The World's BEST Homemade Cocoa...

I need to share this divine recipe with you all since the cold weather seems to making its home here in the Pacific Northwest!  This is a great treat to have for the kids when they come in from their snowman building/sled making adventures.

• 1/2 cup sugar
  
• 1/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• Dash salt
• 1/3 cup hot water
• 4 cups (1 qt.) milk (I use Non-Fat/Organic Milk)
  
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Miniature marshmallows or sweetened whipped cream (I skip this part)
  

 Directions:

1. Stir together sugar, cocoa and salt in medium saucepan; stir in water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Add milk; stirring constantly, heat to serving temperature. Do Not Boil.

2 Remove from heat; add vanilla. Beat with rotary beater or whisk until foamy. Serve topped with marshmallows or whipped cream, if desired. Five 8-oz. servings.

Seriously...who doesn't love hot chocolate?!