Our chocolate boiled icing is a must-try frosting. Learn how to make this old-fashioned boiled icing step by step. It's boiled for one minute, then whisked in an ice bath and poured onto the cake of your choice. Boiled icing hardens as it cools. Gluten-free.
⭐️ Bring ingredients to a boil. To a medium-sized saucepan with handle over medium heat, bring the sugar, unsweetened chocolate, milk, butter, Crisco, and light corn syrup to a boil.
Prep the ice bath. Add ice to a large stainless steel or glass bowl (big enough for the saucepan to fit). Add about 1 cup of water.
ice and water
⭐️ Boil icing for 1 minute. Once the icing is at a rolling boil, let boil for 1 minute without stirring. Stir in the vanilla.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⭐️ Whisk icing in the ice bath. Immediately place the saucepan into the ice bath. Holding the handle of the saucepan, whisk the icing for about 1 minute or just until the icing starts to slightly thicken up. Immediately pour onto the cake or dessert of choice. If the icing seems too runny, continue to whisk. This icing will harden quickly - make sure to pour it onto the dessert while still runny.
Notes
This homemade icing is best served fresh, but it can be refrigerated up to a day in advance if looking to make the recipe ahead of time.
Pour immediately on your dessert of choice once made as it hardens quickly.
Vanilla or almond extract? Consider your dessert flavor. Almond extract pairs best with raspberry, peach, plum, butterscotch, chocolate and maple flavors while vanilla extract complements cherry, orange, strawberry, cinnamon, hazelnut and chocolate flavors.
CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you're new to eating gluten-free we understand it's overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don't. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn't require a helper.