
3. Let it continue to simmer for about 2 – 3 mins, while continuing whisking. Lower the heat if needed.
4. Once mixture thickens to your liking, remove saucepan from heat. Whisk in vanilla extract.
5. Let mixture cool slightly before pouring into a clean, heatproof container. Let cool completely before putting on the lid and storing in the fridge. The chocolate sauce will keep well for up to 1 week.

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