Quarantine Cooking - Chocolate Gravy 

My Nannie made this growing up. Her recipe is different though. Hers is 2 cups of milk, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 2 tbsp unsweetened Hershey’s cocoa, and 1/2 cup evaporated milk. The evaporated milk makes the difference between most chocolate gravy’s. Takes about 10 minutes to thicken up, but like all gravy, you must continuously stir so it doesn’t scorch and the chocolate doesn’t create lumps.

I love that she is so down to earth and y’all can tell she’s from the south! Love it!

The square skillet looks really hard to work with..🥴

My dad wanted this before he passed away. I called everyone I knew and looked on line trying to find a recipe. This was 19 yrs ago . Well I have the recipe now and I’m going to try this . Daddy try to tell me how is mom made it . Bless his heart . He was born in 1922 so this recipe is really old . Thank you honey for all you do for us . You and my mother would have been best friends. You are just alike. Love and best dishes to you Mrs Paula

My family's recipe starts with the milk and sugar in a pot, then the cocoa powder and then the thickener...boil until desired consistency and shut off the heat. Then add the vanilla extract and butter at the end just before serving over hot biscuits. Takes less time than starting with the roux.

Paula My mom passed Mother’s Day 2019. She was like you, naturally pretty. Naturally pretty people don’t ever get unattractive. Older isn’t ugly, it’s just a part of life. Thank you for giving us your time. I’ve learned so many things through the years. You and yours be safe.🤗💕🙏🏻🌻

How about red eye gravy? My Grandma used to make it after she fried ham.

"Y'all I've had a lot of gas lately" She is just too cute. Love Paula Deen🤣🥰

Yes Ms Paula, sometimes I do feel "un-pretty", especially since I'm not going anywhere due to this shelter in place. One day, I just got up and went to wash my face as normal and ended up doing a full facial treatment on myself, tweezed my brows, and then went to playing in my makeup. I had on a full face of makeup and got dressed. I went to Walmart. 😁😂😂😂

I would love to see you make a good old fashioned chicken and dumplings

My great grandma used to make this- She called it soppin’ chocolate.

My grandma use to make this for us when we would visit her in Kentucky! I loved it my husband thought we were all crazy until he tasted it!! BTW you still are and always will be beautiful ❤️

I am going to make this ... but l think l will use a round pan 😊🤗

I love this gravy... I learned how to make it from my grandmother. It is so wonderful... love everyone on here. Have a beautiful Wednesday guys ❤👍. Love you bunches Paula 😘

My precious Mom made chocolate gravy throughout my childhood and now I make it. The only difference between then and now is using a microwave instead of on the stovetop. I use the same ingredients as you Miss Paula. I put all of the dry ingredients in a large microwave-safe bowl, whisk it to combine, pour in the milk, whisk again to make sure everything is incorporated then put it in the microwave for 5 minutes, take out and whisk, then back in the microwave for 3-4 minutes depending on your microwave. After that, be sure to use an oven mitt or potholder to remove (the mixture will be hot),add 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla, and 2-3 tablespoons of butter and whisk one last time. Another suggestion is to use a large glass bowl or pitcher with a handle. It makes it easier to grasp when taking it out. Serve over biscuits split open with pats of butter. Delicious! 😊

Oh that chocolate gravy looks so good on those homemade biscuits !! Miss Paula, I didn't even notice your black eye until you said something about it . Bless your heart, I hope it gets better soon . I'm so glad you and Teresa brought up the story about how you make vanilla . I never knew that you could make your own vanilla with vodka . I would love to try that !! I went in the kitchen and shared that with my husband . He thought that was very interesting too . I have a suggestion , can you fry some okra with some green tomatoes ? I love that !! I haven't fried okra with green tomatoes in a long time . You know what Miss Paula , when I was growing up my Granny always called okra ( okry ) and for years I thought that was how it was pronounced . HAHAHA...!! 😂 I still call it okry . 😉😊😁 Thank you Paula , Teresa , and Eddie for sharing another great video !! These videos always makes my day and I share them with my family and friends on Facebook everyday too . Love y'all !!! 😘❤😍

First off I will be using a round pan. Then if your looking for ideas, I would like to see a fried tomato recipe. I always have trouble getting the bread crumbs to stay on while frying. Help.

