Hot Fudge Sauce
Rich, silky Hot Fudge Sauce made in 5 minutes with cocoa, butter, and cream. Perfect over ice cream, brownies, or cake for the ultimate dessert.
Equipment
- Medium saucepan
- Measuring tools
- Mixing tools
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups Dutch processed cocoa powder
- ¾ cup half and half
- ¾ cup granulated white sugar
- ¾ cups (1 ½ sticks) salted butter
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix together the Dutch processed cocoa powder, half and half, granulated white sugar, salted butter, and light brown sugar.
- Whisk until the butter has melted and everything is heated through and starts to thicken, about 5-10 minutes.
- Pour warm fudge over ice cream or other dessert, or store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Notes
How do I store this Hot Fudge Sauce?
Due to the dairy product in the sauce, keep this in the refrigerator in an airtight container. It will last up to two weeks if stored properly. You can also freeze this for up to six months, then thaw in the refrigerator. When reheating this Hot Fudge you can either reheat on the stove, over medium heat or you can microwave the desired amount in 15-30 second intervals, stirring well after each heating. It is easy to overheat this chocolate so be sure to heat it slowly with lots of stirring.
What can I eat with this Hot Fudge Sauce?
First and foremost, Hot Fudge Sauce is a must have with ice cream sundaes! However, you can also eat it with other foods. Some of these include making it with or in a pudding, adding it to sweet pies or ice cream cakes, topping shakes with it, including it in brownies, or combining it with cookies. In fact, I even like to have the occasional scoop of hot fudge all by itself so I won’t judge you if you do the same!