With this Greek special, you can escape the summer heat. Makes a great quantity and is suitable for picnics, gatherings, or keeping to yourself. will last for around 4 days in the refrigerator. This may be prepared well in advance and is great for summer gatherings and parties.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 3 1/2 cups |
Ingredients
- 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons evaporated milk
Instructions
- Have all ingredients at room temperature. Melt chocolate in a double boiler or microwave oven.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Pour melted chocolate into cream cheese and mix on medium speed until well blended. Add vanilla and salt. Slowly mix in confectioners’ sugar.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl and increase mixer speed to medium-high. Slowly add evaporated milk until frosting is spreading consistency.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 274 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 21 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 85 mg |
| Sugars | 40 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It’s on the bitter side but at least it’s not grainy.
Icing would have been perfect had I followed the directions. After reading other reviews that said if you don’t have condensed milk, regular milk will be fine, Wrong, it was not the same. The icing had a bitter after taste with the use of 2% milk . I believe the condensed milk would have given it that sweetness that I was missing. Will try again using condensed milk.
This was not as good as I had hoped. The texture was tough. Maybe I over-mixed it? And, the taste was not as chocolatey as I had hoped for. Will continue to look for the best chocolate frosting.
This is so delicious! Very creamy, sweet but not too sweet. For me, it’s the perfect frosting!
This is so easy to make . I didnt need to use 4 cups of powder sugar though. I used maybe 1/2 cup and my family said it was perfect.
Soooo good!
Yummy!!!! A little too sweet for me (probably not for most). Enough to frost 2 layer 8 – 9″round cake, if using 9 x 13″ you will have way too much. :
I made it for a black magic cake for my nephew’s birthday… he liked it so much that to this day he asks me to make it for every occasion from holiday to office pot luck day
This was quite good, certainly not sour nor bitter, nor even dark for that matter! I did use more milk than called for to get the desired consistency. I also used only 1 tsp vanilla. The color of this icing is like a milk chocolate color. I don’t know how some reviewers got theirs to look dark. Although this recipe was fine, I like Carolyns Fudge Frosting on this website more.
Came out kind of thin and the cream cheese flavor was too strong.
I substituted Evaporated Milk with 2% Milk and added more chocolate. Kid approved! Will make again!
I made a little mess and it was worth it
I made it. It was quiet easy. I did cut the amount of sugar cause my mom in law is diabetic but I also shredded coconut.
Just a comment. My unsweetened chocolate was 2 squares per ounce. Other reviews mentioned it was too bitter. I wonder if they add too much chocolate. mine was good. I did add only 3 cups sugar since we like things a little less sweet these days.
Perfection!! Used heavy cream instead of evaporated milk as I already had some I needed to use. Exactly enough for a 9×13.
I forgot to buy the melting chocolate to use in this recipe. So, I used two almond and two crisp candy bars from our daughters school candy bar fundraiser.
Delicious!
Perfect! I only used 2 and a half cups of icing sugar and 1 tblsp of milk. Everyone loved it and I will definitely make it again.
The perfect frosting for vegan chocolate cupcakes. Dense, rich and simple to whip up. I make it with just regular milk instead of evaporated, sometimes with heavy whipping cream. I’ve also made it with splenda for a lower sugar frosting. Reminds me a lot of the dense frostings found on Sprinkles cupcakes – my favorite!
Made it exactly like the recipe, except mixed it in my Ninja food processor…. Best chocolate frosting I’ve ever made!
I adapted this recipe to be vegan by using vegan cream cheese and almond milk. It was delicious!