HELLO friends! This time of year can be fun and daunting. Especially if you’ve been racking your brain, when it comes to gift ideas. Am I right? To me, homemade is always my favorite way to go. Whether I’m on the giving or receiving end. With that said, I’ve got a favorite gift I’ve given to friends & neighbors over the years… and it’s always a HIT. It’s a homemade chocolatey dessert topping that is easy & great for gift giving! WIN-WIN! This homemade CHOCOLATE SAUCE is the creamiest & chocolate-est, topping ever.
Seriously, when I say it’s easy… who doesn’t like a homemade gift that will seriously take less than 30 minutes of your time to make?! It involves simple ingredients, doesn’t cost a lot, add a cute little tag & voila! The perfect gift for any serious chocolate lover!
Cocoa, sugar, vanilla, and a few other ingredients go into a pot and are melted into a smooth, dark concoction. It turns out smooth, super glossy, chocolatey and did I say smooth? Pour into jars and tie a cute tag and you’re done. I even designed a cute tag for you to print off and use.
chocolatey dessert topping
This recipe is easy to double or triple, (another great reason to make this for gifts)!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 T. Corn syrup
- 1 T. Butter (unsalted)
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 dash Salt
- 1 dash Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
- Combine the water, corn syrup, & butter together in a saucepan over low heat.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder, salt & cinnamon until well combined.
- Gradually add this mixture to the pan and stir constantly until the mixture thickens and begins to simmer.
- Remove from heat and stir the vanilla till well blended.
- Serve warm or allow to cool before storing in jars.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- To use: warm jar of sauce in microwave or bowl of hot water then drizzle on ice cream or brownies.
- For chocolate milk, just add to liking to cold milk.
- (This recipe makes 3 (1/2 pint jars.)
- *Recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
A tip to consider when making this…
Be sure to blend the dry ingredients together really well before pouring into the saucepan. It will give you a much creamier texture. One without grainy lumps! Just whisk them together, (as shown in this picture above)!
You’ll have a beautiful little chocolatey sauce!
Click HERE for your free printable tags! Just print on cardstock. *I made two different tags & the one you will print is slightly different (and much cuter) version of the one pictured below.
Now, set some sauce aside and enjoy a hot fudge sundae for your efforts! No regrets. You’ve got one less gift idea to deal with and life is sweet!
Enjoy & happy week before Christmas~
Thank you to my wonderful friend for catching the correct size of jars to use for this recipe! Ty Lisa❤️