Homemade Chocolate Syrup in 5 Minutes

The other  day I was craving something fudgy, but I didn’t want to make a whole batch of something baked. Since I pin just about everything gooey and chocolatey I can find (among other things), I looked through my recipes board and found this one from One Good Thing by Jillie that I had recently saved. It was quick and I had all the ingredients on hand and sounded like it would hit the spot. And oh yes, it sure did. I halved the recipe and it was a good amount.

It was more chocolatey than store bought chocolate syrup and has a really smooth texture. The flavor was more similar to hot fudge but without the gloppy texture. I served it hot over ice cream and it was so so so good.

It only has 5 ingredients, one of them being water. I bet many of you have these ingredients on hand right now, just sayin ;)

Dump the sugar, cocoa, salt, water, and vanilla into a saucepan.

Bring to a boil, stir frequently.

Boil for about a minute.

Pour over your ice cream, cakes, brownies, broccoli (what? I would), or anything really.

You can tell yourself it’s chocolate soup and eat it with a spoon too. Maybe I should have called this recipe Homemade Chocolate Soup in 5 Minutes. I think I ate as more with my spoon than I did with my ice cream.

Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 cup water
• dash of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Add all ingredients to small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Boil for about a minute. Serve hot or or cold.

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