Homemade Chocolate Sauce

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This 5-ingredient homemade chocolate sauce is rich, glossy, and so easy to make, you'll never buy the bottled stuff again!

Prep Time5

Cook Time8

Total Time13

Course: condiment

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings:

Calories: 84kcal

In a small saucepan combine cocoa powder, sugar, and salt.
Whisk together.
Add cream and stir until combined (a few lumps are okay). Mixture will become very thick.
Place pot over medium-low heat and simmer mixture over medium-low heat until mixture loosens, 2 to 3 minutes. Continue to cook chocolate over low heat until sugar dissolves and chocolate sauce is smooth, 4 to 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Cool chocolate sauce for 5 to 7 minutes before serving.

**Makes about 1 1/4 cups** **Each serving is 1 tablespoon**

Tips for the BEST Homemade Chocolate Sauce

Since this chocolate sauce uses only a handful of ingredients, the type of cocoa powder you use can make a big difference in the flavor and quality. A Dutch-processed cocoa powder will make the sauce a bit darker and fudgier, while natural cocoa powder will be a bit more intense and tangy.
For the smoothest consistency, whisk the dry ingredients together before adding the cream.
Letting the mixture simmer low and slow will help the sugar fully dissolve, developing into a rich and velvety sauce. If you crank the heat too high, you may end up with a grainy sauce.
Don't panic if the sauce is lumpy at first! When you first stir the cream into the dry ingredients, it will be lumpy. Once everything is heated through and dissolved, those lumps should smooth right out.
Add the vanilla extract after you've taken the sauce off the heat for the best flavor, as high heat can cause some of the extract (and the flavor) to evaporate.