I made some glorious dark chocolate hot fudge this afternoon. In the 20 minutes it took me to whip it up, I looked around the kitchen and found countless things to douse in hot fudge.
Sliced bananas were a clear choice. Simple and delicious and showed off the richness of the warm dark chocolate. Ice cream is an obvious choice, but you’ll have to hold your breath for a future post on that.
And then…. I started to lose my mind in hot fudge land. How about hot fudge on black raspberry muffins? cold cereal? crackers? sour dough bread? jasmine rice? waffles?
Yea. I know. A little out of control. It’s just that this sauce was so easy to make, and seems to versatile.
What’s your favorite thing to smother in hot fudge?
Hot fudge can probably be made with ingredients you already have in your pantry. Don’t settle for the store bought mess (unless it’s that magic shell, hardening crunchy stuff. That stuff is crazy awesome!). Once you’ve made the hot fudge, cover everything you know and love in it, and…. enjoy.
Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge
from The Gourmet Cookbook
1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 ounces good bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), finely chopped
2 Tablespoon unsalted butter, cup into 1/2 Tablespoons
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Stir together cocoa powder, brown sugar, corn syrup, cream, salt and half of the chopped chocolate in a 2-quart heavy saucepan and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until chocolate is melted. Cook mixture at a low boil, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
Remove pan from heat, add remaining chocolate, butter and vanilla and stir until smooth. Cool slightly before serving.
Cooled sauce can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Reheat over how heat, stirring.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
uuuuhhhh, chocolate fudge sauce! I have to go wipe the drool off my face. Great recipe Joy!
April 28th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
This will go great on homemade ice cream!
April 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Gawd! Don’t get me started! =)
April 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Wow. Just wow. I can’t wait to make this!
April 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Oh dear, Joy. Look what you’ve done. Now I am totally craving a hot fudge sundae with a brownie on the bottom. No good can come from this!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Dayum! That is some sexy looking hot fugde. I’d like a sundae please.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:49 am
my favorite thing to smother in hot fudge, prefers to be referred to as a “person”
April 29th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Try chili peppers dipped in hot fudge. Seriously.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Oooh drooool, de-rooool!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 7:28 am
This sauce looks heavenly-good, and the combination of chocolate and bananas is a definite winner in my book.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:46 am
This is the kind of thing that is good even on its own.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:27 am
hehe, I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who’s mind went dirty when you asked that question. Thanks for the great recipe. I can’t believe I don’t already have one!?!?!
April 29th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Hahahah!! That looks awesome! When I read your question, though, the first thing that popped into my head, was “my husband” - LOL! not sure where that came from. But anyhow, I’m going to go make it, and use it on the lucious strawberries that are stashed in my ‘fridge.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Dirty dirty cooking minds! I love knowing that I’m not alone!
April 29th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Hot fudge on waffles? I’d be down with that. Beautiful photos, by the way.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Glorious is right, that fudge on banana looks divine!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Oh baby. This looks so good. Perfect, I love it when you make something that a lot of people would normally just buy–it helps us remember how good things like hot fudge sauce can really be!!
April 30th, 2008 at 4:00 am
That fudge sauce looks so good. I can think of more than a few things to drown in hot fudge sauce as well. Great photos!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Well, you already coated one of my favorite foods-the banana-in hot fudge, so you got me there! I also like to dip orange slices, pretzels (love the combo of sweet & salty) and of course, strawberries, in hot fudge, too.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Oh, great, now I have a big finger smudge on my computer screen from trying to get a fingerful of that fudge. Thanks, Joy.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I’m thinking warm peanut butter cookies fresh from the oven, strawberries, ice cream, oh, definately crepes…mmmm - pretty much anything would be great (even just pass the spoon!). So terrific!
May 1st, 2008 at 6:20 am
This looks sinful! Do you think that you can make it without corn syrup, and if so what would you use in its place? Corn syrup is hard to come by over here.
May 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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June 15th, 2008 at 7:11 am
do you have a hot fudge sauce that doesn’t involve dark chocolate
maybe milk or white
September 29th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Just made the hot fudge sauce. Decadent, devine, delicious! So sinfull and so good.
I’m about to use it on my homemade vanilla ice cream.