Sweet and smooth chocolate gravy is just as good as it sounds. Pour it over warm biscuits for a tasty breakfast treat, or use it on anything else your heart desires!
This chocolate gravy is a little different than our chocolate fudge sauce, although it will taste amazing on all the same things! Whether you pour it over desserts or breakfast foods, you’re sure to love this sweet gravy.
Southern Classic
Chocolate gravy is a Southern comfort classic. You can find it everywhere in the Southern United States!
It’s sweet, it’s chocolatey, and it’s best when poured all over warm fluffy biscuits. But you can pour it on top of almost anything your chocolate heart desires—especially things like pancakes and waffles!
This Southern recipe for chocolate gravy is basically cocoa powder, butter, sugar, milk, and a few other ingredients all mixed together and heated up over the stove.
It’s basically a super thin chocolate frosting that tastes incredible. It’s so famous in the South that even Elvis liked to eat and serve it at his home, and if the King liked it, I’m almost positive you will too. 😉
Making the chocolate Gravy
MIX. In a medium mixing bowl, mix the cocoa, flour, sugar and salt together. Add the milk to the bowl and mix until well combined.
COOK. Pour the mixture into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until the texture is similar to gravy. This will take about 7-10 minutes. Remove the gravy from the heat and add in the butter and vanilla. Mix to combine.
SERVE. Spoon the chocolate gravy over warm biscuits. Or these other tasty ideas:
- Fluffy Pancakes
- Buttermilk Waffles
- Easy French Toast
- German Pancakes
- Swedish Pancakes
- Cream Cheese Pound Cake
- Homemade Cream Puffs
You can also make chocolate gravy ahead of time! Talk about a time saver. Just keep it in an airtight container chilled in the fridge. Heat it up over the stove before ready to pour and serve!
For more sweet breakfast recipes, check out:
Chocolate Gravy Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cocoa
- 3 TBSP all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tbsp butter softened
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Biscuits
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl mix the cocoa, flour, sugar and salt together.
- Add the milk and mix until well combined.
- Pour the mixture into a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the texture is similar to gravy. About 7-10 minutes
- Remove from the heat and add the butter and vanilla. Stir.
- Spoon the chocolate gravy over warm biscuits.
have never heard of this before, looks like a fun breakfast treat, thank you
Thanks for the recipe! It came out great. I forgot to halve the recipe for just two of us, but the more the merrier when it comes to chocolate, right? I’d heard about chocolate gravy years ago and I’m happy I’ve finally tried it. It was great on biscuits and alongside bacon. Yum!
I’m so happy you liked it so much! Chocolate gravy has been a great discovery in our house. 🙂
I’ll eat anything with chocolate poured over it!! i had never thought to pour it over biscuits, but i was pleasantly surprised!! Very yummy & easy to make!
I have never heard of chocolate gravy but this looks so good. Will have to try this on biscuits!
Can I substitute coconut flour for the regular flour?
I personally have not tried, but you sure could 🙂
Wow, i’ve been missing out all these years!! CHocolate gravy is my new favorite! It’s so smooth & creamy & perfect over biscuits!
LOVE the name! This Chocolate Gravy could be literally put on everything. So GOOD!
I grew up on chocolate gravy for breakfast or bedtime snack best memories ever!!!!!
Chocolate gravy could not sound more decadent! I love that its paired with a regular biscuit and aren’t overly sweet.
Good taste everyone likes it & easy to prepare
Happy to hear that! Thank you!
What do you do if you use self rising in stead of all purpose
Hmm..that’s a good question! I haven’t tried, so not sure. How did it turn out?
An old time favorite your family will beg for!
Yes! Glad they all like it! Thank you!
No problem. I only use self rising flour for everything…that’s how my momma taught me. Just leave out the salt. It’s wonderful!!!
Growing up in the South, chocolate gravy and biscuits was a favorite! This recipe tastes just like my moms and brings back great memories. Now I’m making it for my family and my kids get excited when they smell the chocolate gravy. Thanks!
Oh that’s awesome! I’m so glad that this recipe brings back good memories and you can pass those good memories along to your family. So neat! Thanks for sharing!!
Can you make the chocolate up ahead of time and warm in a crock pot? I want to take to a family reunion?
Yes you can! Just keep it in an airtight container chilled in the fridge. Heat it up over the stove before ready to pour and serve! You can also keep it warm in the crockpot once it’s made.
that would taste so good dipping a benet in it (spell check 🙂
Mmmm yes!! That would be so tasty!
I hope, since you are posting this classic from the Southern culture, that you are, in fact, a Southerner.
This chocolate gravy is yummy! It’s a little too sweet for me and too thin for the Mr., so next time we make it, we’ll use half a cup of sugar and a little more flour. Everybody has different tastes and this recipe makes it easy to adjust and make. Thanks for sharing it with us
I grew up on chocolate gravy for breakfast or bedtime snack best memories ever!!!!!
Can you save the leftovers?
Wow this looks amazing! I’m always scared to try new things because my kids end up making a mess. Last time we had to get a carpet cleaner involved 🙄 do you have any tips on cooking/baking with kiddos? I’d appreciate it!! ❤️