Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
ShareAn easy recipe for homemade hot fudge sauce. A great homemade gift and a must have topping for ice cream parties!
Today is the day! It’s the last day of school! Summer break begins at 11:10 yay!! No more schedules. No more checking the time to make sure we don’t miss the bus. Lazy fun days of summer are here and I only hope they’re fantastic. They are what you make them so I’ll do my best to make them happy and memorable days of summer. I’m still in a total debate over if we’ll be making a zoo day Friday or not. It’s the one day all summer it’ll be free so I’m really tempted to go but then there’s the though that everyone else will be doing the same thing so it might be mobbed and I hate crowds. I might just suck it up and go. I’ll let you know next week. Or you can stalk my Instagram feed to see if anything fun shows up.
If we don’t go, I might have to make a double batch of this insanely good hot fudge sauce and slather it all over every dessert in sight. I’m pretty sure that’s what it’s meant for. Or just eating it with a spoon. Either way is totally acceptable in my book. Not only is it super tasty and smooth but it’s seriously easy to make. Forget heating up a jar of store bought stuff in the microwave, that in many cases probably has ingredients with four or more syllables. And we can all agree that’s just plain wrong. I have, however, found a local company that keeps it super simple with all normal and basic and very easy to pronounce ingredients. That’s my go to store bought fudge sauce, but homemade is worlds better. And again… it’s so easy so why not spend the handful of minutes and whip up a batch for yourself. Then you’ll see how easy it is and want to make more to share with your family and friends. They’ll love you to pieces if you make some for them too. Can you imagine getting a jar of tasty homemade hot fudge sauce? I’d be thrilled. Chocolate in a jar. Yes please!
PS I have something super awesome coming up that you can use this IN. But that’s all the hint I’m going to give you. ;) Come back Friday to find out…
Be sure to prep this while you wait!
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
Ingredients
- 2/3 C heavy cream
- 1/2 C light corn syrup
- 1/3 C light brown sugar
- 1/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 6 oz bittersweet chocolate chopped
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine heavy cream, corn syrup, brown sugar, cocoa, salt and 3oz of bittersweet chocolate. Bring mixture to a low boil, stirring frequently until chocolate is completely melted.
- Reduce heat to med-low, continue to stir. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add remaining 3oz bittersweet chocolate, butter and vanilla. Stir until sauce is smooth. Cool slightly before using or transferring to a storage container. Store chilled. Re-warm in a saucepan or microwave prior to serving.
Notes
I love homemade hot fudge! It so good on pretty much everything! Your recipes looks delicious!
It really is! Now I want to go and pour it on everything :)
Happy last day of school! Yay!!!
Yay! We have first graders omg
This looks wonderful. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us on Friday.
It’s super duper delicious ;)
Hot fudge sauce is my weakness in life!
Haha! I’ll remember that ;)
Love the idea of doing this as a gift or party favor! And hooray for summer break!!!
It’s been about 12 bazillion years since I’ve indulged in ice cream smothered in hot fudge. Must remedy that!
Yes you must!! I’m giving you till the end of the weekend to remedy that lol
Seriously, I would eat this by itself. I think it would be a bad idea to have this in my house…
Haha! I may or may not have had a few spoonfuls – you know… taste testing purposes of course ;)
Looks so thick and delicious…. yum
Mmmmm….this just made my day a whole lot better! :)
Can i just drizzle that sauce directly in my mouth?
Isn’t that the best way? :)
I need to make homemade hot fudge sauce! It has to be so much better than store bought, which I really don’t buy. This looks just amazing.
Oh yes please! I could really go for a big bowl of ice cream smothered with some of that hot fudge sauce right now! And I definitely love the idea of giving it as a gift!
Thanks kristen! You really should indulge in a bowl of ice cream covered in fudge sauce soon ;)
Looks delicious. How long will that last in the fridge? I have vague memories of store-bought hot fudge sauce being nearly indestructible, but homemade will probably have a different storage life.
I’d say it should last a couple of weeks give or take in the fridge. Because of the dairy, I wouldn’t use it much longer after that.
In love. love love love x1000. Hot fudge is the best! I need to make my own one day!
I’m shocked you haven’t made any yet!
I totally need to make this. I’ll probably eat the entire jar like this just with a spoon. :)
Ooooo girl! I want to drizzle this (and by drizzle, I mean SLATHER) on everything! Love it!
I want to eat this in spoonfuls. Wait, make that just drink it straight up :)
I really need to try making this – I cannot believe ive never dontefudge
You really should! It’s so easy and tasty! :)
I can’t have a sundae without hot fudge sauce :) have to save this for the future!
How long can you store this deliciousness in the fridge?
Typically it will be good for several weeks. But I’ve kept it for longer without an issue.
how long will this keep refrigerated?
At least several weeks stored properly in the fridge, but it may last much longer than that too. It will vary greatly depending on storage.