For the love of Pinterest!

I am totally in love with Pinterest. I check it a couple of times a day just to see if anything new and wonderful has shown up as an inspiration. Yesterday I found the new greatest homemade treat for my ever growing obsession with all thing homemade. I found a recipe for homemade Chocolate Syrup here http://www.glorioustreats.com/2012/01/homemade-chocolate-syrup-recipe.html.

Homemade Chocolate Syrup

1 1/2 cups sugar

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup water

dash of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

In a small saucepan, add sugar, cocoa, and salt. Whisk together gently. Add water. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and cook 1 minute. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Cool. Store in the refrigerator.

For delicious chocolate milk, add 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup to 8 oz. of milk. Heat for hot chocolate.

For milk shakes, combine 1 cup cold milk, 1/4 cup chocolate syrup and 2 cups (1 pint) of vanilla ice cream to a blender. Blend.

This syrup would also make a delicious dessert garnish or ice cream topping.

Recipe source- Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook, 1968. http://www.glorioustreats.com/2012/01/homemade-chocolate-syrup-recipe.html

One warning, I doubled the recipe and used the same sauce pan because it did not seem like a lot of syrup and when the chocolate started to boil it flooded the stove top. I suggest you make a small batch to start out.

I took a picture of James and his slight milk mustache. I am currently the greatest mom ever.

Damian also found some joy in his glass. I love this picture.

He also ate four tomatoes with lunch today as you can tell by the random seed leftover on his chin.

I used two tablespoons and it was wonderful

Okay it was more like three tablespoons.

In my super special know it all opinion this taste better then the store bought version that are filled with lots of preservatives and high fructose corn syrup. As for calories the syrup is about 41.3 per tablespoon. So if you are trying to lose weight like me don't use three tablespoons. 

I hope you are having a sweet day filled with Love and laughter. Be well my friends.