i have made an important discovery

and i feel i would be remiss as a human being if i did not share it with the world.

it is hershey's special dark cocoa.

now, i am normally a milk chocolate kind of gal. but this stuff makes awesome cakes and cupcakes, and freakishly good hot cocoa. see for yourself:

freakishly good hot cocoa

• 1 c milk (or soy milk)
  
• 2 T sugar
  
• 2 T hershey's special dark cocoa
  
• dash salt
  
• 1/4 t vanilla

1. heat the milk as much as you like (i prefer it just this side of undrinkably hot)
   
2. mix the sugar, cocoa and salt
   
3. add a bit of the milk to the cocoa mix and stir to make a paste
   
4. add the rest of the milk and the vanilla; stir well
   
5. pour the cocoa through a strainer into a mug
   
6. sip
   
7. drift off to your happy place