This past winter, we have been doing our best to cut back on our visits to coffee shops and focusing more on making different options at home. (We have the Ninja Coffee Maker and have been using it to make some really tasty variations of flavored coffees at home.)
My favorite “special” coffee is still the Homestead Coffee, but for awhile we weren’t getting any chicken or quail eggs.
I love a good mocha, but couldn’t justify the price of buying a good syrup at the store and didn’t want to compromise with a cheaper option (and significantly more ingredients!) This option is inexpensive and allows me to control the quality of ingredients used.
This syrup is nutritionally dense with raw cacao, real maple syrup, and Real Salt. Raw cacao is packed full of antioxidants, maple syrup contains essential minerals and is lower on the glycemic index than refined sugars, Real Salt is unrefined and full of trace minerals the body needs for proper function.
It comes together in about 10 minutes and can be used right away warm, or chilled in the fridge. It does need to stay refrigerated, and should keep for a few weeks! Although, I think we will use it faster than that! I have a baking day planned later this week and hope to restock our freezer with sourdough sheet pan pancakes, sandwich bread, round loaf bread and sourdough muffins to make breakfast and lunch a little easier.
What You Need:
- 1/2-2/3 cup raw cacao
- 1/2 Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp Real Salt
- 1 Water
- Dash (or three) of vanilla extract
Directions:
- In a sauce pan, mix in all your ingredients and whisk together.
- Bring to a slow boil over low/medium heat.
- Stir constantly for 5 minutes. DO NOT WALK AWAY OR STOP STIRRING. The cacao can burn very easily and will ruin your batch.
- Remove from heat and pour into a heat resistant jar. This recipe makes a little over a cup, so I’ve been using a pint jar. I’ve ordered different lids with spouts on the top for easier pouring.
- Store with a lid in the fridge for up to two weeks.
Use as a healthy alternative to any of your chocolate syrup favorites! We can’t wait to try this to make hot chocolate and over pancakes! This day, we had some with our homemade chocolate ice cream!
What will you use your chocolate syrup for first?
