a miserly mom tip:

so i ran out of hersheys choc. syrup yesterday. this is usually not a big deal b/c we've kind of outlawed ice cream around here. trying to cut back on excess sugar to help boost the weightloss around here.

anyway, TJ broght home some vanilla ice cream the other day as a treat - just enough for both of us. he likes to sprinkle nesquick on his, i like choc. syrup on mine. we were out of both. i drank the last of the quick in my milk when i needed a snack the other afternoon...... i can't eat plan ice cream - i like something on it.

so i took out my "miserly mom's" book b/c i remembered seeing recepies in the back - one of which was for chocolate syrup. i made it up. it was oh so easy and tasted just like hersheys. here's the kicker though: it tasted like the hershey's out of the can - you know, the kind you can't hardly find anymore b/c the plastic bottle with the lid that closes has taken over the can that you have topunch a hole in the top!

here's the recepie:

1 cup cocoa powder(unsweetened) i used nestle brand.
2 cups of sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup cold water
1 TBSP vanilla extract

blend sugar and cocoa together til all lumps are smooth.
add water and salt.
heat to boiling. remove from heat. let cool before adding vanilla, otherwise the flavor cooks away.

warning! this recepie is quite a bit thinner than the original guys!

tip: i added a TBSP of cornstarch to thicken. sauce also thickens some as it cools, but the cornstarch helped.


it is yummy yummy!!