Syrup for hot or cold chocolate drink

Ingredients

 * 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
 * artificial sweetener to
 * -equal ½ c plus 2 ½ tb
 * -sugar
 * 1/2 cup hot water
 * 2 tsp vanilla

Directions
In saucepan, combine cocoa, artificial sweetener, sugar, and water. Mix well. Cook over med. heat stirring constantly until mixture comes to boiling point. Stir in vanilla. Store syrup in jar in refrigerator. Add 1-2 tb or less if desired to skim milk allowance to make hot or cold chocolate. This cannot be used as a topping since it has a bitter taste before being mixed w/ milk. Yield: 12 servings serving size: 2 tb per serving: cal 17 fat: 5 gm pro 1 gm cho 2 gms na : 262 mg exchanges: fre