This recipe didn't at all taste like chocolate icing to me, I think it probably needs more cocoa and less brown sugar and butter. I probably won't make it again.

First the positives- the icing did taste good and was a nice compliment to the yellow cake I made. I did, however, give it a low rating for several reasons. First, the name is deceiving- it does have a hint of chocolate taste to it, but it's far closer to caramel. Additionally, the recipe needs to be instantly doubled to actually cover a cake (round or sheet). Finally, it is wildy difficult to ice a cake with- you have to have it nearly harden before you can even work with it. The consistency was close to that of a soup when I finished making it. Safe to say this is best used on brownies- skip it for a cake.

Tasted like chocolate not icing, it was very hard to spread and i don't think it made enough for an entire cake.

Perfect on the "Deep Dish Brownies" on this site. Fudgy-like. It firmed up fairly quickly, therefore made it easy to spread, and not drip off the brownies. I actually found myself scooping up spoonfuls of it up, and eating it. Sinfully good!

I made this last for a french vanilla cake. It was a hit at my house. I also made a change after reading the reviews. I wsed 1/2 cup choclate chips. Wonderful recipe. Thanks for sharing.

great frosting! move quickly though!

rich and yummy!!! I wouldn't change a thing

I really was not fond of this recipe at all. I followed the recipe, but my icing did not taste chocolatey in any way. It tasted more like a very sweet maple icing.

i think that this should be called caramel icing - it was good on chocolate cake

Since the frosting looks glossy in the photos, I was expecting a creamy consistency. I was surprised when the icing hardened, but not disappointed, as it was absolutely yummy. Love the extra "flavour dimension" added by the brown sugar. I used a few drops of almond extract because I didn't have quite enough vanilla -- the flavour complemented my brownies perfectly.

This frosting was ok. It did fine and people did enjoy it but I wasn't overly fancy of it.

This icing is truly delicious. It has a slight caramel flavor and a surprisingly strong chocolate flavor all at the same time. I used this to ice cream cheese brownies and they are so sweet and yummy. The icing does set up very quickly and at first I had a hard time getting the confectioners sugar to blend in well but I just added a little extra milk as recommended and it turned out beautifully. The icing is almost a fudgy consistency after it cools and if you like sweets as much as my family does, that is a good thing. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

Too sweet and too much brown sugar taste. Definitly not the best for chocolate icing. I tried to use it for 2 dozon cupcakes and it got way to stiff - way too fast!

my husband has been talking about his aunts "hard chocolate frosting" forever. well this is the closest we've ever come. I think it needs a lot more chocolate powder, at least double what the recipe calls for.

Kudos for the creativity...but this recipe falls short! I felt the texture was completely off and far too sweet. I followed the recipe exactly and simply put...WAY to much work for a lack luster icing!!!

This icing reminded me of the chocolate icing you find on bakery doughnuts. Yummy! I actually used it to frost home made doughnuts so I made it in advance. Reheating helped it spread easier.

This icing was fantastic! I had many people say it was the best they had ever tasted. I added in 1/2 C. of semi-sweet chocolate chips like others had done. It had a great chocolate taste even though I had a few lumps of powder sugar. I will mix if faster and add a little more milk next time.

This icing is WONDERFUL! All though I had to double the batch. One batch only covered half the cake. It does set up really quick too. I left in on the stove and heated it up when it started to set up. I also added 1/2 cup chocolate chips, it gave it a really chocolaty taste! Thank you for this recipe! :]

This is my first time making icing from scratch. This recipe fit the bill as 'easy' and it tastes wonderful.

Excellent flavor, hardens quick ! :)