Dark Chocolate Sauce
Two-1 ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 Tablespoons butter
1 Tablespoon light corn syrup
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons heavy cream or 1/2 and 1/2
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Melt the chocolate with the butter in the top of a double boiler over hot, not simmering water.
Blend in the corn syrup, sugar, and salt.
Add the cream and cook, stirring for about 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
Cool slightly, and then stir in the vanilla.
If not to be served immediately, keep hot by placing saucepan over a bowl of hot water.