Home-made pancake syrup (Maple)

2 cups of sugar.  I usually do half brown and half white
1 cup of water.

Mix together and boil for 1 minute.  Add one tbsp of maple extract.  Cover while cooling so that the sugar won't crystalize.  Store in an airtight bottle or container!

Chocolate Syrup

One great way to save money is to make your own syrups. From Amy Dacyczyn's The Complete Tightwad Gazette

Here is one for Chocolate Syrup.

This recipe is very easy to make and tastes much better than store bought chocolate syrup. I can make three bottles of it with one can of cocoa!

Ingredients -

• 1/2 cup of cocoa
• 1 cup of water
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Stir cocoa into the water until dissolved. Start heating on high and add the sugar. Stir well while the syrup starts to boil. (watch it so it won't boil over)

Boil for 3 minutes. Then add the salt and vanilla and stir well. Cool and then store in the fridge for several weeks. I use a canning jar but you could use any type of container (old syrup bottle is great too).