Hot cocoa

Here's the Hershey cocoa recipe with a twist:

Mix together in pot on stove on medium heat until boiling and boil for 2 min the following:

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
dash of salt
1/3 cup hot water

then add and heat - but don't boil: 4 cups milk
Once heated to temp desired, add: 3/4 tsp of vanilla for traditional hot cocoa

The twist : spice it up!!

add: 1/2 tsp of peppermint or strawberry
and 1/2 tsp of vanilla
top with redi whip and sprinkle a tad of cinnamon or cocoa to decorate and add a peppermint stick to stir with.
Quick, easy, and the family LOVES the new twist on the holiday classic.