Vegan Chocolate Sauce (4 Ingredients, Healthy, Easy)

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Vegan Chocolate Sauce (4 Ingredients, Healthy, Easy)

This easy 4-ingredient vegan chocolate sauce recipe is ultra quick to make (5 minutes!), versatile and silky and rich in texture. Plus, it is made using cocoa powder for a healthy chocolate sauce recipe! It makes for the perfect topping for pancakes, fresh fruits, ice cream, brownies, oatmeal and coffee or lattes. 100% vegan, dairy-free and naturally gluten-free.

Cook Time5

Total Time5

Course: Dessert, Sauce

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate, dairy-free, dessert, ganache, healthy, plant-based, sauce, Vegan, vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 110kcal

Author: Jessica Laroche

Ingredients

½ cup cocoa powder or raw cacao powder
⅓ cup maple syrup or more to taste
5-7 tbsp oat milk or any plant-based milk or water or enough for desired consistency
1 tsp vanilla extract optional

Instructions

Add all the ingredients to a small saucepan and whisk well to combine (the cocoa powder can take a few seconds to be fully dissolved).
Then, warm up on low-medium heat stirring often or almost constantly. The sauce will slowly become silky, smooth and thinner. You can add more milk (1 tablespoon at a time) to reach desired consistency as needed. Also, taste and add 1-3 extra teaspoons of maple syrup if looking for a sweeter sauce.
Important note: you do not want to actually cook the sauce or the texture will become thick and even crumbly. So, stay right beside the saucepan and remove it from the heat once it is steamy hot and the texture looks good to you.
Once you removed it from the heat, let it rest for 2-3 minutes, then enjoy it right away or store it for later.

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Notes

Storage tips: keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week. The sauce will thicken significantly while cooling down. You can use the cold chocolate ganache straight from the fridge as a spread or reheat slightly using the microwave or the stove until it gains its pourable consistency back (leaving it at room temperature for 30 minutes will also give it its thinner consistency back).
Serving suggestions: there are endless ways you can serve this sauce, but my favorites are over ice cream, pancakes, in coffees or lattes, with churros or used as a dipping sauce for fresh fruits.
Once the sauce turns into a thicker spreadable chocolate ganache after resting in the fridge for a few hours, then you can use it like chocolate frosting over cakes, granola bars, brownies, morning toasts, etc.
Be sure to check out the blog post for more tips and serving ideas!
Nutrition: please note that the nutritional information is an estimate per serving provided for informational purposes only (calculated by software) and accuracy is not guaranteed. Consult with your healthcare provider or a registered dietitian if you need precise nutrition calculations for health reasons.

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