7-minute Vegan Chocolate Syrup
Rich, naturally sweetened chocolate syrup in 7 minutes with 5 ingredients in 1 pot! Perfect for topping ice cream, adding to shakes, or stirring into almond milk!
Servings 8 (2-Tbsp servings)
Ingredients
- 1/2 heaping cup water
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup (plus more to taste // or sub stevia to taste)
- 1/2 heaping cup unsweetened cocoa powder or cacao powder
- 2 Tbsp minced cocoa butter* (or chopped vegan bittersweet/dark chocolate)
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add water, maple syrup, cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and salt to a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Whisk to combine.
- Reduce heat slightly and cook on a rolling simmer (~medium / medium-low heat) for 5 minutes until thickened, whisking occasionally. Then remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Taste and adjust flavor as needed, adding more maple syrup for sweetness, saltiness for flavor balance, or cocoa powder for more intense chocolate flavor.
- Use immediately as a hot chocolate sauce, or let cool completely and then store in a jar. It will thicken slightly in the refrigerator, which you can thin by adding in 1 Tbsp (15 ml) water or dairy-free milk at a time until desired consistency is reached.
- Store covered in the fridge up to 2 weeks, sometimes longer. Perfect for topping ice cream and cakes and adding to shakes, and DIY almond milk!
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Notes
*I use cocoa butter to keep this sauce naturally sweetened. However, feel free to sub bittersweet or dark vegan chocolate! Adjust amount of maple syrup as needed.
*Recipe adapted from Food 52.
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate.
*Recipe adapted from Food 52.
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate.
Nutrition (1 of 8 servings)
Serving: 1 two-Tbsp servings Calories: 57 Carbohydrates: 10.8 g Protein: 1.9 g Fat: 2.4 g Saturated Fat: 1.6 g Trans Fat: 0 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 45 mg Fiber: 2.8 g Sugar: 5.4 g