if your kids are anything like mine, they practically live on chocolate milk. plain milk just doesn’t cut it for them. it has to be chocolate milk. because of this i tend to have a small stockpile of hershey’s chocolate syrup in my pantry at all times. but every now and then it’s nice to have something homemade. just like you can buy bread at the store that is “good”, but you know that homemade bread is 10x better. it’s the same idea with chocolate syrup: store-bought chocolate sauce is “good”, but homemade hot fudge sauce is awesome!! plus, when you make it at home you can see exactly what goes into it. and it’s all real, good stuff.

this is a recipe that i’ve had for a few years and i’ve made it about a hundred times. it is delicious as a topping for ice cream, and also very good in chocolate milk. as it cools it becomes thick and really creamy and makes everything it touches taste incredibly rich. if you’re into that kind of thing, you should give this recipe a try. i think it’ll become your new “family favorite.”