How to Make Homemade Chocolate Sauce

Drizzle homemade chocolate sauce over cake for a quick dessert.

Homemade chocolate sauce adds appeal to almost any dessert. Top your favorite ice cream with chocolate fudge sauce during the summer months. Use this topping during the winter with molten lava cakes fresh from the oven. Drizzle chocolate sauce on angel food cake or over a bowl of strawberries to add a little richness to your lower-calorie desserts. Fill a crystal bowl with chocolate sauce during parties so your guests can dip pieces of fruit in it. Fill a squeeze bottle with warm chocolate sauce -- use it to garnish dessert plates.

Things You'll Need

• Bowl
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp. flour
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. cocoa
• Saucepan
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

1. Combine the sugar, flour, salt and cocoa. Set the bowl aside.

2. Place the water and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat.

3. Stir in the dry ingredients. Cook and stir the mixture about 6 minutes, or until it thickens. Serve warm.

4. Store the chocolate sauce in your refrigerator. Use it within two weeks. Reheat the leftover sauce before serving.

References

• Food Network: Chocolate Sauce
• How Sweet It Is: Homemade Chocolate Fudge Sauce
• JoyofBaking.com: Chocolate Sauce