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| Main ingredients | Cocoa powder,sugar water |
Chocolate syrup, sometimes calledchocolate sauce, is a sweet,chocolate-flavoredcondiment. It is often used as a topping ordessert sauce for variousdesserts, such asice cream, or mixed withmilk to makechocolate milk or blended with milk and ice cream to make a chocolatemilkshake. The condiment is sold in a variety of consistencies, ranging from a thin liquid that can be drizzled from a bottle to a thick sauce that needs to be spooned onto the dessert item. Typically, the former is called "syrup" and the latter is called "sauce", although the terms can be used interchangeably.[1]
Chocolate syrup is also used to toppuddings and cakes. Some restaurants use an artistic drizzling of chocolate syrup to decorate servings of cheesecake or cake, along with other decorations such as cocoa powder, powdered sugar or chocolate shavings. Some brands of chocolate syrup are marketed as chocolate milk syrup (e.g.,Nesquik). Other brands are marketed asice cream sundae toppings.
A simple chocolate syrup can be made from unsweetenedcocoa powder, a sweetener such assugar, andwater. Recipes may also include other ingredients, such ascorn syrup,malt, andflavorings likevanilla extract.[2]
Beginning in the 1890s, chocolate syrup was marketed as a treatment for ailments, including for infants suffering fromcolic. In part due to the passage of the1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, which required clear and accurate labeling, chocolate syrup began to transition from primarily medical application to commercial use.[3]
Chocolate syrup was often used inblack-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 also has an effective-lookingviscosity on film. The effect was used in many movies, includingThe Wasp Woman andPsycho.
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