Chocolate Soda Recipe-May 2024-www.zdask.com

　　A refreshing homemade soda that can quench a thirst as well as feed a chocolate fix.

　　Refrigerate the leftover chocolate syrup for another use.

Ingredients

Serves 4

Chocolate Syrup (makes 2 1/2 cups)

Water 2 cups

　　Sugar 1/2 cup

　　Cocoa powder 1/2 cup

　　Vanilla bean Seeds scraped from 1/3 bean

Soda

Chocolate Syrup 2 cups

　　Seltzer 2 cups

Make the chocolate syrup

Step 1

1. In a medium saucepan, mix water, sugar, cocoa powder, and vanilla and bring to a boil.

Step 2

2. Take off heat, strain, and let cool.

Make the soda

Step 3

3. Add Chocolate Syrup to seltzer and stir. Divide among tall glasses.

　　Reprinted with permission from Mast Brothers Chocolate: A Family Cookbook by Rick Mast & Michael Mast. Copyright © 2013 by Rick Mast and Michael Mast; photographs © 2013 by Tuukka Koski. Published by Little, Brown and Company.