Can I Use Hershey's Syrup Instead Of Cocoa Powder?

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Can I Use Hershey's Syrup Instead Of Cocoa Powder?

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Answer 1

Depends on what you're doing - for hot cocoa, sure. Works fine. For cookies, maybe and maybe not. Keep in mind that Hershey's Syrup is a mix of cocoa, water, corn syrup, and sugar - cocoa powder is just cocoa powder. It's a dry ingredients not a liquid. So, the liquid and dry proportions of whatever recipe you're using would have to be adjusted. That's usually more work than I want to do. There are, however, some recipes that specifically use Hershey's syrup instead of cocoa for things like brownies - check the Hershey website for tons of stuff using their products.

Answer 2

That's true. It would be many more calories to use Hershey's syrup over the coco powder, but in many recipes, you'll end up with something very thick or dense. Moist. Decadent. It would work great in brownie, cupcake or cake recipes, but some other things it wouldn't work in like a mousse, or something because if it's a lighter recipe, it might foul up the "chemical composition" of the recipe. Baking is actually a "science" like this. It's fun science, but it's science!!