Chocolate syrup

Chocolate syrup

Chocolate syrup topping on ice cream, in a bowl
Type	Syrup
Main ingredients	Cocoa powder, sugar, water
Media: Chocolate syrup

Chocolate syrup is a chocolate-flavored condiment. It is often used as a topping for various desserts, such as ice cream, or mixed with milk to make chocolate milk. Chocolate syrup is also used to top puddings.

Basic ingredients

A simple chocolate syrup can be made from unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar and water. Recipes may also include other ingredients, such as corn syrup, malt, and flavorings like vanilla extract.^[1]

The industrial recipe contains ingredients such as:^[2]

• High fructose corn syrup
• Corn syrup
• Water
• Sugar
• Cocoa
• Potassium sorbate (preservative)
• Salt
• mono and diglycerides (emusilfier)
• Polysorbate 60
• Xanthan gum
• Vanillin (artificial flavoring)

Other uses

Chocolate syrup was often used in black-and-white movies to simulate blood, because it was safe for the performers to swallow, easy to get out of clothing, and cheap to buy. It was used in many movies, including The Wasp Woman and Psycho.

Products

• Fox's U-bet chocolate syrup
• Somebody's Mother's Chocolate Sauce
• Bosco Chocolate Syrup
• Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
• Culver's Chocolate Syrup
• Nestle Nesquik Chocolate Syrup

See also

• Ganache, the melted chocolate and cream preparation
• Hot fudge, a thick chocolate sauce
• List of dessert sauces

References

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