HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE SYRUP

High Fructose Corn Syrup and Corn Syrup are the main ingredients in Hershey's Chocolate Syrup...followed by water, cocoa and sugar. I have been reading ingredients on common foods I eat and I am amazed how so many things I eat have High Fructose Corn Syrup as a main ingredient. So I found this great recipe...now you can make chocolate syrup at home without the High Fructose Corn Syrup and Corn Syrup and have the exact same taste.

Homemade Chocolate Syrup
Adapted from Amy Dacyczyn, The Complete Tightwad Gazette
Makes 2 cups

½ cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
⅛ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon vanilla

On medium heat, add the cocoa powder and water in a saucepan and stir until cocoa is dissolved.

Add the sugar, stir to dissolve. Boil for 3 minutes over medium heat.

Add the salt and the vanilla.

Let cool. Pour into a glass jar or an airtight container and store in the refrigerator.


PRINTABLE RECIPE