This easy chocolate sauce recipe is so simple and quick to make. In this case, Cocoa powder, sugar, cream or milk, and vanilla extract is all you need.
Can be served either hot or cold. Poured on puddings, drizzled over ice creams, pancakes and cakes or why not dip fruit into it.
This homemade runny chocolate syrup will stays liquid when warm or cool. It doesn't set and or go hard so can be made ahead if needed.
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Ingredients for Chocolate Sauce
You do not need to have chocolate in the house to make a chocolate sauce.
This quick easy recipe uses cocoa powder, sugar, cream (or milk) and vanilla extract. Making an amazing sauce ready to serve immediately.
Substitutes
The pictures you see in this post, uses single cream. As can be seen, this makes a nice thick glossy chocolate sauce.
If you wanted a runny less fudgy sauce use milk instead.
Of course, if you wanted it thicker, substitute the single cream for double cream.
Check out, the double cream chocolate sauce used on our chocolate chip brownies! The extra fat content makes for a delicious chocolate fudge sauce.
Vanilla extract is optional, you can use no flavour, or other flavourings instead?
Orange flavouring is one of our favourite's, just like Terry's Chocolate Orange!
Serving Suggestions?
There are so many options for what to serve this chocolate sauce with!
Why not use it as a dip for marshmallows, strawberries, bananas or churros.
Serve hot poured over ice cream or cold as part of an icecream sundae.
Perfect sauce for pouring over profiteroles
Or why not have a breakfast treat serving up with strawberries on our Easy English Pancakes, equally good with waffles.
Drizzle chocolate syrup over any desserts like our Edible Cookie Dough.
Or a slice of banana cake, recipe linked from June at Simple Tasty Good.
How to store?
This homemade chocolate fudge sauce can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. Check the date of the cream or milk used for how long it can be stored for. It will be the same date.
Is chocolate sauce freezeable?
You can freeze it for up to a month, as most cream products do it will change the texture of the sauce.
Once defrosted, make sure to give the sauce a really good whisk up to get the fat incorporated back into the liquid.
📖 Step by Step Recipe
Easy Chocolate Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon Cocoa Powder (20g)
- 150 grams Caster Sugar
- 150 ml Double Cream or Single Cream - Milk can be used instead for a thinner sauce
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract - optional
Instructions
- Add cream (or milk) to a saucepan on low heat, add vanilla extract (or other flavour if using)
- Add sugar
- Use a sieve to add cocoa powder in
- Use a whisk to combine the ingredient together and increase heat to medium
- Continue to heat for 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
- Serve straight away or leave to cool and keep in the fridge to use when wanted.
- Can be served cold or reheated when next used.
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Rachel Braddock
Heated in the microwave in short bursts, stirring in between. Used evaporated milk as had no cream. Have a sweet tooth so was delighted with it and so easy,,😊
Luke and Kay
Hi Rachel! Thank you so much for your 5-star review of our Easy Chocolate sauce. We're glad it turned out well for you, and we love your substitution idea using evaporated milk. It's always great to hear when our readers enjoy our products and find them easy to use. Thanks again for sharing, and happy cooking! 🍫:)