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.
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream or evaporated milk
- 2 tablespoons water
- pinch of salt
- 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.
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Christy says
June 18, 2011 at 4:00 amHahaha 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!
Beth says
June 18, 2011 at 4:54 pmGreat 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.
Miriam says
June 18, 2011 at 5:57 pmI just want to say right now that I am in L.O.V.E. with this sauce!! Miriam@The Pioneer Cookbook
Elsa says
June 19, 2011 at 11:28 amThis 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.
juliecache says
June 20, 2011 at 3:35 amMy kids are all over this one. thanks, alea!
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June 20, 2011 at 2:55 pmwow very nice and trly easy thanks for sharing!
April @ The 21st Century Housewife says
June 21, 2011 at 5:30 pmThis 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.
Melynda says
June 23, 2011 at 3:37 amI love that this delicious sauce can be made from pantry staples! Thanks for sharing with the Hearth n Soul.
Porch Days says
June 24, 2011 at 3:22 amThis 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
Kitchen Belleicious says
June 24, 2011 at 1:40 pmI 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!
Tami says
June 25, 2011 at 7:20 pmI think I would just sit down and eat it with a spoon, as I don’t like ice cream-but I LOVE hot fudge!!
Lisa @ Happy in Dole Valley says
June 8, 2012 at 4:57 amLove that this is so easy! Will be making this next time we have ice cream. 🙂
Meg says
December 13, 2013 at 5:17 amCan you tell me about how many servings this makes? I need to serve 8-10 people.
Thanks
Alea Milham says
December 13, 2013 at 10:13 amIt 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.
AnnMarie says
June 10, 2015 at 11:39 amIt’s so great to have this recipe. Hot fudge is too expensive to buy ready made. Thank you!
Kristen from The Road to Domestication says
June 15, 2015 at 12:22 pmThis 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!