Homemade Chocolate Syrup 1/2 cup cocoa (I use store brand)
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla
Mix cocoa, sugar and water in pot. Stir to dissolve. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 1/2-2 minutes. ( The longer you boil, the thicker the syrup will be) Turn off the heat and let cool, then add to one of your empty choc syrup bottles or to a mason jar and keep in fridge. [Inexpensive and easy with no additives! Look for great deals on cocoa between now and Christmas and stock up!]
Homemade Maple Syrup
My mom always made our pancake syrup and I never knew why. After running across her recipe recently and pricing it out, now I know! It costs a tiny fraction of store-bought pancake syrup and doesn't have all the preservative junk in it.
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 cups water
1/8 (dash) salt
3/4 tsp maple flavoring (more or less to taste)
Bring first 4 ingredients to boil, remove from het, stir in maple flavoring and let cool. Leftovers can be refrigerated. (You can experiment with the combination of sugars to equal 2 cups and the amount of flavoring, all based on your preferences). [Again, sugar goes on sale and some coupons, too, in the fall and around Christmas so stock up. I even found a great deal on maple flavoring last Christmas. ]
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