Chocolate Syrup

This is very similar to, yet better than, Hershey's sauce.

Equipment:

• 2 quart non stick sauce pan
• bottle or jars to store sauce in
• wooden spoon

Dry Ingredients:

• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ Tsp salt

Wet Ingredients:

• 1 cup Light Karo syrup
• 1 cup water
• 1 Tsp vanilla extract

Preparation:

Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with wooden spoon until sauce mixture comes to a full rolling boil. Reduce heat to low & cook for 6-10 minutes (or until finger drawn aver back of spoon leaves a clear trail in the sauce). Stir in vanilla extract, cover lightly and set aside to cool. When bottom of pan is comfortable to the touch pour sauce into containers & refrigerate.

Yield: 2 cups

Copyright 2006 by Robert Harmon