Great Grandma’s Chocolate Toast

Shelby Harrison

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (Hershey’s Cocoa Recommended)       
All-Purpose Flour               
Salt                       
White Sugar        
Milk (2% Recommended)
Preferred Toast

1 Tbs Per Person
1 Tbs Per Person
A Dash Per Person
¼ Cup Per Person
1 Cup Per Person
2 Slices Per Person

My great grandmother was born in Hazard County, Kentucky in 1909. She grew up helping her family 

work on their tobacco farm, and she married my great grandfather by eighteen. She raised most of her 

children during The Great Depression, which resulted in her making this recipe as a way for a decently 

cheap meal that tasted like a dessert. She would make this meal for breakfast for her children, one of 

them being my grandfather. The recipe was then passed down to my grandmother who proceeded to 

make it for my own mother. Throughout my childhood, I would wake up to the smell of chocolate toast 

in the kitchen next to my bedroom and hear the noises of my mother moving pans around. When I taste 

chocolate toast, I taste the warm embrace of home and the long line of love that has been passed down. 

I hope this recipe brings you the warmth of home, even for just a little bit.

1. Put dry ingredients and milk into a pan on medium heat  and bring to a boil. Make sure to      

    constantly stir to avoid sticking and clumping during the process, building up to the boil. 

2. While the ingredients are on the stove and the mixture is about to begin to boil, put toast   

    in the toaster to begin to heat. 

3. Once the mixture is boiling and toast is done, pour mixture over the toast. 

4. Serve.

Recipe

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