Old Fashioned Chocolate Sauce tastes like home! Old Fashioned Chocolate Sauce is rich, creamy and made with 5 simple ingredients you have in your kitchen, making it budget friendly. This easy recipe makes the best rich chocolate sauce that will make all of your dessert dreams come true!
What Ingredients Are Needed to Make Old Fashioned Chocolate Sauce?
Making Old Fashioned Chocolate Sauce is so simple and I bet you have all the ingredients in your kitchen!
I have a Homemade Chocolate Sauce recipe on the blog that is made with heavy cream, powdered sugar and melting chocolate. It is thick, creamy and rich with a velvety smooth taste – but it is also costs a bit more to make. Old Fashioned Chocolate Sauce is made for a budget and is every bit as good!
This simple homemade Chocolate Sauce is made with just 5 simple ingredients!
- White Sugar
- Cocoa Powder
- Salted Butter (if using unsalted butter you will need to add a bit of salt)
- Water, milk or evaporated milk
- Vanilla Extract
Should You Use Water, Milk or Evaporated Milk for this Chocolate Sauce?
You will see in the ingredients listed above that you will need to use either water, milk or evaporated milk for this simple chocolate sauce. So, which one is best?
I recommend using milk or evaporated milk. But water will work too!
There is no wrong choice when you decide which liquid to use for this easy homemade chocolate sauce. No matter what you choose, your chocolate sauce will taste just like grandma’s homemade chocolate sauce. This sauce will be rich, creamy and full of decadent chocolate flavor whether you use water or milk.
The only difference you may notice when using milk or evaporated milk over water, is you may get more of a deep rich chocolate flavor. But really, most people cannot tell the difference when I have used water instead of milk or evaporated milk.
If you chose to use milk, use 2% milk or whole milk for a rich taste. If you use skim milk, you may as well just use water. Skim milk is a low-fat milk option that will not give the chocolate sauce any more depth in flavor than water because there is not as much fat in it.
Evaporated milk has a little more fat content and also usually has a bit of a sweet flavor with it, that adds more flavor depth to the homemade chocolate sauce.
How To Make Chocolate Sauce
This Homemade Chocolate sauce can be made in minutes!
Add all of your ingredients to a small/medium saucepan. Heat the ingredients over medium-low heat, stirring it or whisking it as it heats.
Once the sauce is heated and all of the ingredients are incorporated, let it come to a medium-low simmer (small, tiny bubbles). Let the sauce heat and simmer for about 2 more minutes until the sauce is smooth and the sugar has dissolved. Make sure the bubbles stay tiny – adjust the heat if it starts to simmer with bubbles that are bigger!
Once the sauce is smooth take it off the heat and enjoy!
The sauce will be thin at first but will thicken as it cools.
Store in an airtight container for up to a week in the fridge. Reheat it on the stovetop or in the microwave (stirring frequently as it heats). It may be a bit thicker when you reheat the sauce. If you want it thinner you can add more milk or water to the sauce as you reheat it.
This simple chocolate sauce is so yummy on ice cream sundaes. We love to make Brownie Cookies and make brownie sundaes with the cookies and this sauce. Also, try my delicious Homemade Brownies in place of the Brownie Cookies.
Try these Chocolate Recipes on the blog:
- Sheet Pan Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Homemade Brownies
- Brownie Cookies
- Homemade Chocolate Sauce (made with heavy cream)
- Peanut Butter Fingers
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Easy Chocolate Cream Pie
- Texas Sheet Cake
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Old Fashioned Chocolate Sauce
Equipment
- saucepan small to medium sized
- measuring cups and spoons
- whisk and spoon
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 6 tbsp salted butter *if using unsalted butter add 1/4 teaspoon salt with the butter
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk *or 2% milk or whole milk or water – see notes
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small to medium sized saucepan, add all of the ingredients. Heat on medium-low heat. Stir or whisk the ingredients as the mixture heats. Let it come to a slow simmer (with tiny bubbles) and let it cook until the sugar is dissolved, and it's smooth (about 2 minutes).*The sauce will be thin at first but will thicken as it cools.
- Serve over your favorite ice cream, cakes cookies, cheesecake or any other dessert!
Notes
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.
