I had unexpected guests the other night and found myself without a fresh dessert at the ready. I did a quick freezer inventory and realized that we had loads of homemade ice cream. I offered a list of flavors to my guests and they were ecstatic. It’s not everyday that someone offers you homemade ice cream, especially in fun flavors like root beer and cherry garcia! We each dished our favorite flavors into bowls. One of my guests asked if we had chocolate fudge. “Um, yes… in five minutes.” I grabbed my Perfect Scoop recipe and my kitchen became a whirlwind of activity. Sure enough, less than 5 minutes later I had a thick, delicious homemade chocolate fudge that I ladled over everyone’s sundaes.
classic hot fudge sauce
from The Perfect Scoop
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1/2 cup light corn syrup
6 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 tbsp salted butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Mix the cream, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and corn syrup in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring frequently, for 30 seconds.
Remove from the heat and add the chocolate and butter, stirring until melted and smooth. Stir in the vanilla. Serve warm.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Nicole@HeatOvenTo350 // Jul 14, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Nice work! I always picture your kitchen stock full of delicious treats, and even after this post I still think I’m right. Of course you’d have a bunch of ice cream flavors and a delicious made-from-scratch fudge sauce you can whip up at the drop of the hat. It looks wonderful, too.
2 Lindsay @ Pinch of Yum // Jul 15, 2011 at 10:43 am
My mom makes a similar hot fudge sauce every Christmas that is one of my many chocolate vices. It looks so good!
3 natalie (the sweets life) // Jul 15, 2011 at 1:07 pm
i want to come to your house for dessert!!
4 Maureen // Jul 15, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Hot fudge sundae with my homemade ice cream coming right up! Thanks!
5 sheila @ Elements // Jul 16, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Oooooh…looks so incredibly good! I’ll be making this for sure…but I’ll change the recipe a little and use coconut cream instead of regular cream and agave nectar instead of corn syrup. I’ll bet it’ll work just fine! I’m hardly waiting to try it!
6 Diane // Jul 17, 2011 at 7:10 pm
How long do you think this could be stored in a fridge? Or shelf life? Thinking this would be a grand present to give someone…
7 Paula // Jul 17, 2011 at 8:31 pm
@Diane – I have had the same batch of hot fudge in my fridge for a month or two now and have seen no problem so far.
I just pull out a spoonful and melt it in a bowl before drizzling it over my ice cream sundaes. 
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