This chocolate sauce from the 1940s was used to make a chocolate milkshake, but not the kind of milkshake you would get today. A milkshake in the ‘40s is exactly as it says — pour milk into a jar, add chocolate sauce, put the lid on and shake vigorously. Voila, a milk “shake”!! This chocolate sauce is great in a glass of cold milk, over ice cream, in a sundae, or even in coffee. It’s delicious nevertheless!
I got the recipe from the cookbook, Economy Recpies for Canada’s “Housoldiers” by the Canada Starch Company published in 1943 and reproduced by Forgotten Books in 2018.
Here is the original recipe:
Let’s get started!
Put chocolate in saucepan, and on low heat, melt gently.
I changed up the recipe a bit! Once melted, add corn syrup, butter, sugar, vanilla and water.
Simmer on low for 10 minutes or until thickened. Pour into a jar. Refrigerate up to 3 weeks.
This chocolate sauce is so good from the 1940s! I used 70% and 85% dark chocolate and it was the right amount of chocolatyness! And it’s not sweet which is great!
I will definitely be making my own chocolate sauce! And it is super mole to do.
Chocolate Sauce from 1940
1.6oz chocolate
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp butter
2/3 cup water
1 tbsp vanilla
Carefully melt chocolate in saucepan so it doesn’t burn. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 minutes or until slightly thickened. Pour into a jar. Refrigerate leftovers.
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