Recipe: Mocha Syrup

MOCHA SYRUP

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 1/4 cups sugar
a little salt
1 1/2 cups water
2 Tbsp. coffee crystals
1 tsp. vanilla

Put cocoa powder, sugar and salt in a pan. Stir. Add water; stir real good. Let come to a boil. Turn heat low. Simmer about 5 minutes, stirring all the time. Add coffee crystals and stir. This will make a thin syrup. Let cool; add vanilla. Put chocolate syrup in a jar with a lid. Keep in refrigerator.

For hot chocolate:
Use 2 teaspoons syrup, 1 cup milk and heat.

For cold chocolate:
Use 2 teaspoons syrup and 1 glass cold milk.