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Warm Chocolate Fudge Sauce

By Elizabeth Green
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle

This is the easiest hot fudge sauce ever. You'll be glad to know that it firms up to that chewy fudge consistency on contact with ice cream, just as you expect hot fudge sauce to do!

Cooks' note:

•Sauce can be made 5 days ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat over low heat, stirring, and thin slightly with water, if necessary.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    15 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

3/4 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup light corn syrup
8 ounces bittersweet (60% cacao) chocolate, chopped

Preparation

  1. Bring cream and corn syrup to a simmer, stirring, then remove from heat. Add chocolate and stir until it melts and sauce is smooth. Serve warm.

TagsDessertSauceChocolateGluten FreeNut FreeVegetarianMake Ahead5 Ingredients or Fewer30 Minutes or LessSimmerGourmet
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