If you haven't started your cookout yet, maybe this is something you'd like to try: Hershey's Chocolate Barbecue Sauce!
It comes from Charlie Gipe, the executive chef at Hershey's and sounds like maybe a pop food version of mole sauce. You use four cups of Hershey's chocolate syrup, which sounds like a lot, but there is also four whole lemons and vinegar so I'm sure that balances the flavor. Full recipe after the jump.
Hershey's Chocolate Barbecue Sauce
In a 5 quart sauce pot:
¼ cup chopped garlic
2 cups diced onion
½ cup Olive oil
Cooked over medium heat until onions are tender.
4 whole lemons, squeeze in juice only
2 tablespoons salt
3 tablespoons black pepper
2 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce
Add items, stir in and simmer for 10 minutes.
8 cups ketchup
1 cup cider vinegar
4 cups Hershey's chocolate syrup
Add items, stir in and simmer for 15 minutes.
Hold on low heat for service. Chill in refrigerator for service at a later time. Reheat on a low heat setting.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-04-2007 @ 3:43PM
Patrick said...
Since this uses sweetened chocolate and tons of ketchup (also lots of sugar) I highly doubt it would taste anything like mole, which is characterized more by its savoury bitter cocoa taste and subtle heat. This looks like it would be much "tangier," given the ketchup, vinegar, and citrus content.
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7-04-2007 @ 5:01PM
Jan said...
Actually it sounds pretty disgusting! Also, what are you supposed to do with that huge amount of sauce!?! Bathe in it?
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7-05-2007 @ 4:46AM
scrivener said...
I'm trying this.
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7-05-2007 @ 2:25PM
Layne said...
what would you use this with? Chicken I assume?
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7-05-2007 @ 6:50PM
RobL said...
Boycott the Hershey's company. They have broken their promise to the folks in and around Hershey Penn, and moved their factory to Mexico. Many in my circle have sworn off this company forever.
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7-05-2007 @ 9:57PM
bdw said...
If you read the bottle, it's "Hershey's Syrup" not chocolate syrup, but it does have "chocolate flavor." It's just cocoa powder, corn syrup, and preservatives. It's a lot more satisfying to make a mole thats heavy on the bitter baking chocolate. This does look quick, but you can also buy a bottle of Kraft or other commercial sauce and doctor it with chilpotles, coffee crystals, brown sugar, your own fried onions, or whatever.
Not a big Hershey's fan here, either, though it's more a gustatory than a political position. All big companies have to make unpalatable business decisions. Their products are suitable for children's tastes, not for mine.
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