The first time my mother mentioned chocolate gravy I thought, "yuck!" Then she made it with fresh hot biscuits! Watch out! That's tasty stuff! So I taught my children how to make it. My son called me not too long ago and asked me for the recipe again so he could make it for his wife and kids. They're northerners, y'all know. They ain't never heard of chocolate gravy. Lol

I grew up eating homemade biscuits & chocolate gravy. Thx for the memory, Paula.

Not only can you cook... You’re just the Sweetest and Cutest One!!! God Bless!!! ❤️🦋☀️🌈

I would like to see you make chicken and dumplings. I have enjoyed you sharing every morning with us.

MY DAD MADE THIS GRAVY FOR US ALL THE TIME WHEN I WAS LITTLE. THIS IS GOOD STUFF.

I want an old fashioned Jam Cake with Caramel Icing, made the simple way. Made with cake mix or self-rising flour, easy way.

Oh my gosh my ex husband's Nana always made him "cocoa" and biscuits for breakfast in the morning.

Hi, Paula! So glad you are accessible to us again. How about holding our hands through making some fried chicken? Thanks

Your still beautiful to me. Black eye and all...

I am from Tennessee and my momma said my daddy loved chocolate gravy and he loved it when she would make it for him. Southern cookin is the BEST!

That gravy is way thinner than how my grandparents made it when I was a kid and it's lighter too. Their chocolate gravy wasn't watery in the least.

You’re just beautiful inside and out.

Ms. Paula, l am so glad that you are on you tube. I think that it is a good fit for you . Now we truly see the real good.

My Mom, who grew up in Kentucky, made this for us kids all the time. After I got married I made chocolate gravy for my husband and kids, with some biscuits. My husband thought it was chocolate pudding and stuck it in the freezer to cool it down. I asked him why he did that, he said i don't like hot pudding! LOL...I said, it's not pudding, it's a gravy and you eat it with biscuits. He had never had it before, and even to this day he just can't wrap his little mind around that concept! 🤣 My kids loved it and would ask me to make it from time to time. Now that my kids are grown, I may have to make it again and see if my husband will change his mind on this idea! LOL..I won't get my hopes up! 🤪

My momma always mixed her dry ingredients together first sugar, flour and cocoa, dash of salt in her pan then added her milk and stirred until thoroughly mixed together then heated over med. Heat until thickened and then added her vanilla and butter on the end. And Grandpa always had to have chocolate gravy every Saturday morning with his biscuits. BEST MEMORIES EVER. 😊😪 Thank you Paula for sharing.

You will always be a Beautiful Lady!!!

Love chocolate gravy!! Does Ms Paula have a recipe for tomato gravy? I hear of it but never had it. Thx

I am one of 7 children, the oldest girl. My dad would make biscuits and chocolate gravy for us on winter mornings. Talk about good!!! My husband doesn't like it and our children are grown now so I don't make it anymore but I sure enjoyed watching you make it. And daddy made the best homemade biscuits

OH Paula I grew up with this on the weekends so glad someone else is telling the world

I honestly believe that you were dreaming about something wrong with your eye, & yes, did that to yourself. As we age, we can become a very deep sleeper. I've always thought that you look SO lovely in the color you're in today, & pale to bright pinks, too. I'm wishing you a very beautiful day. God bless you, Paula. 🌷🌻 🌹 🌻 🌷 ♥️

Paula all us older gals get days like that when you look in the mirror first thing in the morning and you say oh my Lord who is that... I didn't look that bad yesterday ha ha, you have natural beauty, it comes from within and shows on your lovely face. Now I remember you saying you got that awesome square cast iron skillet as a gift from a guy that owns an antique shop, lucky you, I love it cooking with cast iron, does he have any more cos I want one 😃 now where I come from your chocolate gravy is called chocolate sauce, same thing. I'm going to bake myself a chocolate tart seeing as its my birthday today. Love and best wishes. Your fav fan from the UK. 😃

I'm 60. My granny used to make this for us grand kids and serve it over buttered (lots of) toast. My grand kids love their Granny's chocolate gravy. This takes me back to my little days. Paula you'll always be beautiful. Some women are timeless and I'm jealous.

