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Perfect Homemade Chocolate Syrup

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This homemade chocolate syrup comes together in minutes and is delicious in chocolate milk, on ice cream…you name it.

Homemade chocolate syrup: BrownThumbMama.com

Friends, you know how this goes. It’s 11pm, you have an undeniable craving for chocolate milk, and there’s no chocolate syrup in the house. What do you do?!?

You ransack your recipe books for a solution, that’s what. Desperate times result in delicious measures!

This homemade chocolate syrup comes together in minutes and is delicious in chocolate milk, on ice cream…you name it.

Adapted from the recipe in The Tightwad Gazette II.

Tools to Make Homemade Chocolate Syrup

Daterra Cucina nonstick saucepan: for even heating and easy cleanup

Canning Jars: pour the chocolate syrup into a clean canning jar and store it in the fridge

Perfect Homemade Chocolate Syrup

Ingredients:
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla (extra credit if it’s homemade)
1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 teaspoon water

Combine the cocoa powder and the water; stir over low heat until the cocoa dissolves.

Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves. Boil gently for 3 minutes, then add the salt and vanilla. Finally, stir in cornstarch mixture to thicken.

Break your husband’s heart when he finds out you aren’t making brownies. Promise to make brownies tomorrow for dessert.

Pour into a clean jar, and store in the fridge. Chocolate craving satisfied!

Perfect Homemade Chocolate Syrup

Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes

This homemade chocolate syrup comes together in minutes and is delicious in chocolate milk, on ice cream…you name it.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 1 teaspoon water

Instructions

  1. Combine the cocoa powder and the water; stir over low heat until the cocoa dissolves.
  2. Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves. Boil gently for 3-5 minutes, then add the salt and vanilla. Finally, stir in cornstarch mixture to thicken.
  3. Pour into a clean jar, and store in the fridge.
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Comments

  1. Gerb says

    January 21, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    THANK YOU for this! I am totally making a batch once I’m back in the kitchen. We run out of chocolate syrup all the time!

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  2. Anonymous says

    January 21, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    I’ll definitely be trying this. Chocolate milk is my recovery drink after running each morning, so I go through a lot of syrup.

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  3. seagrrlz says

    March 28, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    how long is the syrup good for? i can’t imagine it would last long bc it looks so good.

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    • Amber says

      June 2, 2012 at 5:40 pm

      I’ve made a similar recipe (minus the cornstarch) multiple times. It keeps for about six months without an odd taste, but sugars do start to crystallize by the end of month one. The crystals make a crust on the bottom of the container and they don’t really mix back in well.

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    • Anonymous says

      February 11, 2013 at 6:36 pm

      You could try placing the container, as long as it is heat resistant into slow boiling water to melt the crystallized sugars and reincorporate them into the syrup with some stirring.

      Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    March 30, 2012 at 3:24 am

    I was wondering the same thing- how long is this good for?

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  5. Brown Thumb Mama says

    April 28, 2012 at 11:07 pm

    I haven’t had a batch last long enough to spoil, but I’d guess it would keep in the fridge for about a month.

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  6. Anonymous says

    May 31, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    Thank you! Thank you! We’ve been trying to make chocolate syrup because the store-bought stuff all contains HFCS – and who knows what else?

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  7. Laura @ Frugal Follies says

    September 24, 2012 at 2:38 am

    Looks great and easy! I’ve pinned this recipe so I can make it soon!

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  8. Redneck Soccer Mom says

    November 15, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    This looks so good! I wonder if you could can it?

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    • Brown Thumb Mama says

      November 21, 2012 at 5:19 am

      Good question! I’m still learning about canning, so I’d say you should freeze it if you end up with too much. Although is there really such a thing as too much chocolate syrup? Hee hee hee.

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  9. Anonymous says

    February 6, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    Thanks for this great recipe. I haven’t had the Hershey’s syrup in a long time because of the HFCS. You’ve made my day!

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  10. homegrownconnects says

    February 12, 2013 at 5:47 am

    Awesome!!! My kids are going to love this!

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  11. Anonymous says

    February 25, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    Looks yummy! Is there a variation without using the cornstarch? Most corn is GMO.

