Mmmm, now that is good and fresh -- homemade chocolate sauce. This stuff is so easy to make and fun, too.

1 1/2 C	sugar
3/4 C	water
2 T	light corn syrup
1/4 t	kosher salt
3/4 C	cocoa, unsweetened
3/4 stick	butter, chopped into table spoon pieces
1 T	vanilla extract

Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a medium sauce pan. Bring sugar solution to a boil. Add salt. Reduce heat to medium and, using a whisk, mix in the cocoa. Add one piece of butter at a time and mix it in before adding the next piece. Try to keep the liquid at a low simmer, which might require increasing the heat. You can replace the cocoa and butter with Dutch-processed cocoa.

After the ingredients are mixed in, let the syrup come to a boil then reduce heat to medium low, but keep a simmer. Reduce the syrup to a slight thickening.

After it is cool, you can pour it into a squirt bottle. After the chocolate sauce is safely put away, you can get your first cup of hot chocolate. Set the pan over medium low heat. Deglaze your pan by adding a little milk and scrapping the pan. Slowly add more milk to deglaze the pan. Scrap the sides and bottom to work all the chocolate into the milk.

Rachel is enjoying the first cup of hot chocolate.



Rachel is also enjoying licking out the used funnel.