You won’t believe how simple and easy it is to make a hot fudge sauce recipe at home. This rich, gooey, thick chocolate sauce is perfect with any dessert. Spoon it over ice cream, on crepes, pancakes, and waffles, on skillet cookies, on cheesecake, and use it as dip or drizzle inside milkshake.
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Hot fudge sauce recipe
- You can’t miss this 5 minutes hot fudge sauce recipe. It’s rich, gooey, and decadent almost like melted fudge.
- Every time I make it I start eating this silky smooth thick fudge sauce straight off the jar. IT’S SO GOOD!
- Why buy it from the store when you can make the best fudge sauce at home with just 5 basic ingredients in 5 minutes.
- No need for corn syrup or heavy cream. You are guaranteed the most amazingly rich, thick texture.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate)
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 12 oz can evaporated milk
- 1 ½ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Chocolate chips – Use best quality chocolate to make the sauce. For bitter sweet taste use dark chocolate chips. You can also use semi-sweet or bitter-sweet chocolate chips.
If you don’t have chocolate chips, feel free to use cooking chocolate bark. Chop into smaller pieces before using.
Some recipes use a mix of cocoa powder and chocolate chips, while some use only cocoa powder.
Butter – I used unsalted butter. If using salted butter, skip the salt.
Evaporated milk – evaporated milk makes this hot fudge sauce luscious, rich, and thick. Some recipes use heavy cream or condensed milk instead. If you are using sweetened condensed milk you must skip adding sugar to the sauce. Whole milk can be used too, but I don’t prefer it as it might compensate for the thickness and texture of the fudge sauce.
Sugar – I prefer to use confectioners’ sugar. White granular sugar can also be used.
Vanilla extract – use pure vanilla extract for the best flavors.
Salt – skip this if using salted butter.
How to make hot fudge sauce
- In a small saucepan melt chocolate chips and butter. Stir cook on medium-low flame.
- Once the chocolate is melted, add confectioners sugar, evaporated milk, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt to the saucepan. Stir cook on low.
- Simmer and cook for 4-5 minutes.
- This silky smooth luscious chocolate sauce will be liquid while it’s hot and as it cools will thicken.
- Remove the sauce from heat.
- Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Pour hot fudge sauce into a mason jar.
- Allow it to cool completely at room temperature.
Serve over ice creams, pancakes, waffles, crepes, cheesecakes, brownies, everything!
How to use homemade hot fudge sauce
This rich, gooey, thick chocolate sauce is perfect with any dessert. Spoon it over ice cream, on crepes, pancakes, and waffles, on skillet cookies, on cheesecake, and use it as dip or drizzle inside milkshake.
FAQS
Use the best quality chocolate to make this fudge sauce. Use dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet or bitter-sweet chocolate chips.
If you don’t have chocolate chips, feel free to use cooking chocolate bark. Chop into smaller pieces before using.
Some recipes use a mix of cocoa powder and chocolate chips, while some use only cocoa powder.
This recipe does not use cocoa powder, if you do want to use you can use ⅓ cup of cocoa powder, and you will get bittersweet tasting sauce.
This silky smooth luscious chocolate sauce will be liquid while it’s hot and as it cools will thicken.
As fudge sauce cools down it will turn silky, luscious, thick sauce.
When hot sauce touches chilled/ice cream it will separate. The hot temperature of the sauce when it hits the ice cream will immediately melt the ice cream and slide off to the sides causing it to separate.
Allow hot fudge sauce to cool for a few hours until fudge sauce is thickened before pouring over ice cream.
Yes, you can.
Let the sauce cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then pour it into a clean dry mason jar.
Allow it to cool completely at room temperature. Then store it in the fridge.
When stored in air tight container in the refrigerator it will last for 4-5 days.
Reheat individual portions of the sauce in the microwave or reheat the whole jar in the microwave. You can also reheat the sauce by placing the jar inside boiling water (neck of the jar above water) for a few minutes.
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📋5 Minutes Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 12 oz can evaporated milk
- 1 ½ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- In a small saucepan melt chocolate chips and butter.
- Stir cook on medium-low flame.
- Once the chocolate is melted, add confectioners sugar, evaporated milk, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt to the saucepan.
- Stir cook on low.
- Simmer and cook for 4-5 minutes. This silky smooth luscious chocolate sauce will be liquid while it’s hot and as it cools will thicken.
- Remove the sauce from heat.
- Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Pour hot fudge sauce into a mason jar.
- Allow it to cool completely at room temperature.
- Serve over ice creams, pancakes, waffles, crepes, cheesecakes, brownies, everything!
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Notes
- Use the best quality chocolate to make this fudge sauce. Use dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet or bitter-sweet chocolate chips.
- The sauce will be liquid/thin when it’s hot. As it cools it will thicken.
- When hot sauce touches chilled/cold ice cream it will separate. Wait for hot fudge sauce to cool and thicken before pouring over ice cream.
- Store in airtight container in the refrigerator it will last for 4-5 days.
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