I try to be pretty health conscience about what I put in my family’s body. I check labels on most everything. I avoid all hydrogenated oils, food coloring, and high fructose corn syrup. I realized last month that our chocolate syrup had ~shock~horror~ high fructose corn syrup in it! I checked all the labels and they all had it! Ugh! So I bought some organic chocolate syrup from Raleys. I won’t even tell how much that cost! 
Let me tell you that just one evening of ice cream sundae’s and a couple of Shaylah’s wonderful coffee’s and that bottle of chocolate syrup goes pretty quick!
My frugal mindedness and health consciousness collided at full force. What to do, what to do??? Oh, yeah! Make my own! Off to cyberland I went and found a recipe. How easy is this?! Yay! The best of both worlds…health and penny pinching!
Homemade Chocolate Syrup
- 1 1/4 C organic sugar
- 1 C unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 C water
- 1/4 t salt
- 2 t vanilla extract
In a medium saucepan, whisk together sugar and cocoa powder until most of the lumps are gone. Add water and salt and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently. Bring to a boil and cook for a few minutes, until thickened, continuing to stir frequently. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes, then add vanilla extract. Store in air tight container in the fridge.
To make chocolate milk, add 1 tablespoon of chocolate sauce to a cup of milk and stir until combined.
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