Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe
Written by Helga
Monday, 15 February 2010 10:53
If you have been reading my blog, you know what I am trying to do here. Trying to get my life greener, my family’s life greener. Everything is fair game. Big and small.
I have two kids, 8 and 5. My 5 year old boy Max is a skinny little boy, his pediatrician says he needs to gain weight. We try, but this kid just isn’t that interested in food in general. I can dangle ice cream, cookies, whatever, in front of him – he just isn’t that into food. Except 
for Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli. Don’t get me started, saying that out loud just kills me.
He does like chocolate milk, though. Great! Let’s give that boy some chocolate milk! But I had been giving him your basic Nestle chocolate syrup. I chose it because it did not contain high fructose corn syrup like Hershey’s syrup. Then I start reading about the Nestle Boycott. I’m seeing it everywhere now that I’m buzzing around all the green sites & blogs. Well, I was looking to move toward something organic, anyway.
So I switched to an organic chocolate syrup I found at Whole Foods. I like it, it tastes good, Max likes it. But it costs $5.39 for a 22 oz bottle. Takes a decent sized blob to make it good and chocolate y. And it is wicked thick. I mean, more work to mix than chocolate milk should be. Getting it out of the bottle, whoa, the effort there! Stirring. We’re stirring. We’re shaking it up in a container. Still stirring. For the love of lunch, will you just blend already? Lunch is almost done! Having to plan ahead and pre-mix it in a container and store in the fridge so that it can dissolve. Sheesh!
Then, bless her heart, Susan Garrett from Suli Reusable Bags, (find her here on Twitter) which are gorgeous by the way, sent me a recipe for homemade chocolate syrup. Who knew? Why didn’t I think of that? It was so simple, easy to make. Thank you Susan!
1 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 dash salt
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp vanilla extract1. Stir all ingredients together.
2. Boil 2 – 5 minutes, stirring rapidly, until sauce begins to thicken.
3. Allow to cool slightly and store in container in the fridge.This made a pint of chocolate syrup.
I bought Equal Exchange Organic Fairly Traded cocoa powder at Whole Foods for $6.99. Sounds expensive but I can make a few 
pints out of it. I used Florida Crystals organic sugar. It’s fine enough and doesn’t make it grainy. Love Florida Crystals! It took no time at all and it tastes delicious! Very deep and chocolate-y.You can’t tell the difference between store bought and homemade chocolate syrup. Makes me wonder why they need to add useless ingredients like corn syrup. Best thing? It isn’t that thick and mixes easily with milk! The kids love it. YAY! And my husband like a squirt of it in his coffee.
Ok, so do I.
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YES! I blogged that one a couple of years ago, and it is my favorite plastic-free solution EVER.
http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/12/homemade-chocolate-syrup-delicious/
The recipe I used is just slightly different. And once Michael made it with peppermint oil when he couldn’t find vanilla. That was fantastic.
This is my most popular post! Everyone loves chocolate syrup I suppose. With a little less plastic, natch!
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I can’t wait to try this recipe! We have the same hard to mix one you had and didn’t care for the taste after all the effort. There was one store bought organic one that was good but the store isn’t local…so this will be great if it is as good as it sounds! Thank you for posting it!
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Thanks so much for the recipe. My family loves chocolate syrup but I hate the storebought ones. So…YIPPEEE for us!!!!
I hope you like it! It tastes just like store bought, I swear. Would you believe this is my most popular post to date?
This is the brand I use http://www.naturalcandystore.com/product/organic-chocolate-syrup – I LOVE this store. BTW, the natural Maraschino cherries are AMAZING and not disgusting red dye made from dehydrated bugs and the cherries aren’t soaked in lye. This is my new favorite online store. If you need recommendations just ask
I’m making my way through all the vegan/vegetarian candies one at a time 
Thanks for this! I’ve looked all over the web for a way to make chocolate drink mix from scratch and really didn’t find anything till I got here. I just made it, and it’s delicious. My kids both like it, too, much better than the store-bought stuff!
I’m so glad you like it! I was surprised how easy it was to make it, how long it stayed fresh in my fridge (couple of months) and how it tasted just like store bought, maybe even better. Thanks for taking the time to make it, then come back and comment!
My Mom still makes this syrup. It’s great on ice cream too, of course!
I like it any old way.
Thanks for stopping by!
THNAK YOU SO MUCH! I cook all the time and am always trying to make my own whatever instead of buying it. Never thought of chocolate syrup! My girls love chocolate milk and I cringe everytime I give it to them – but otherwise they won’t drink as much.
You are welcome! You will love how easy this is and never go back to buying the syrup at the store! Enjoy.
This looks awesome! I have been wanting a great chocolate syrup recipe. I bet my kids and I will enjoy this
Thanks!!!
I’ve made it a few times, including just now. That’s why I retweeted it, it’s a good easy recipe and the kids will never notice the difference, but YOU will! Enjoy!
Wow! Can’t wait to try this for my kids. Been making chocolate milk with the other stuff knowing there must be better way! Thanks Dee.
You are welcome! I can’t believe how excited I am over something as small as chocolate syrup, but I was looking for a better way, too. You will hear me say this quite a bit here on Live Green Mom: it’s the little things! Thanks for reading and commenting
Oh my gosh…my son was just asking me yesterday if we could make our own chocolate syrup since I refuse to buy it. We will be trying this. Soon!
Thank you so much for posting this. I am trying my best to eliminate high fructose corn syrup from my family’s diet, which isn’t easy. Thanks for sharing
I will be trying this recipe soon. Have a good one. Blessings 
I hope you like it! I was surprised how easy it was to make. A note I will be adding is that you need to stir, stir, stir for the 2-3 minutes it’s boiling, so it doesn’t burn or boil over. It won’t thicken up that much during cooking, though after a night in the fridge it becomes the consistency of Hershey’s syrup. Enjoy! Let me know how it works out for you