Paula, I have always thought u r the prettiest lady. I love your silver hair. For 73 u look great. My favorite hairdo for us is when u wear your hair up. It is just beautiful.

I love your little stories you tell as you cook,it just makes my day...lol...how bout some good ole country fried steak?

Paula you are always Beautiful! Your Spirit makes you Radiate Beauty! I make Chocolate Gravy once every 2 years, it’s such a delight!

I honestly don’t have words. My Grammy past away this year and tried to teach me her Tennessee cooking when she could but we always were limited on time so you teaching her recipes are simply a joy. You would be a wonderful daughter example to her! She loved making chocolate gravy and I love learning from her and you!

Oh my goodness I remember this when I was a little girl living in Tennessee my mom made this it's delicious

Omg! I love chocolate gravy and biscuits. I grew up in CA. When I married my hubby we traveled all over and lived many places. My hubby was in the Navy 24 years. I had chocolate gravy when we were stationed in South Carolina. WOW! So good! Thank you for sharing!!!!

I love chocolate gravy! My sweet grandmother used to make this all the time for us with home made biscuits and butter. My gramma did add vanilla after it came off the heat and her recipe did not call for flour. So good! Brings back memories!

My Mamaw was Native American...Cherokee. She made fry bread & chocolate gravy all the time. She was from Alabama, born in the late 1800's. I used to always ask her to make it for me, but she didn't put very much sugar in hers though, just a cpl or 3 heaping tbs. It was just slightly sweetened. And hers was darker brown... more chocolatey. But she would make like regular gravy with a roux of butter & flour...burn it off, then add the milk...get it almost thickened & then she added a pinch of salt, alot of cocoa powder & it was probably abt 3 tbs of sugar per I'd say 2 cups ratio of gravy. Sometimes she'd add a cpl pinches of cinnamon. I used to watch her make it back in the late 60's. I'd pull the step stool up by the stove. Lol.. She was pretty old then but she still cooked & rocked in her big wood rocking chair. They bought me a little red one to put right beside hers to rock with her. Man this brings back old memories! Thank you.❤️

Paula: You ever wake up and feel like you’ll never look pretty again? Do you ever wake up and feel like that Teresa? Teresa: yes, every day

I think Paula should make her creamy chicken rollups next or enchiladas

Paula- I've been thinking for 48 hours, Teresa!' Teresa- 'Oh, Lord'. 😄😄

Thank you for the memory! My mom and my nanny (who was born in 1889) both used to fix this for me as a child in the old dominion state. Dont ever say youre ugly. Youre a beautiful Southern lady and always will be! Your beautiful voice and accent takes this old lady back in time. Bless you!

My mother in law (when she was well enough to cook) would make this for the kids. She said she made it for her own kids when they were younger. She called it Chocolate Biscuits. She never could remember the recipe to give to me so I am so thankful and glad you have done this video. I will write down the recipe and keep it. Next time we go see her, I will make it and take it to her house :) Thank you so very much!!!

Mrs.Paula. I've been watching you since i can remember and i have ALWAYS went to your recipes when in need. Unfortunately due to me having some bad organs now i am on a strict low sodium diet. Do you have any good low sodium meals? I've just about burnt through all mine during this quarantine. I hope your staying safe and you are ALWAYS the prettiest in my eyes. Thank you for always being an inspiration! Brandy.

Love seeing ya cooking,and my husband asked me why he's got so much gas,I told him I've been cooking homemade food again,lol

My Mother mixed flour, cocoa, and sugar together first! And used boiling water instead of milk. Milk is more like a pie rather than gravy to me.

My family's recipe for chocolate gravy is different. We don't add the sugar until the end. Butter, AP flour, salt and cocoa powder. Add milk. Stir til thickened. Turn off heat, add sugar and vanilla. Stir. Sugar melts almost instant. So good. I love chocolate gravy. When I was a little girl and my momma made it for us, we thought she was giving us hot, chocolate pudding.

