Chocolate Syrup

This Homemade Chocolate Syrup is overflowing with rich, delicious chocolaty flavor that you won’t get from the store-bought kind! It takes less than 20 minutes of hands-on time to make it!

Use this Homemade Chocolate Syrup in a fun ice cream topping bar! Along with this sweet, fruity Easy Homemade Strawberry Sauce Topping and rich, sticky Slow Cooker Dulce de leche Caramel Sauce!

This Homemade Chocolate Syrup will have you kissing a bottle of the store-bought stuff goodbye forever! After all, that artificial flavor doesn’t even begin to compare to the homemade taste of this syrup!

Stir this homemade Chocolate Syrup up with your favorite milk to make a tall glass of the best chocolate milk EVER! Or enjoy it as a topping on all of your favorite desserts!

Since a batch lasts for up to 2 weeks, you’ll have plenty of time to figure out your favorite way to enjoy this chocolaty, sweet syrup!

Ingredients For Homemade Chocolate Syrup

• Water
• Granulated Sugar
• Dutch-Processed Cocoa Powder
• Vanilla Extract
• Sea Salt
• Light Corn Syrup

Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder

The two main varieties of cocoa powder are natural and Dutch. To bring the best chocolaty flavor to this homemade chocolate syrup recipe I used Dutch-processed cocoa powder!

Dutch-processed cocoa powder has a smooth yet mellow flavor profile. Allowing this syrup to have a rich, deep chocolate flavor with great color!

Whereas naturally processed cocoa has a sharp flavor profile that doesn’t provide the overall flavor we want in the syrup!

Therefore, I highly suggest using Dutch-processed to achieve the best taste when making this homemade chocolate syrup!

How To Make Homemade Chocolate Syrup

1. Boil water and sugar in a small saucepan. Then reduce the heat and sift in the cocoa powder.
2. Whisk in the vanilla extract, salt, and corn syrup.
3. Cook until the syrup starts to thicken, stirring often.
4. Remove the saucepan from the heat and strain it through a fine mesh sieve.
5. Cool the syrup completely before storing or using.

How Do I Store Chocolate Syrup

Store this homemade chocolate syrup in an airtight container or tightly sealed jar in the refrigerator. The sauce is then good to enjoy for up to 2 weeks!

Fun Ways To Use This Delicious Chocolaty Sauce!

The possibilities are endless when it comes to using up this homemade chocolate syrup! Here are some of our favorite ways to enjoy it:

• Drizzle it on desserts like Classic Homemade Fudge Brownies, a warm Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookie, or a big slice of Peanut Butter Pie!
• Enjoy it as a breakfast topping along with Perfect Homemade Whipped Cream on a tall stack of Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes!
• Use it for homemade chocolate milk syrup! Your ice-cold chocolate milk is guaranteed to taste better when you use this homemade syrup over store-bought!
• Pour the finished homemade syrup into fancy bottles! Then add a homemade tag with a festive holiday ribbon and gift them away during the holiday season!

Enjoy Warm Chocolate Syrup!

You can pop some syrup in the microwave to heat it up before enjoying it. Instead of warming up the entire container of syrup, I’d recommend portioning it out into a small bowl.

That way, you only heat up what you plan to use.

More Homemade Condiments:

• Hot Fudge Sauce – Homemade fudgy decadence!
• Homemade Pumpkin Spice Sauce for Coffee – Better than Starbucks!
• How To Make Strawberry Sauce – Great for cheesecake, pancakes, and biscuits!
• Homemade Chick-fil-A Sauce – No more boring nuggets at home!
• Brown Sugar Simple Syrup – Used in this Shaken Brown Sugar Oatmilk Espresso recipe!

This recipe was originally published in December 2013 and was updated in November 2022 with fresh photos and content.