This hot fudge sauce is thick, glossy, and intensely chocolatey. Served warm, it flows beautifully over vanilla ice cream, cakes, brownies, and plated desserts.
Four everyday ingredients and a few minutes on the stove are all you need. The corn syrup keeps the sauce smooth and shiny, while cream gives it a rich, spoon-coating texture.
THE RECIPE
Hot Fudge Sauce
Prep5 min
Cook7 min
Total12 min
YieldGenerous 1 cup
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine the chopped chocolate, heavy cream, corn syrup, and sugar in a medium saucepan.
- Set the pan over medium-low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the chocolate melts and the mixture reaches a gentle simmer, about 5 minutes.
- Continue stirring and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, until the sauce is smooth, glossy, and slightly thickened.
- Remove from the heat and scrape into a heatproof pitcher or container. Serve warm.
Serving and Storage
- Serve the sauce warm over ice cream, pound cake, brownies, waffles, or fruit.
- The sauce thickens as it cools. Reheat it gently over low heat or in short microwave bursts, stirring often.
- Keep tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- For the smoothest texture, use finely chopped bar chocolate rather than chocolate chips.
Recipe adapted from the cookbook page supplied by the site owner; directions rewritten with AI assistance. Featured image: AI-generated food photography.