Don’t let him fool you, men have these days and feelings, too! But don’t worry Paula, not only are you beautiful on the outside but so is your soul on the inside! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Chocolate gravy!! Yum-o!! Love it Paula!!! Love your quarantine shows!! Love from the Jersey Shore

You need a Gravy Whisk. It's almost flat but with a little curve to it. Now I KNOW I'm not telling Paula Dean something about a kitchen tool that she doesn't already know! 😊 I sure do love mine. You telling about your eye reminded me of a comedian I saw recently. He said as he's getting older, he finds that he gets hurt in his sleep. I had just done that very thing. Went to bed fine & woke up with a sore shoulder. Don't know how it happened. But the comedian gave me a good laugh. I know what you mean about the mirror not being our "friend" sometimes. Someone needs to invent a mirror that's like a camera lens where you can adjust the contrast. I'd turn mine all the way down - like looking through fog. Lol. But I think you look extra cute in your hat.😊

It’s easier if you mix all your dry ingredients first to get lumps out then add milk a little at a time stirring constantly then add your butter. Cook till it thickens some add vanilla. Don’t get too thick cause you want to sop it up with the biscuits. Sooooo good!!! Been making this for years.

Could you do a recipe for apple or peach dumplings? My nana would always make them and they’re still my favorite dessert to this day.

I’m really enjoying your channel stay safe your truly Blessed

At 80 I just think I have so much to bring me joy in my life plenty to eat, a roof over my head and reasonably good health. What more can one ask for. Our mates eyes grow weaker as ours do so figure he doesn't even notice deeper lines etc.

One of my best friend's momma used to make chocolate gravy all the time. I loved going over for chocolate gravy over white bread or a biscuit. The only thing different is she used water instead of milk so you could let it sit on the stove covered and you could warm it up as much as you wanted. It was sooooo good.

"Shut up shut up!" 😂 You are so cute! We all have bad days Miss Paula, tomorrow will be better. ❤

Beautiful inside and out! ❤️

Paula, I’m so happy to see you making chocolate gravy. I grew up on it and make it occasionally. Here’s a tip to keep the lumps from ever forming. I always put my sugar, flour, and cocoa powder in the pan before the butter. Mix all that up until it’s combine and then slowly pour your milk in and mix until it comes together. Put the butter in last and let it melt into the gravy.

My grandmother made this. Memories ❤️Born and raised in Kentucky.

No matter what, ever, you’re just the best!!

Mrs. M. Groover where did you get the things on the counter beside the stove that say butter y'all? I think its cute n I want it!

My Mom is from Oklahoma and made that for me and my brother when we were in school. She often didn't have biscuits on the weekdays so we'd have it over buttered toast. I loved it! None of my friends here in California knew what it was. She just made it in a saucepan. What's nice was the leftovers placed in the fridge set up like chocolate pudding and I could have that when I came home from school for a snack!

My MeeMaw used to make this for me and put it over her homemade biscuits. I'm 67 years old and what a lovely memory you brought back to me with this recipe

Good Morning Paula. Those days are pretty normal. Blessings to life ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Paula, you look so beautiful in that color of blue, with the white to highlight that pretty blue, try Pink & White too! & Yellow & White, & Purple & White, & Orange & White. Im so happy your happy & lookin good these days, hugs. Wow your Smashing!!! Va va vooo woo hoo girl friend! 😘 you go girl, "Rock on"

My momma always made “Cold bread pudding “. She would put cold leftover biscuits in chocolate pudding. Similar concept. My favorite treat as a child. When I was pregnant with my 3rd child I was craving that so much. Bless her, she made me a whole big bowl of it! ❤️

My mother in law cooked this when all her kids and grandkids came to the farm. My grandmother came from "the hills" BUT she did not do chocolate gravy. So this girl from So Calif learned to cook this so her son would not miss home cooking. Biscuits and chocolate gravy. Great recipe to show and tell.

I would love to see a chicken and stuffing recipe or some kind of comfort casserole. I’ve just about got all my chickens processed and will need budget friendly ideas that can stretch a meal

I’ll make some this weekend! Thanks for sharing Paula...

I grew up on this stuff but we made it different.Mama always heated the milk first and mixed the cocoa, sugar and flour together before adding it to the milk.no lumps. Butter was added last before pouring over hot biscuits!

