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Not only is it delicious, it’s incredibly easy to make, too! Yeah, it takes a little bit of stirring to keep it from scorching, but that’s a pretty easy task. And the end result is the most delicious, velvety chocolate sauce.
In my own bizarre brain, I feel like chocolate gravy is seen as kid food, but I assure you one taste of this stuff and you’ll realize this deliciousness shouldn’t be relegated to only the little folks. It’s a delicious treat the whole family will love for breakfast or dessert! It’s a simple but delicious sauce that will turn any ordinary meal into something extraordinary!
Chocolate Gravy
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together the cocoa powder, flour, sugar, and salt. Pour in the milk and whisk until all the lumps are gone. Place the pan over medium heat and cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly, until the gravy just begins to boil and then thickens. Once thick, remove from the heat stir in the butter and vanilla. Stir until the butter has melted. Serve over hot biscuits, pound cake, or even over ice cream!
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Amanda says
It’s so funny that you posted this. I was just discussing chocolate gravy with my mother on Sunday. My granny used to make us grandkids stir and stir and stir for her and I can remember my arm getting tired. My mother has tried making chocolate gravy but it just doesn’t to taste the same as I remember it. Maybe it was the pot Granny used to cook it in. Maybe it was because she just threw in ingredients and didn’t measure so we don’t know her ‘recipe’. She made the best buttermilk biscuits so I sometimes wonder if that was part of it too. I definitely need to try your recipe and see if it’s close to what I remember.
Stacey says
Ha! You know I’m conviced that even if we had the exact recipe, it still wouldn’t taste the same. I think we can “taste” memories in recipes like this one. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this one! 🙂
PATRICIA LACKEY says
My mom made chocolate gravy also and us kids loved it to death…she also made her home made buttermilk biscuits..as far as the chocolate went, she never used salt, or vanilla extract,her ingredients were hersheys chocolate, flour sugar, water and milk and we put butter in our plates or bowls then the chocolate was poured over the butter, the biscuits were the best part to go along with the chocolate..sometimes we used toast or just bread, we used to break up pieces of bread and poured the chocolate over the bread and added the butter…it was yummmmm yummmmm… now im vegetarian im wondering if i could wheat flour and my stomach cant handle anything with folic acid in it so i also wondering if i used silk milk for the liquid mixture part of the ingredients..can u help me out on this before i make it how it would be as far as taste is concerned….THANKS..
Stacey says
I think you could definitely make that work!
Amanda says
The original recipe that I work off of doesn’t use milk at all 🙂 It uses water instead less cocoa and more sugar to balance tad more butter and vanilla. Just play with it!
Kari Cox says
Chocolate gravy is a specialty in my husband’s family—new to me when I married into the family, but I very quickly became a convert! As delicious as it is warm poured over biscuits, it is equally delicious chilled and eaten the next day. Make a double batch and chill small cups of it to enjoy as a decadent pudding-like dessert the next day! Yummmm!
Stacey says
What a great idea!!
Jeanne L says
Are there tricks to making a double batch, or do you just straight double everything?
Stacey says
Just double it all. 🙂
Kiss Marianne says
When I was a very young woman,I have an aunt, her name was.Annuschka She has taught me make chocolate gravy and my young husband liked it very much. Annuschka has said that when the gravy had completed must put it in little porceain or glass bowls and whipped cream on them top. When I have some visitors, my family or friends, they all knows – now they eat my fantastic chocolate gravy. Today I make it for my grandchildren and think with thankfulness to my aunt, Annushka.
Stacey says
Love that!! Once it cools, it is very pudding like, so I love that idea!
Debbie Strum says
The first time I heard a co-worker mention chocolate gravy, I thought my ears had not heard her right. I asked her to repeat and when she graciously did so, I thought she was pulling my leg. LOL She called her mother to get her version of the recipe, made it and biscuits for me to try and I was impressed!! Now I will have to try your recipe, Stacey. I’m sure I will enjoy it. I’ll let you know.
Stacey says
Please do! I sure hope you enjoy it!
Mary says
How is it stored and how long will it last, if you don’t eat it all right away?
Stacey says
You can store it covered in the fridge for a few days.
Twyla says
When I was growing up we had chocolate gravy over plain vanilla muffins (my mom didn’t like biscuits…shameless! Either way it great stuff!
Stacey says
Ha! I’ll take Chocolate Gravy any way I can get it!
