Memorial Day Chocolate Ancho Chile Rub

Continuing with the Memorial Day Barbecue theme, here's an easy recipe for Chocolate Ancho Chile Rub. Use this on Brisket with one of the Chocolate BBQ sauces I posted Thursday.. Fabulous.

Here are step by step directions for Smoked Beef Brisket. Use the following Chocolate Ancho Chile Rub with this Chocolate Barbecue Sauce.

CHOCOLATE ANCHO  CHILE RUB

Ingredients
1 Cup Cocoa Powder (Scharffen Berger)
1/2 Cup Ancho Chile, ground
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Kosher Salt
1/4 Cup Black Pepper, freshly ground
1/4 Cup Cumin, ground

Directions
In medium size bowl, add all ingredients and mix with whisk, until you have uniform mixture.
Put in quart size jar and seal until ready to use on brisket (or other meats). Too late for Memorial Day party. Take the jar to the barbecue as a gift for the chef!