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                                            | Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 120 Minutes | Ready In: 125 Minutes Servings: 12 |  |  This comes in very handy during the winter months. Source: Hershey's Best-Loved Recipes Cookbook. Ingredients: 
                        
                                                | 1 1/2 cups sugar |  | 1/2 cup cocoa |  | 1/4 teaspoon salt |  | 12 cups milk |  | 4 teaspoons vanilla extract |  | sweetened whipped cream, optional |  | additional cocoa (optional) |  Directions: 
                        
                            | 1. Stir together sugar, cocoa and salt in a 4- to 6-quart saucepan. 2. Heat milk in microwave until hot, but not boiling; gradually add to cocoa mixture, stirring until well-blended.
 3. Stir in vanilla.
 4. Serve immediately or keep warm over very low heat for up to 2 hours.
 5. At serving time, stir; pour into mugs.
 6. Garnish with whipped cream; sift cocoa over whipped cream if desired.
 
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