coconut-chocolate syrup

A few days ago on Pinterest, I stumbled across a recipe for chocolate syrup, but I didn't bother pinning it because we never have chocolate syrup in the house, but I thought it was a cool idea because we are fans of all things homemade.

And then T requested a peanut butter pie for his half/belated/unbirthday, and peanut butter pie is topped with chocolate syrup.

Of course, I couldn't find the recipe I wanted.

So, I made up one.

coconut-chocolate syrup
1 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 C. raw sugar
1 C. water
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. coconut-vanilla extract (or regular vanilla extract)

Mix the cocoa powder and water in a saucepan until the cocoa is dissolved.  Add the sugar and salt and slowly bring everything to a boil for three minutes.  Remove the mixture from heat and add the vanilla extract (we make our own, which is why I used coconut-vanilla).  Once the chocolate syrup cools, pour it into a jar and store it in the refrigerator.

This is really yummy in chocolate milk or as a topping for peanut butter pie, which instantly becomes a peanut buttery, chocolate coconut-y pie of goodness.  Next time, I'm adding more cocoa and vanilla.