This chocolate sauce is surprisingly crunchy in the best way and just slightly spicy. It's a perfect churro dipping sauce, but you'll want to spread this on everything!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Chocolate, Quick & Easy, Sauce
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Ingredients
2oz.dark chocolate (~60-70% dark)chopped into small pieces
½cupsugar
¼cupheavy cream
1tspcinnamon
¼tspancho chili powder
1tspcorn syrup
Instructions
Place all ingredients in a medium-sized microwave safe bowl.
Melt the chocolate by heating this mixture in the microwave in 30 second increments. After each 30 seconds of cook time, remove and stir. Continue until all of the chocolate is melted and smooth. This should take about a minute to a minute and a half of total cook time. Note, the sauce will never really get smooth because of the sugar granules which is what makes this a "crunchy" chocolate sauce.
Place the melted chocolate in an air tight container for storage. Re-heat in the microwave in a similar manner when you want to drizzle this on anything.
Notes
I love ancho chili powder. It's slightly smoky and a bit spicy, but not too crazy on the Scoville scale. You can substitute with cayenne but I'd half this amount in that case. Just start with 1/8 (a pinch) of cayenne. Increase the spice level to your own taste.