My kids were craving chocolate milk, so I made them a batch of this syrup... then another one... then another one... You get the idea. It's good on ice cream, too.

Chocolate Syrup

4 cups sugar
1/3 cup cocoa (I use Hershey's)
pinch of salt
2 cups water
1 t. vanilla extract

In large saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, and salt. Stir in water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to simmer, cover pan, and cook for 3 minutes. Watch carefully as it foams up and could boil over (like it did for me today). I take it off the heat briefly when it boils too high, then return it when it settles down.

Stir in vanilla extract and cool. Pour it into a squirt bottle if you have one, otherwise just put it in a jar. Store in refrigerator.

Makes about a quart.