Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup half-and-half or evaporated milk
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
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In a small saucepan, stir together the sugar, cocoa powder, corn syrup and half-and-half. Set over medium heat and cook until mixture comes to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes. Remove sauce from heat and add butter and vanilla, stirring until the butter melts. Cool to warm or room temperature before using or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. The chocolate sauce can be reheated in the microwave.
Recipe Notes
The corn syrup helps make the sauce fudgy, thick, and shiny and prevents it from turning hard in the fridge. If you don't want to use corn syrup you can use another mild-tasting liquid sweetener such as golden syrup or agave nectar.
From The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion
Delicious. Perfect creamy texture. Easy to make. When it’s cool, I add it in little chunks to homemade mocha ice cream, then top with homemade caramel sauce. Unbelievably delicious. Thank you AGAIN, Tessa! You never let us down!
So thrilled you enjoy this recipe, Trish!
Hi Tessa. Just a little question. Would I be able to use this syrup in a cake recioe? I don’t have Hershey’s chocolate sauce, was wondering if this would be the same?
Thank you
Bonnie
Hi, half-and-half and evaporated milk is not easily found where I come from. Is there anything else I can substitute it with or can half and half be made at home? If so pls let me know how. Thanks.
This chocolate sauce is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! It reminds me of the chocolate sauce on a Dairy Queen sundae! It won’t be lasting a week in my fridge I can tell you that 🙂 thanks for sharing!!
Haha!! So glad you like it, Daphne 🙂
This is a receipt i have been looking for. Can you explain what is half – and half?
Half and half is a dairy product that consists of half cream half milk.
Ohhh, this looks so decedent and delicious! Now I’m wishing I had a big bowl of ice cream so I could have an excuse to eat a bunch of this! Or I co just use a spoon! I recently discovered your blog and I’m so excited to meet a fellow AZ food blogger! I’m down in Tucson 🙂 I’m guessing I will be ice cream season real soon!
Oh, I love me some good chocolate sauce! Especially if it’s homemade, which I think is always better than store-bought. This looks decadent!
Love the fudgy-ness of the chocolate sauce! Yum!
Can this sauce and the caramel sauce be used for coating apples. for caramel apples?
does it harden?
Thank you
Oooooh this fudgey, chocolate sauce looks delish and I love the fact that you can store it in the fridge. Definitely going to give this a go. Thank you for posting such a scrumptious recipe. Sammie http://www.feastingisfun.com
Oh wow Tessa! This sauce looks delicious, so rich and fudgy!
As soon as it warms up 60 more degrees, I’m going to make this!
I can only imagine how good this must be. I stopped buying what’s in the store to steer clear of HFCS and of course homemade is so much better! What a treat for the kids since it doesn’t happen very often.
Perfect pictures.
Happy Wednesday!
Sub for half and half???