NEVER FAIL CHOCOLATE CHIP
FROSTING
 
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1/4 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla

Bring butter, milk and sugar to a boil, add chocolate chips and vanilla. Beat until cool.

This will frost a 9x13-inch cake.

recipe reviews
Never Fail Chocolate Chip Frosting
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 Julia Davis (Michigan) says:
This is a keeper! So chocolatey and delicious. You really do need to let it cool completely and then whip it back up.
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 Kevin Pritchard (New Mexico) says:
I can bake breads, every time I try cakes or cupcakes something seems to go wrong. But I was able to bake a cake using an old recipe of my mom's and this was the perfect icing for it! Quick and easy and I had everything on hand.
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 Vicki Thompson (Virginia) says:
I couldn't find my mom's recipe for choc. frosting -- this is close but she used canned milk.
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 Carolyn McLean (Tennessee) says:
Best homemade icing, easy too but I also added 1 heaping big spoon of peanut butter. Yummy! Tasted heavenly!
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 Mary (Tennessee) says:
If using regular sugar, the sugar can crystalize causing hard spots. To avoid that add 1-2 tablespoon of light corn syrup which will stop sugar from crystalizing. If you want perfection every time use 10x sugar!!!
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 Colleen (Ohio) says:
What an excellent recipe, I added 1/4 pb and topped it over my King Arthur Flour cake pan cake recipe and wow was it rich and good. Thanks.
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 Peggy A Herrod (Indiana) says:
It was good and fudge-like. Next time I will increase the recipe, it didn't make quite enough for a 9 x 13 cake.
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 Rowdy (Virginia) says:
Love this frosting! Very easy and tastes great. I used dark chocolate chips and it was outstanding!! Tasted like fudge frosting. Thank you.
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 JoAnn (New York) says:
Made a chocolate devils food cake & looked online for a quick & easy buttercream frosting to make... I had no cocoa powder in the house but did have chocolate chips. This was great, but you have to make sure the butter/sugar/milk is boiled until the sugar granules dissolve... takes a while. I whipped the frosting until it cooled and was afraid it wouldn't firm up. The more I let it cool, the better it became. Once the cake was cooled, I re-whipped the frosting and it was delicious!! Added some coconut extract to the frosting, as well as some coconut & crushed almonds to the top after frosting!! who needs dinner when you can have cakeC?!!
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 Dee (Texas) says:
Absolutely perfect! It's flawless! After it boils, boil for a full minute.
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 Lois (Alabama) says:
I was impatient ... It took a while, but the frosting turned out wonderful. At first I thought it would not thicken, my bad. It took a little patience but worth the wait!
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 Beth (United States) says:
Love this quick, easy and YUMMY recipe!
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 Lorraine (District of Columbia) says:
I remember my mother doing a lot of baking using the double broiler effect. I made the frosting as instructed stirred until well mixed. Then put ice in a larger pot and put the pot with the frosting on top of the ice and stirred until it was cool and got thick, and very easy to spread. It got thick very fast, so stir it as you get thickness you need. Plus it tastes very good.
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 Samantha (Florida) says:
Perfect!
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 Kim clayton (Virginia) says:
This is a fantastic recipe...for those of you that said it turns out grainy...it is suppose to be boiled for 1 minute, not just brought to a boil then throw the chips in...that should cure your problem :)

 

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