Homemade Chocolate Syrup
Perfect for serving with ice cream, pies, and milkshakes. This is a very simple syrup recipe that will be a real helper when decorating various dishes. You can pour it over scoops of ice cream, a slice of pie, or any other pastry. In addition, it gives any dish a chocolate flavor.
Updated : 27 April, 2026
Easy
About 20 min.
Ingredients
150 grams
Sugar
35 grams
Cocoa
120 milliliters
Water
0.5 grams
Vanillin
to taste
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Prepare all the necessary ingredients and tools, a saucepan or small pot, a whisk, a spoon, and a knife. Take a small saucepan or pot in which you will cook the chocolate syrup. Carefully transfer the cocoa from the package into it. Do not pour it in quickly, but transfer it carefully, because it is a powder and dust will rise. Now just as carefully pour the water into the container with the cocoa.
Step 2
Place the saucepan or pot with the contents over medium heat. Constantly stir the contents of the heating pot with a whisk until the cocoa powder is completely dissolved.
Step 3
As soon as the cocoa has dissolved and the mixture has become smooth, without removing the pot from the stove, add the granulated sugar. Just as in the previous step, continue mixing all the ingredients, stirring constantly with the whisk, and bring the mixture to a boil.
Step 4
As soon as this happens, add the remaining ingredients, namely the salt and vanilla powder. Since only a very small amount of vanilla powder is needed, it is most convenient to use a knife with a blunt tip, taking just a tiny bit on the tip of the knife and then adding it to the syrup being cooked. Continue boiling the syrup for 3 minutes. Then remove the pot with the syrup from the stove. The syrup is ready.
Step 5
Now it only needs to cool. You do not need to do anything special for this, just leave it to cool at room temperature. Then pour the cooled chocolate syrup into a dessert bowl if you plan to use it right away, or into a jar if you are making it for later use. Store the syrup in the refrigerator. The shelf life of this syrup is about 3 months.
Step 6
This chocolate syrup goes well with many dishes because it has a classic taste, nothing exotic. It works well for soaking cake layers, it is an excellent topping for desserts, and even an addition to milk, so now you will not need to persuade children to drink it, they will ask for it themselves.
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