Hot Fudge Sauce

Summer time is ice cream time – with hot fudge sauce of course!

Wow – it seems there are about as many different recipes for hot fudge sauce as there are types of ice cream to put them on.

From what I can tell (after reviewing many recipes) hot fudge sauce is different from ordinary chocolate sauce in that it’s really a chocolate fudge that never sets.  Cream or milk, sugar, and butter are boiled until thickened so that it gets nice and gooey. 

I wonder if the first hot fudge sauce was simply a fudge failure? 

Fudge making appeared on the scene in American history in the late 19th century.   At some point, people began to deliberately make under-cooked fudge and serve it warm over ice cream. 

Here are two hot fudge sauce recipes for your eating pleasure.  Enjoy!

Hot Fudge Sauce
 
1/4 cup  butter
3 cups  sugar
2 squares  unsweetened chocolate
1/2 tsp  salt
1 can  evaporated milk
 
Melt butter and chocolate, then add sugar and salt. Slowly add milk and bring to a rolling boil until thickened.  Serve warm over vanilla ice cream.
  
Microwave Hot Fudge Sauce
 
1 cup  sugar
3 tbsp  cocoa
1 stick  butter
1/2 cup  milk
 
Mix sugar and cocoa and milk.  Stir. Bring to a boil in the microwave. Add butter and continue to boil until butter is completely melted.  Serve warm over ice cream. 
Bryn Kirk

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *