Chocolate Chili? Yes!

 A secret ingredient can boost any recipe. This happens with chili along with any saucy dish.  A special dollop of this or a drizzle of something so unexpected it can make your tasters gasp.The last actually can give new life to a tired dish.

I found this out when I was making chili. These are the ingredients I used a long with a cup of water.

There is Lydl's excellent chili starter along with two kinds of beans and diced tomatoes. There was a also a package of Morningstar Farms Plant based beef crumbles. - and yes,a drizzle of Hershey's syrup. That was the secret ingredient. I knew it was a daring choice but I needed something sweet after tasting a somewhat salty , somewhat metallic flavor. I glanced around  the kitche and came up on the Hershey's syrup. Could it work? Why not. The sweetness would get rid of the metallic tang while the chocolate brings forth  a mole flavor.

The chocolate - a drizzle that's probably just a teaspoon in measurement.blended well into the chili. It didn't darken the color or turn it into a dessert.It was a lucky guess based on previously making mole and it worked.

The flavor was really delicious , a good blend of tomatoes, spice beans, crumbles and chocolate. It worked and reminded me of the mole sauce I used to make for plant based chicken strips. It was a surprise ingredient that really wasn't a surprise,considering some form of chocolate is used in many Mexican dishes.

A surprise ingredient can be a good addition to any recipe. In this case a drizzle of  chocolate syrup added to ordinary chili.It was a great treat with a great treat in it.