The Ultimate Pancake Day - Master our favourite chocolate and caramel sauces
It’s that time of year again! Ahead of the big day, Jon – our Chocolatier and Head of Experience – shares his favourite caramel and chocolate sauce recipes.
From a vegan coconut caramel to creative ways to incorporate your favourite Rococo chocolate bars, make Shrove Tuesday exceptional this time round.
For these recipes, make sure you have a sugar thermometer at the ready! Our Artisan Bars weigh 70g each (85g for Grenada Chocolate Company Bars)
Vegan Coconut Caramel:
55g palm sugar
120g brown sugar
50g maple syrup
50g water
100g coconut oil (butter)
200g coconut cream
1/2 lime juice, with zest
Boil the palm sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup and water together until the liquid reaches 145c on your sugar thermometer. Add in the coconut oil, coconut cream, lime juice and zest, and stir to a smooth caramel. Drizzle over a warm stack of pancakes.
Roasted Cocoa Nib Crunch Caramel:
30ml double cream
170ml milk
100g cocoa nibs, plus additional to fold into the sauce at the end
300g soft brown sugar
150g butter
50g Grenada Chocolate Company 100% Organic Dark Chocolate, broken into chunks
A pinch of sea salt
Infuse the milk and double cream with the cocoa nibs in the fridge overnight, then blitz them all together and pass through a sieve. Bring to the boil the milk and cream infusion with the soft brown sugar, butter and sea salt. Stir continuously in a pan for 7-8 minutes. Then take the sauce off the heat and stir in chunks of the Grenada Chocolate Company 100% dark chocolate until they melt. Lastly, fold in some crunchy cocoa nibs for texture and spoon the sauce onto your pancakes.
Earl grey Elderflower and Lime Sauce:
120g Rococo Earl Grey Dark Chocolate
25ml double cream
50ml milk
80ml lime juice
40ml elderflower cordial
25g caster sugar
1/4 tsp Earl Grey elderflower tea blend
Bring the milk and double cream up to 60 degrees, add in the cordial and tea and leave to infuse for twenty minutes. Then add in the sugar and lime juice and bring back up to the boil. Pass the liquids through a sieve onto the earl grey chocolate so that it melts into the mixture. Whisk and blend into a smooth ganache ready to spoon onto your pancake stack.
Honeycomb crunch chocolate sauce:
170g Rococo Honeycomb Crunch Milk Chocolate, with additional to crumble over the finished pancakes
120ml double cream
60ml milk
105g honey
A pinch of salt
Bring all the ingredients to the boil and blend into a creamy ganache. Smooth it over your pancakes and break up some additional Honeycomb Crunch bar over the top for extra texture.
Molasses and Big Smoke sauce:
150g Rococo Big Smoke Dark Chocolate
105ml double cream
35g black treacle
25g molasses
Bring all the ingredients to the boil and whisk into a creamy ganache, ready to dollop onto your pancakes.
Blonde chocolate caramel:
110g Rococo Blonde Chocolate
76ml double cream
65ml milk
38g muscovado sugar
15g toasted buttermilk powder (or use roasted malt)
A pinch of sea salt
Bring all the ingredients to the boil and whisk into a creamy ganache, ready to dollop onto your pancakes.
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