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    • Brown Thumb Mama says

      February 26, 2013 at 4:44 pm

      Arrowroot powder might work, but I haven’t tried it. If you do, please let us know how it works!

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      • Rae Smith Evans says

        October 25, 2013 at 2:55 pm

        arrowroot powder and dairy milk equals something the consistency of snot. I don’t know if that would happen with this small amount or after the cooking process, but I would be a little wary. It would probably work fine if you are using a milk alternative to stir it into.

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    • Rae Smith Evans says

      October 25, 2013 at 2:52 pm

      I would imagine that if you cooked it a little longer (in the spirit of candy making) that you could just leave out the cornstarch. It would thicken by itself. Just be very careful not to burn it. Sugar burns very easily.

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    • Christiane Schröll (@BrnzMstngGrl13) says

      January 12, 2014 at 7:08 am

      Most crops are genetically engineered to resist drought and disease. It won’t hurt you. Besides w/the amount of pollution we suck in breathing on a daily basis some genetic mutated corn is the least of our worries loo

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  12. Anonymous says

    March 23, 2013 at 2:11 am

    i would think u could can it if u can can milk ect.. but usda might say no lol but out granparents or parents are fine and didnt even have those kind of regulations um but if canning i would do it in pressure canner

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  13. Linda Wagar says

    April 3, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    I’m going to make this tomorrow! My honey and I are both lactose intolerant and we have a hard time finding choc milk. No more buying choc in plastic bottles! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

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  14. Tammy Leckbee says

    August 7, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    I make this at home and keep it on hand for my granddaughters. They both prefer chocolate milk over white and will not even take a bottle unless it is chocolate. My daughter is not happy with me because now they want Grandma’s chocolate milk not the store bought she has so she has started making it at home as well.

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  15. Hippie Chick says

    August 8, 2013 at 1:21 am

    I’m sure you could even cut the sugar in half and sub some stevia to make it a *little* better for diabetics! 🙂

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  16. Deb Hemphill says

    August 8, 2013 at 3:58 am

    If you add 1/4th of a teaspoon of baking soda to the chocolate mixture, you will avoid the sugar crystals. It will foam up for a minute, but stir back down after a while.

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  17. Nora.K. says

    August 8, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    Awesome! Any Ideas For a Substitute For Sugar That Would Suit The Recipe?

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  18. Pam Farley says

    August 8, 2013 at 6:18 pm

    Nora, Katie at KitchenStewardship.com has a chocolate syrup recipe with honey in her ebook, Smart Sweets. You can purchase it here http://bit.ly/11pBuGm or you can subscribe to her newsletter for a free excerpt from Smart Sweets.

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  19. S. Lewis says

    August 12, 2013 at 11:53 am

    Hi, I was wondering why the cornstarch? I have been making my chocolate syrup similar recipe but without the cornstarch. Is there a particular reason, I mean I know cornstarch is used to thicken.

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    • S. Lewis says

      August 28, 2013 at 12:33 pm

      I made this and it was delicious except for I accidentally added baking powder instead of cornstarch. I wasn’t paying attention to what container I was reaching into since I was preparing several things at once. I actually made this mistake twice into two separate recipes. However it does taste likes the bottled stuff and the baking soda didn’t give it a weird taste whatsoever. Will be using the recipe again just without the baking soda. 🙂

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  20. Tammy says

    October 25, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    Yumm….GREAT Christmas gifts! Thank you!!!

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  21. JB Ferris says

    December 21, 2013 at 7:29 am

    There is organic cornstarch NON GMO at your healthfood store.

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  22. Nicole says

    February 24, 2014 at 6:37 am

    Wow thats a ton of sugar. I bet it would be great with just half that. Milk is already delicious as it is.

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  23. Jenny says

    February 26, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    Thank you for posting this! My daughter is very allergic to MSG, which in turn has me label reading constantly. So nice to be able to make my own syrup for chocolate milk without having to stress about what is in it.

    Reply
  24. Wanda says

    November 29, 2015 at 8:53 am

    My husband’s grandmother use to make a chocolate syrup when he was a child, and they ate it like regular cane syrup w/biscuits. Is this the same? She cooked in cast iron skillet. Thanks

    Reply
  25. Cheryl says

    May 4, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Yummy! Easy to make and tastes so good!

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