Chocolate Maple Syrup Food

CHOCOLATE MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine all ingredients.
• Bring to a boil and simmer five minutes, stirring constantly.
• Serve hot or cold over ice cream.
• Store in sealed container in refrigerator.
• Make chocolate milk or hot chocolate adding 1 or 2 Tbsp chocolate syrup to a glass of cold or hot milk. Stir well and serve.

COCONUT WAFFLES WITH CHOCOLATE MAPLE SYRUP AND BANANA

Steps:

• For the waffles: Whisk together the flour, sugars, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together the milk, coconut milk, butter, oil, vanilla and eggs in a medium bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently fold in the coconut. Cover and let rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• For the syrup: Meanwhile, bring the syrup to a simmer over low heat in a small saucepot. Add the chocolate and salt and remove from the heat. Whisk it until it becomes smooth. Keep warm.
• Heat a waffle iron according to manufacturer's directions. Brush the grates with melted butter. Ladle about 1/3 cup of the batter onto each grate. Close the cover and bake until golden brown. Serve the waffles topped with the bananas, drizzled with syrup and garnished with a sprinkling of toasted coconut.

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Set 2 racks in the middle and upper thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, oats, and pecans together with a whisk or fork.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together for 30 seconds until blended. Beat in the egg until smooth and barely fluffy. With mixer running on medium high, drizzle in the maple syrup, and vanilla until incorporated. Turn the mixer down to its lowest setting and gradually add the flour-oatmeal mixture. Blend just to combine, then mix in the chocolate chips.
• Drop walnut-sized balls of dough onto a nonstick or parchment-lined cookie sheet at 3-inch intervals. With moistened fingers, flatten and round out the cookies a little. Bake for 9 minutes, turning the pan once for even baking. The cookies are done when they are lightly browned on top. Set the cookie sheets on a rack to cool.

CHOCOLATE MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan heat maple syrup over moderate heat until hot. Whisk in cocoa powder, butter, and a pinch of salt and simmer, whisking, 1 minute.
• Serve syrup warm. The syrup keeps, covered and chilled, 1 week.

CHOCOLATE MAPLE BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening, syrup and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Remove half the batter to another bowl., Combine melted chocolate and pecans; stir into 1 bowl of batter. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Add coconut to remaining batter. Spread carefully over chocolate batter. , Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat butter until smooth. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and cocoa. Gradually add syrup, beating until smooth. Fold in marshmallows. Frost bars.

MAPLE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Position oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F.
• 2. Lightly grease a 9 × 13-inch rectangular baking pan or two 9-inch round pans (and line them with parchment paper), or line 18 wells of two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
• 3. Into a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• 4. In a large measuring cup or medium bowl, whisk together the syrup, yogurt, eggs, oil, and vanilla extract.
• 5. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry. Using a whisk, energetically blend the batter by hand until smooth and thick, about 1 minute. Spread the batter into the prepared pan or pans. (For fill the cups no more than two-thirds full-you should get 18 cupcakes.)
• 6. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean and the tops of the cakes spring back when lightly touched, 30 to 35 minutes for sheet and/or layer cakes, or 20 minutes for cupcakes. Cool completely in the pans on a wire rack before inverting and frosting.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND MAPLE RICE KRISPIE SQUARES

Steps:

• Line an 8x8inch pan with baking paper and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a pan over a low heat.
• Add the marshmallows and stir until melted.
• Break up the white chocolate, add it and stir until melted.
• Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the maple syrup.
• Add the rice krispies and mix them in.
• Press into the prepared pan using a greased spatula to achieve a smooth top.
• Put in the fridge to chill and set, around 10 minutes.

SIMPLEST HOT CHOCOLATE (WITH MAPLE SYRUP AND NO REFINED SUGAR)

Steps:

• Pour milk into a microwave-safe measuring cup; heat in a microwave oven for 1 minute and 30 seconds. Place maple syrup, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract in a mug; pour in 1/3 of the hot milk and stir well. Add remaining hot milk.