Chocolate Icing

Ingredients

1 tsp corn syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 Tbs milk
Using choclate squares or chips:
2 Tbs unsalted butter
1 oz bitter sweet chocolate or chocolate chips
1/2 cup powdered sugar
- or -
Using cocoa powder
3 Tbs unsalted butter
3 tablespoons dutch processed cocoa powder
3/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Combine butter, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla in medium saucepan and heat over medium heat until butter is melted. Decrease the heat to low, add the chocolate, and whisk until smooth. Turn off heat, add the powdered sugar, and whisk until smooth.

Notes

You can substitute the 1 oz bittersweet chocolate with cocoa powder by using:

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter