Hot Fudge Topping Recipe

A hot fudge topping recipe made with butter, sugar, cocoa, heavy cream and vanilla. Serve this chocolate sauce over homemade ice cream, fruit, cakes, pies and desserts.

This chocolate sauce is wonderful drizzled over pudding, crepes, eclairs, poached pears, pound cake, pie or just about any other dessert.

It also makes a great ice cream sundae topping!

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Hot Fudge Topping for Ice Cream

1/4 cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

1 heaping Tablespoon cocoa

1/3 cup heavy cream (or 1/2 and 1/2)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the sugar and cocoa. Stir to combine. Blend in the heavy cream. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Serve warm over your favorite dessert or homemade ice cream. Can be reheated in microwave. Makes about 1 cup of sauce.

Serving Ideas

Chocolate dessert sauces work great as a dip or fondue for strawberries, cherries, grapes or just about any other kind of fresh fruit.

Spoon over pancakes, waffles, French toast, and crepes.

Drizzle over turnovers, croissants and muffins.

How about as a topping for pudding? Or place a spoonful into the bottom of a parfait dish and then add the pudding.

Try stirring chocolate sauce into cream cheese and place in the center of a fruit tray to use as a dip.

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