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.
Easy Homemade Fudge Sauce
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.
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Lisa @ Happy in Dole Valley says
Love that this is so easy! Will be making this next time we have ice cream. 🙂
Tami says
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!!
Kitchen Belleicious says
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!
Porch Days says
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
Melynda says
I love that this delicious sauce can be made from pantry staples! Thanks for sharing with the Hearth n Soul.
April @ The 21st Century Housewife says
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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wow very nice and trly easy thanks for sharing!
juliecache says
My kids are all over this one. thanks, alea!
Elsa says
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.
Miriam says
I just want to say right now that I am in L.O.V.E. with this sauce!! Miriam@The Pioneer Cookbook
Beth says
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.
Christy says
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!