Homemade Chocolate Syrup

Okay every one, it is time to ditch the store bought chocolate syrup and try this homemade version of it. I love it! So did my family when we enjoyed our ice cream this weekend, not to mention my son requests it almost every day for his chocolate milk. I have never tried homemade chocolate syrup before, but it is amazing how you can really taste the cocoa in it, it gives milk and ice cream such a better flavor then the store bought kind. Try it some time.

Ingredients

- 1 1/2 cups of sugar

- 3/4 cups of unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Hershey's)

- 1 cup of water

- Dash of salt 

- 1 tsp of vanilla

1) In a sauce pan add the sugar, cocoa powder, and salt; and gently whisk together.

2) Then add the water and mix to together.

3) Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally. Once it comes to a boil reduce the heat and cook for 1 minute. Then, remove from heat and add the vanilla 

4) Once the vanilla is mixed in, pour into smaller glass containers and allow to cool. Store in the refrigerator.

There you have it.  Add it to milk for chocolate milk (heat it up for hot chocolate), pour over ice cream, or make milkshakes out of it; so many options. One thing I do want to note in that as it heats up in the saucepan make sure you stir it so it does not burn as it starts to boil. 

Enjoy!!