Gravy, gravy, gravy!
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Here in the South, Chocolate Gravy is served at breakfast over “cat-head” biscuits, as my dear Dad calls them. My own daughters used to gag at the idea of gravy being sweet, until they grew up a little and learned just how delicious chocolage gravy poured over a warm biscuit and topped with a pat of butter can be.
It’s not something I make on a regular basis, but for a special breakfast treat.
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Speaking of Dad, his specialty was always Tomato Gravy, a savory gravy made with bacon drippings and flour, with chopped fresh tomato pieces added. Yum, yum! I must make some soon.
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My friend Jada shares her family’s secret recipe for Chocolate Gravy.
Chocolate Gravy
2 cups sugar
3 TBS cocoa
3 heaping TBS flour
add 3-4cups HOT water
Mix sugar, flour, and cocoa with whisk first, then add your water. Mix well. Cook on med heat until it boils. Remove from heat and place in a pretty gravy bowl. Allow to cool slightly before serving over warm biscuits.
Jada’s notes: Add more water if it gets too thick. Some like it thick, some don’t. I let mine sit and cool about 5 min before serving so its not like lava–lol–ENJOY! I’ve just let y’all in on a BIG family recipe 🙂
Heart of a Country Home 
Wow…this brought back so many great memories from my grandmother’s (Sunday morning treat) and then my mother would make for me when I would visit as an adult. Never ever seen this recipe anywhere. I will be making this very soon 🙂
Thanks,
Charlotte Sweet
So glad that a recipe here on this site could bring back such wonderful memories. 🙂 Some of my favorite memories of my grandmothers and great-aunts involve delicious food!
Thanks for the memories, I can remember having chocolate gravy over biscuits with my cousins before going to school. Good times. I’ll have to make some for my husband. He looked at me like I was crazy when I told him about this recipe.
My own daughters did not like the sound of chocolate gravy…until I made it. Hope your hubby enjoys it. 🙂
thank you for posting this…my grandmother used to make it all the time….and then i started telling people about it and they all thought i was crazy…now i have proof i’m at least not crazy on this…i loooove chocolate gravy… 🙂
I am an Atlanta girl–most of my family was born and raised in Decatur and Conyers, Ga. So, definitely being from the South, I was surprised to have never heard of “chocolate gravy” until my husband–from Sand Mountain, Alabama–introduced me about 15 years ago. I still think it is weird, but I would never, never turn it down! I’m officially a convert. Thanks for the recipe–I might just surprise the husband sometime! He’d be shocked!
Make it soon! It’s easy and delicious!
What part of Sand Mountain? I live in Sylvania.
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I have never heard of Chocolate Gravy. But since I’ve never met a gravy I didn’t like, I bet it’s DELICIOUS. You just put these on regular biscuits??? I’ll be trying this! And thanks for visiting my blog. I wish I had time to do nothing but check out other folks’ blogs. They are so interesting and you learn so many new things!!!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year!
That’s right, Robbin. You can put these on regular biscuits. Any kind will do, IMHO. 😀 Glad you stopped by today. I enjoyed your blog as well and bookmarked it for future reference. I’d love to spend all day blog-hopping, too. 🙂
I don’t think you can be from the South and not know about Chocolate Gravy. I have not made it in years! I have a friend that loves it more than anything you can eat. I will have to make it for my two year old grandson. He loves anything chocolate. I hope you have a wonderful New Year.