Once you know how easy it is to make this slow cooker chocolate syrup, you’ll never want to use store bought again! Use it on everything!
OK, so just a word of warning about this recipe for slow cooker chocolate syrup that I’m going to be sharing with you here today. First of all, once you see how easy and rewarding this recipe is to make, you’re going to have to make it. You won’t be able to stop yourself. And then once you have it sitting in your fridge, staring back at you day after day, you’re suddenly going to become really creative and think of all of these really interesting ideas for things to use this chocolate syrup on. And you’re just going to have to try them all.
A Festive Variation: The Creek Line House – Slow Cooker Chocolate Peppermint Syrup
It’s definitely wise to make this recipe at a time when you’re going to have lots of friends around to help you use this stuff up. It’s an absolutey show-stopping dessert idea if you’re having a party because you can just make up a big batch and serve it up warm straight out of the crock pot. Use it to serve on top of ice cream, in hot chocolates, and for dipping fruit and little pieces of pound cake. If there are any leftovers, use that on your waffles the next morning if you’re feeling really fancy. 🙂
Ingredients for the Slow Cooker Chocolate Syrup Recipe
You’ll need:
- Water
- Sugar
- Cocoa powder
- Semisweet chocolate chips
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
The ingredients are simple and the process is even simpler! Feel free to avoid sharing the recipe when everyone thinks that this chocolate syrup is made with all kinds of heavy creams and other rich, fancy ingredients. 🙂
How to Make the Slow Cooker Chocolate Syrup
This another one of my favorite easy recipes where you basically just dump everything in and call it a day.
Here’s the full printable recipe.
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
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Combine all ingredients together in a slow cooker. Stir until everything is fairly well combined.
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Cook on low for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally.
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Serve warm straight from the slow cooker or store in a jar in the fridge for up to a few weeks.
This slow cooker chocolate syrup is the perfect consistency to be used as a hot fudge type of dessert topping or you can use it straight out of the fridge to make hot chocolates, chocolate milk, and homemade mochas in place of your favorite store-bought chocolate syrup. There’s no shame in eating it out of the jar too if you’re so inclined. (You will be so inclined) 🙂
Let me know what you think when you try this one out! For the perfect, easy thing to drizzle over baked goods, try my Chocolate Glaze With Cocoa Powder!
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Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.