Easy Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup Recipe - Low Carb (2024)

Need a low-carb sugar free chocolate syrup recipeto use for making keto chocolate milk and ice cream sundaes? There's no need to buy one. It’s super easy to make your own!

Lately, I’ve been craving a lot of chocolate. In particular, a chocolaty alternative to almond milk. Then it dawned on me that I just need to make a sugar-free chocolate sauce to add to a cold glass of milk.

When I first went low-carb, I used to buy sugar free chocolate syrup. The brand I used wasWalden Farms zero carb chocolate syrup. These days, there are better sugarless options like Lakanto sugar-free chocolate syrup. and Hershey's sugar free syrup.

Eventually, I stopped buying commercially prepared products that contain artificial sweeteners. Unfortunately, Walden Farms uses sucralose as the added sweetener in their syrup which isn't natural like monk fruit extract.

Hershey's sugar free syrup also adds sucralose as well as artificial flavor and some other questionable ingredients like sodium acid sulfate, potassium sorbate, acesulfame potassium, zinc sulfate, and sodium benzoate. That's why I came up with this sugar-free recipe!

Recipe Ingredients

You only need a few ingredients to get the iconic flavor of Hershey without those artificial ingredients. Here's what you need to make your own homemade chocolate syrup.

Cocoa powder

Regular unsweetened cocoa powder is what I use to provide a natural flavor. If you need a more rich and genuine chocolate flavor, you can melt in a little low-carb dark chocolate or stevia sweetened chocolate.

If you don't want to follow my dark chocolate recipe, you can always buy it from Good Chocolate instead.

Sweetener

Although you only need one keto-friendly sweetener, I often use concentrated vanilla stevia liquid and mix it with apowdered erythritolorallulose sweetener. What you use to sweeten the syrup is really up to your own personal taste and preference. If you don't use a vanilla liquid sweetener, you should add in a half teaspoon or so of vanilla extract.

Salt

Just a pinch of salt goes a long way in enhancing the chocolate flavor so don't leave it out!

Note: The full list of ingredients and all the exact amounts used to make this homemade sugar free syrup are available in the printable recipe card at the bottom.

Recipe Quick Tips

• Add a thickener. You can thicken up the syrup by adding in a little xanthan gum or guar gum. However, cooking the mixture with some melted chocolate will thicken it without having to add any low-carb thickener.
• Check the carb count on the cocoa. Some unsweetened cocoa powders have less carbs than others. Be sure to check the labels before buying to make sure you choose one with the lowest carb count.
• Use a whisk. I find that a whisk helps blend the cocoa powder into the liquid best. I also like to use a mix of sweeteners.

Recipe Instructions

You should be able to whip this chocolate syrup up within 10 or 15 minutes. Once you gather all your ingredients it’s just dumping it into a saucepan, whisking it up, and cooking it up a bit.

1. Combine the ingredients

Whisk together all of the ingredients in a small pot until they are well combined.

2. Cook it

Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Then reduce the heat and simmer on low for about five to ten minutes.

Once the mixture has thickened, remove it from the heat and stir in the vanilla liquid sweetener or a little vanilla extract.

Serving Suggestions

The delicious taste of chocolate syrup can be used in so many ways! Add a chocolate drizzle to your midday coffee for a little sweetness and classic mocha flavor.

It blends well with unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk for a keto chocolate milk or hot cocoa. It's also a great way to add a little chocolate flavor to all your favorite drinks.

Use it as a tasty topping for low carb ice cream to make a chocolate sundae. I had somelow-carb strawberry ice creamin the freezer that I made several weeks ago and it went perfect over that too.

It's great for adding extra goodness to keto treats. Just pour a chocolate drizzle of the syrup over the top of your favorite desserts.

I also use this sugar free chocolate sauce in myno bake banana split cake cheesecake.

Common Recipe FAQs

Before getting to the full recipe and instructions, I wanted to answer a few of the questions I often get asked about the recipe.

If you liked this recipe, you should try these othersugar-free syrupsas well! They are all delicious and perfectly sweet, all without the carbs.

• Keto Maple Syruphas that classic maple flavor making this a perfect substitute for your pancake breakfast!
• Sugar-Free Cinnamon Dolce Syrupis a flavorful addition to seasonal drinks, coffee, or drizzling over pancakes and waffles.
• Low Carb Blueberry Syrupis a bright and fruity syrup. It would be delicious on top of pancakes or waffles!
• Sugar-Free Caramel Sauce Recipeis sweet and rich, all without the carbs and added sugar.
• Easy Sugar-Free Hot Fudge Saucehas the classic chocolate flavor and is a rich and sweet low-carb topping for ice cream.

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Recipe

First published on October 13, 2015. Updated on December 26, 2021, with new photos and additional recipe information.