Heather's Healthy Holiday Hot Cocoa...

Don't you love my use of alliteration?

Ever since High School, I have been known to come up with some pretty weird concoctions of things to eat or drink. To this day, my 85-year-old grandparents drink a drink which they call, "Heather's Drink" every morning. Of course, the drink has evolved over the years and now it doesn't look anything like what I started out with! Who knows...maybe some day all of my inventions in the kitchen will make me rich! For now, I just want them to make me healthy and satisfied during the season of delicious Christmas cookies! Of course, this drink goes great with cookies, too!

So, when I need something hot and sweet, I drink Heather's Healthy Holiday Hot Cocoa.

Here's the recipe:

2 tbsp raw sugar (or, for a calorie-free version, add Stevia, an all-natural sweetener)

2 or 3 heaping tsp. Hershey's Dark Chocolate Cocoa

1 cup Skim Milk or Soy Milk
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract

You can also substitute Skim powdered milk for Skim Milk and add to water!