Dessert Sauces & Topping Sauces

Sweet sauces for coffee bars and dessert service

Dessert and topping sauces are an easy way to bring familiar flavours, colour and contrast to hot drinks, cold drinks and plated desserts. This collection is built around professional bottle formats for cafés, coffee shops, dessert parlours, ice cream counters, hospitality teams and catering kitchens that need sauces ready to use during service.

You can choose from DaVinci Gourmet 2.5kg sauce bottles for regular commercial use and Watson Says 1 litre topping bottles when a smaller, more flexible format better suits the menu. Current flavours include chocolate, caramel, white Belgian chocolate and strawberry, depending on availability.

Choose the bottle format that fits your menu

DaVinci Gourmet 2.5kg sauces

DaVinci Gourmet sauces come in 2.5kg bottles, making them a strong choice for busy barista stations and venues using the same flavours throughout the day. They work across lattes, mochas, hot chocolates, frappés, milkshakes, iced drinks and dessert service. DaVinci caramel sauce can be used in caramel lattes, Caramel Macchiatos, frappés, milkshakes, desserts and ice cream.

Watson Says 1 litre topping sauces

Watson Says topping sauces are supplied in 1 litre bottles that are easy to handle at the counter. They are a good fit for dessert counters, ice cream service, waffles, pancakes, crêpes, sundaes and patisserie, particularly when you want to offer a few core flavours without committing to larger bottles across every line. Watson Says chocolate sauce is described as smooth and rich, and can be used with desserts, drinks and patisserie.

Ways to use dessert and topping sauces

Chocolate, caramel and white chocolate sauces can add flavour to mochas, hot chocolates, flavoured lattes and seasonal drink specials. For cold menus, use sauces in frappés, iced coffees, milkshakes, smoothies and dessert-style drinks. A finishing drizzle also gives milkshakes served in domed-lid cups a more eye-catching appearance.

For food service, sauces can be drizzled over ice cream, waffles, pancakes, brownies, cheesecakes, cakes, doughnuts and dessert pots. They are equally at home on sundaes, crêpes and patisserie, helping staff give each serve a consistent finishing touch without overcomplicating the preparation.

Flavour ideas for your counter

• Chocolate: a versatile choice for desserts, hot chocolate, mochas, milkshakes, ice cream and patisserie.
• Caramel: works well in coffee drinks, including caramel lattes and Caramel Macchiatos, as well as frappés, milkshakes and ice cream desserts.
• White Belgian chocolate: a good option for indulgent drinks, winter menus, blondies, waffles and dessert specials.
• Strawberry: especially effective with ice cream, milkshakes, sundaes, pancakes, waffles and fruit-led desserts.

Keeping service moving

Consistent bottle formats and clear portioning help staff work quickly when the queue builds. Sauces can be kept on hand for finishing a sundae, dressing a waffle, adding a drizzle to a milkshake or building a seasonal hot chocolate. They also help create a more inviting presentation, adding colour, contrast and an indulgent look to the cup or plate.

For workplace hospitality, hotel dessert stations, event catering, buffets, banqueting and back-of-house kitchens, buying larger quantities can help keep favourite flavours available and support control of cost per serve. Choose larger DaVinci Gourmet bottles where sauces are used regularly, or Watson Says 1 litre bottles where menu flexibility and easy handling matter most.

Common menu applications

• Cafés and coffee shops: mochas, lattes, hot chocolates, frappés and iced coffee.
• Dessert parlours and waffle houses: waffles, pancakes, crêpes, sundaes, brownies, cheesecakes, doughnuts and dessert pots.
• Ice cream vans and kiosks: cones, tubs, sundaes, milkshakes and summer dessert menus.
• Hotels and caterers: dessert stations, buffets, banqueting, event catering and kitchen preparation.
• Seasonal menus: caramel, chocolate, strawberry and white chocolate flavours for winter drinks, summer desserts and limited-time specials.