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Easy Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe

June 5, 2015 by Alea Milham 16 Comments

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Easy Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe- You can make this quick and easy hot fudge sauce recipe with just a few ingredients from your pantry.

We love making homemade ice-cream, well actually I should say the kids and I love it when my husband makes homemade ice-cream – the kids and I rarely make it, but we love it when he does! While my husband makes the ice-cream, I make the toppings. Sometimes I make Homemade Caramel Sauce (or dairy-free caramel sauce), but I usually make Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce. When I really feel like spoiling my kids, I make caramel sauce, hot fudge sauce and  Homemade Vanilla Whipped Cream and create a make-your-own ice-cream sundae buffet.

In less time than it takes to drive to the store and back, I can make this quick and easy hot fudge sauce recipe from scratch. Making it from scratch also allows me complete control over the ingredients, ensuring that my kids are not getting a side of chemicals and High Fructose Corn Syrup with their dessert.

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Easy Homemade Fudge Sauce

Course Dessert
Prep Time 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes minutes
Total Time 14 minutes minutes
Author Alea

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream or evaporated milk
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  • In a medium sauce pan, melt butter and chocolate chips.
  • Add cream, sugar, water and salt and bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat and boil over a low flame for 9 minutes stirring occasionally.
  • Remove from heat and let it sit for a couple of minutes. Serve while still warm over ice-cream.
  • Store unused fudge sauce in the refrigerator. Reheat the sauce in the microwave on high power for 30 – 50 seconds.

Note: Once I made a double batch before I went to visit my dad and when I returned home the 1/2 cup of leftover fudge sauce was a little dry and gritty. I heated it for 30 seconds, then stirred in 2 teaspoons of milk, and heated it for another 20 seconds (until it just started to boil). I stirred it one more time and it was lovely again.

Easy Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe- You can make this quick and easy hot fudge sauce recipe with just a few ingredients from your pantry.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Kristen from The Road to Domestication says

    June 15, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    This is NO GOOD for my diet! But it sure does look amazing! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again on Friday!

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  2. AnnMarie says

    June 10, 2015 at 11:39 am

    It’s so great to have this recipe. Hot fudge is too expensive to buy ready made. Thank you!

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  3. Meg says

    December 13, 2013 at 5:17 am

    Can you tell me about how many servings this makes? I need to serve 8-10 people.
    Thanks

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    • Alea Milham says

      December 13, 2013 at 10:13 am

      It makes about 1 1/3 cups of hot fudge sauce. At 2 tablespoons per serving it should serve 10, but people may take more than 2 tablespoons, so you may want to double the recipe just to be on the safe side.

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  4. Lisa @ Happy in Dole Valley says

    June 8, 2012 at 4:57 am

    Love that this is so easy! Will be making this next time we have ice cream. 🙂

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  5. Tami says

    June 25, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    I think I would just sit down and eat it with a spoon, as I don’t like ice cream-but I LOVE hot fudge!!

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  6. Kitchen Belleicious says

    June 24, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    I am loving the new blog look! FANTASTIC! This fudge sauce and the other caramel ones are amazing. I made something similar for my dad for father’s day but added some beer to it- it was so good.I am trying your next time though!

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  7. Porch Days says

    June 24, 2011 at 3:22 am

    This is a good idea. Sounds easy enough. Maybe I could make it more like milk chocolate if I added more cream. Home made is always better! Nancy

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  8. Melynda says

    June 23, 2011 at 3:37 am

    I love that this delicious sauce can be made from pantry staples! Thanks for sharing with the Hearth n Soul.

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  9. April @ The 21st Century Housewife says

    June 21, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    This chocolate sauce sounds SO good – and so much better for you than store bought! I bet it tastes better too! Thank you for sharing it with the Hearth and Soul blog hop.

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  10. ://: Héni ://: says

    June 20, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    wow very nice and trly easy thanks for sharing!

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  11. juliecache says

    June 20, 2011 at 3:35 am

    My kids are all over this one. thanks, alea!

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  12. Elsa says

    June 19, 2011 at 11:28 am

    This is a great idea! I don't have any ice cream/etc recipes, but over at mycookinggallery.blogspot.com, she has a ton of different ones that I flip through often.

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  13. Miriam says

    June 18, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    I just want to say right now that I am in L.O.V.E. with this sauce!! Miriam@The Pioneer Cookbook

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  14. Beth says

    June 18, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    Great minds think alike. I made hot fudge sauce this week, too. I had some uneaten truffles in a jar and thought they would be very tastey on my icecream. My recipe was very similar but it would have been fun to find your post and use your recipe. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Christy says

    June 18, 2011 at 4:00 am

    Hahaha Alea, when I saw the title to this post I thought "oh, alea what are you doing to me? Another ice cream topping???" I love the trend!

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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