My Grandmothers & Mom have made Chocolate Gravy all my life. We're from Alabama. It was always more chocolate colored than this. So good!💚

You are so beautiful in and out!! Always!!!! Can't wait to try this and all your other recipes!!

I have never heard of chocolate gravy but it sure sounds like I'm gonna love it! :D Thank you Paula. Oh and one time i woke up and my eye felt bruised. when i looked in the mirror the whole whites of my eyeball was the color of blood and it looked like the layer on top was filled with blood. It seems the older I get the more weird things I get with diabetes. Things that never ever happened to my body are happening and my husband says to me well honey we're getting old. Were only 60. I hope your eye feels better Paula. Omg that gravy sure looks good. I love chocolate. :D

mom made chocolate gravy pretty often but never added butter. just stirred together the sugar, flour and cocoa then stir in milk and heat it till it thickened.

The first time I had chocolate gravy was at my aunts house. It was like a miracle in my mouth. My mama said she couldn’t make it. So I got a jar from my aunt to take home and I had to share it! I was so mad. Lol. I’ve had that gravy maybe 4 times in my life. Now I can make my own and keep it all to myself! Lol.

A lady made this for me when I was a young girl. I didn’t know it was a true recipe. It Was delish. I Gotta make this Paula,,, you forgot to add the vanilla 🤣

Your beautiful Paula inside and out side .

My Mom says my Grandma used to make this for them for breakfast as a treat. She loved it! Hope your eye heals fast! God bless.

I just love you Paula Deen. I'm from Texas. My brothers told me about this chocolate gravy years ago. A friend of theirs mother would make this for them. We were in Branson Missouri with family at Thanksgiving bc my youngest daughter and she was 38 years old passed away in May from a very rare cancer so we decided to take her kids to do something different for the Holidays. We saw your restraunt but didn't get to go in bc there was so many cars and people waiting to get in. My husband doesn't like to wait too long. Lol..Stay safe and love listening to you.

Hi, Beautiful Paula request: Homemade bread your way.

Paula, your hair is gorgeous! Gravy looks amazingly good and hope to make it one day. I have a request! Could you please please please do a video of Uncle Bubba's Fried Chicken? I absolutely love this recipe! 😄🤗

When I was a young'un, my babysitter made what she called Porcupine meatballs. If memory serves me correctly, they tasted kind of like the stuffing of a bell pepper. And they had rice cooked inside them. I'd love to see a recipe of how to make this dish.

Hey Paula, I make this all the time for my grandkids. There is a much easier way. Just whisk the sugar, cocoa, dash of salt, and flour in a saucepan. Whisk in the milk and stir over medium heat. Stir in the butter and in a few minutes it thickens. Stir in the butter and a dash of vanilla and it done.

Paula, you are one of the most stunning women I've ever seen and I've thought that for years! Love ya!!

Omg Paula I Love You so much! So adorable 🤗

OMG! I grew up with this when my Grandma made it for breakfast for us kids. Everytime we stayed the night over Grandma and Grandpa's house on the weekends she asked us what we wanted for breakfast and this is what she made us. Bisquits and chocolate gravy. OHHHHH yum. My Grandparents were from Oklahoma so thats where I thought it came from.

I make this. My Mom, her Mom so on and so on. They were from Missouri. We did it differently. We mixed flour, sugar, coco, dash of salt together and slowly added milk as we cooked it and when it starts to thicken we add the butter. Its a lot faster and yummy.

Oh my goodness. My grandma's favorite ... she would always laught at me cause I would tell her I love chocolate but not in my gravy.😂🤣😂🤣 she was from Arkansas

i hope you still do youtube when this is all over

oh i just love that you’re doing these videos so much! my grandma passed away 3 years ago and you two are so much a like in so many ways and watching you really takes me to a happy place when i miss her so much. she’s the one that got me into cooking. she would cook all the time for anyone and everyone. you bring a smile to my face cause i see her in you! ❤️❤️❤️

My grandmother used to make chocolate sandwiches for my Dad and his brothers for school back in the 40s. He hated them! Uncle Clyde, on the other hand, loved them! Dad told us she had lots of cream and sugar and wanted to make it a little tastier, so she added chocolate. Maybe this is similar to how they came up with chocolate gravy!