Chocolate Syrup
Jun. 3rd, 2010 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebInspired by Penniless Parenting, I made chocolate syrup yesterday. This recipe totally worked:
I will be using it mostly for chocolate milk, but I figured ice cream would be more photogenic. That jar to the left of the ice cream is half full of chocolate syrup--just as I suspected, it is not very photogenic.
I'm thinking this chocolate syrup would be a good thing to bring to parties with strawberries, too. (Yes, this is the sort of idea that is begging to be stolen, even/especially if you are going to a party that I will also be attending.)
Chocolate Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup cocoa
1 cup water
Mix ingredients together. Bring to boil, stirring continuously. Continue cooking and stirring until sugar dissolves. (I just guessed that would be about another minute.) Let cool.
(You could also try adding a little salt or vanilla or orange liqueur or peppermint extract.)
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This dissolves in milk better than a straight cocoa/sugar mixture and I can use shade-grown cocoa and whatever kind of sugar I want. Also, I always have these ingredients lying around. I don't have a squeeze bottle, but if I really wanted to, I could save one from something else.
P.S. Actually I made only a half recipe this time. I'm not sure how well it will last without any chemicals, though I know sugar is a preservative and I'm storing it in the refrigerator. I suspect I will be making only full recipes in the future.
This could get dangerous. I don't think I will be eating plain spoonfuls of this. Or dipping spoonfuls of peanut butter into this. I might add some to oatmeal.
I will be using it mostly for chocolate milk, but I figured ice cream would be more photogenic. That jar to the left of the ice cream is half full of chocolate syrup--just as I suspected, it is not very photogenic.
I'm thinking this chocolate syrup would be a good thing to bring to parties with strawberries, too. (Yes, this is the sort of idea that is begging to be stolen, even/especially if you are going to a party that I will also be attending.)
Chocolate Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup cocoa
1 cup water
Mix ingredients together. Bring to boil, stirring continuously. Continue cooking and stirring until sugar dissolves. (I just guessed that would be about another minute.) Let cool.
(You could also try adding a little salt or vanilla or orange liqueur or peppermint extract.)
**
This dissolves in milk better than a straight cocoa/sugar mixture and I can use shade-grown cocoa and whatever kind of sugar I want. Also, I always have these ingredients lying around. I don't have a squeeze bottle, but if I really wanted to, I could save one from something else.
P.S. Actually I made only a half recipe this time. I'm not sure how well it will last without any chemicals, though I know sugar is a preservative and I'm storing it in the refrigerator. I suspect I will be making only full recipes in the future.
This could get dangerous. I don't think I will be eating plain spoonfuls of this. Or dipping spoonfuls of peanut butter into this. I might add some to oatmeal.