Who doesn't love chocolate syrup? I know that it is easy to go to the store and buy a gallon sized bottle of the stuff, but have you looked at the ingredients? First up, High Fructose Corn Syrup! This is not fit for food, it is not good for any of us, because the corn sugar has been so chemically modified its just not healthy. On top of that what they use to process it, contains Mercury! We don't need that and we certainly don't want to feed it to our kids.

Here is an easy and inexpensive way to make your own. Face it, you probably have cocoa, sugar, vanilla, salt and water anyway, so why buy what you already have?

I jarred mine up in some jelly jars and put it in the fridge. This should easily keep for up to 3 months (if it lasts that long). Make your chocolate milk, hot chocolate and ice cream sundaes with it.

You can also give this as a great gift for the chocoholic friend in your life. Put this in a basket with a nice mug, some great coffee and some cookies and you have a nice mocha basket that anyone who likes coffee will love. OR, just give this syrup along with some of your other homemade goodies and you are good to go. Everyone loves a gift from the kitchen or anything home or hand made for that matter.

Remember The holidays are about love NOT stuff!I

I hope you try this and I hope you enjoy it, as always thanks for watching and Happy Gifting and Happy Eating!

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