What Makes a Great Chocolate Syrup?
Whether used to enhance a simple bowl of vanilla ice cream or as part of an elaborate ice cream sundae party, a quality chocolate syrup can make all the difference. Keep a bottle in the fridge for quiet nights at home, festive occasions or whenever you feel like a cool glass of chocolate milk. It’s also a superb dessert topping for brownies and cakes. Our chefs define high-quality enriched chocolate syrup as having a medium to dark brown color range. The bold chocolate aroma should have a complex character with notes of cocoa, chocolate and sweetener adding to its complexity. The chocolate aroma should not be one-dimensional, featuring only cocoa powder or sugar notes. Aroma off notes, including burnt or rubber notes, should not detract from the overall aroma. Bold sweetness will be the leading basic taste in chocolate syrup. Low bitterness from the chocolate will follow along with barely discernible saltiness. In the flavor profile for chocolate syrup, bold chocolate flavor will lead.