Kaye says
My grandmother and my mother both made chocolate gravy, but always made it in an iron skillet. I haven’t had it in years. I really need to make it. Brings back memories
Stacey says
🙂
Pamela E McCurdy says
I love chocolate gravy and have developed an easy recipe for just about anyone that likes a darker chocolate taste….. the base is 1/4 C sugar to 1 heaping T of cocoa powder. This is easy to make a whole batch for family or just a bit for a solo breakfast, just keep adding the same amount of sugar to the same amount of cocoa. Then I add the milk by sight and cook and stir until reduced. We leave it on the stove for most of the day, swiping a finger full as we go by……think I’ll make some up for dinner…..yum!!
Stacey says
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!!
Carol says
Another hit at my house, Stacy! I was born & raised in a small town in Oklahoma & never had (or even heard of) chocolate gravy until I met my future hubby (from Texas). His mother made awesome chocolate gravy.
Years later, my teenaged grandson asked me to fix some so, of course, I came to your site. 🙂 I doubled the recipe & my son & I ate some & John polished it off. (He just told me he feels kinda sick! LOL) Thank you, Stacey. You never fail me!
Stacey says
Thank you so much for the confidence!
Phyllis Provo says
Stacey!!! Chocolate Gravy!!!!! Naughty, naughty!!!
Stacey says
🙂
Mick says
Could I possibly use hot cocoa mix instead of regular cocoa powder?
Stacey says
I think, in this case, cocoa powder is just going to be best.
Ben says
Amazing recipe thank you so much! Had to substitute cocoa powder with dark chocolate and all purpose flour with tapioca flour. Best sauce ever served over pancakes!
Stacey says
Sweet! So glad it turned out great for you, Ben!!
Mary Taylor says
My husband is from Mississippi, born and bred on chocolate gravy and biscuits. This is the only variation I have tried that got my husband to utter, between mouthfuls, “Please don’t forget how you made this, it’s gooooooood!”
Thank you for making my Superman happy.
Stacey says
Ha! I’m so glad it met with his seal of approval!!
Fredda says
Tastes as good as I remember my Mama’s tasting. My 5 yr grandson helped me make this and biscuits this morning for breakfast. He loved it and I loved that we made a memory ❤️
Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Stacey says
Now that is the ULTIMATE compliment for me! Thanks so, so much, Fredda! So glad y’all enjoyed it!
Erica says
Found this recipe and wanted to try. I left out the chocolate (hubby is allergic) and added some maple and rum extract. I used it to top your skillet cake and it was a major hit with the family. Thanks for sharing.
Stacey says
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Erica!
cody says
You forgot the main part. You forgot to tell people how to make choclate gravy! Are you saying it doesn’t really matter how much sugar, flour, milk and cocoa you put in it? If I went by your directions I’d just have a bug mess in my kitchen
Stacey says
Ummm… huh? The full recipe is at the bottom of the post.
Kimberly Parker says
Hello,
I can’t believe we didn’t grow up with “chocolate gravy” – Can you use this recipe to pour over icecream. I am not sure of the biscuit thing. I would be all in for icrecream though.
Stacey says
Hi Kimberly! I certainly think you could. This has the flavor and consistency of a thick, rich chocolate pudding, if that helps. I love it on biscuits, pancakes, and pound cake!
Danielle says
This is fantastic! My son and I loved it! We’re not originally from the south, but we have been living in the south over 10yrs now. I never heard of this until just a few months ago. We had a few rolls of the refrigerator biscuits left over from the holidays and gave it a try. Wow! It’s so easy and so darn good! Thanks for posting.
Stacey says
Wonderful! So glad y’all enjoyed it!
Rhonda says
How I got to chocolate gravy on a stormy Sunday night during a tornado warning I haven’t the slightest but it started I think with mayhaw jelly! Oh, mercy!
Old recipes and tips for pets are the best reasons for the internet! Ha! (And YouTube of course…)
This nails it. The chocolate gravy I grew up with. Thank you for sharing the Souhern Love!
Stacey says
Ha! So glad to hear you enjoyed it! Hope y’all didn’t have any damage!
susan bayless says
basically chocolate pudding when u did not have a lot of money for eggs and sugar. A dish ….Norwegian or Swedish called root be groot (spelling phonetically) makes a similar dish a friends parents used to make and it was served as the only dish for dinner no chocolate but extra sugar on top and plum jelly on side
Phyllis says
Yummmmmm!!!!