Easy Homemade Chocolate Syrup

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A cinch to make (and you can pronounce all the ingredient names), this Homemade Chocolate Syrup is delicious and versatile!

 I love to make what I call “pantry ingredients” from scratch, mainly “because I can” but also because I like to know what is in the things we consume. No high fructose corn syrup here!

This Homemade Chocolate Syrup recipe has evolved to being an everyday item used anywhere we’d usually use store bought syrup!

This particular recipe is my favorite because it’s quick and easy to make, and doesn’t make a ton of it for me to store in the fridge. Since it’s so easy, I can make it whenever I run out! It’s a great recipe to impress your kids!

• SUGAR
• WATER
• COCOA POWDER
• SALT
• VANILLA
• CORNSTARCH

How to make this recipe:

The full list of ingredients and quantities is found in the printable recipe card below. 

• Whisk together the cocoa powder and sugar in a saucepan, then whisk the water in to make it smooth.
• Add salt, and heat and stir over medium heat until boiling, then turn the heat down and simmer for a few minutes. 
• Remove about a tablespoon of the mixture, and mix with the corn starch.
• Blend the corn starch mixture back in with the vanilla extract, and simmer for a few more minutes until slightly thickened – be careful not to burn, keep it low!!
• Remove from heat, and allow to cool to room temperature.
• Cover and refrigerate, and use as needed.

Kylee’s Notes & FAQs

• What can be made from chocolate syrup? Drizzling on desserts – maybe a sundae topping, or to make your own chocolate milk, as I did! You can also use it to make hot cocoa! A great idea is to put the syrup in a mason jar, add milk and microwave. Then just put a lid on and shake it up!!
• Is chocolate sauce and chocolate syrup the same thing? Nope! Chocolate sauce contains chocolate and cream, and syrup contains cocoa powder and cornstarch
• How do you thicken chocolate syrup? We use cornstarch here, if you like it a little thicker, add a little more to the slurry.
• Do you have to refrigerate syrup? Yes – store it in a tightly sealed container. It won’t go BAD per se, but will last much longer if you take care of it.

Here’s my sweet son doing a little recipe testing. He’s generous like that.

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