Ghirardelli® Hot Fudge Sauce

7 Reviews

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 15 min
Ready In: 20 min

“High cacao-content bittersweet chocolate makes for an intensely deep and rich hot fudge sauce.” - by Ghirardelli®

Ingredients

4 ounces Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate baking bar, broken into 1/4-inch pieces
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, cut into pieces
1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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Original recipe yields 2 cups sauce

Directions

In a heavy saucepan, combine the chocolate, butter, sugar, water, and corn syrup over medium heat. Stir the mixture continually until the chocolate and butter have melted and the sugar has dissolved.
When the sauce comes to a boil, lower the heat and continue boiling gently for 10 minutes. Remove the thickened sauce from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Use immediately or store covered in the refrigerator

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (16 total)

Calories
150 cal
7%

Fat
5.5 g
8%

Carbs
26.5 g
9%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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owascogram

Sep. 28, 2010

"very tasty by itself when warm, but put it on cold ice cream and it turns to taffy like someone said. I followed the recipe to the tee. Maybe the ten minutes was too long to cook. Would love to know h..." See moreow to solve this problem."

BakeAholic

Jun. 4, 2010

"I followed the recipe to the T, and I even put a candy thermometer in the pot out of curiosity to see what the temp would end up being after 10 minutes (it was 228). The taste is great, but the textur..." See moree is more like taffy. My daugher reaffirmed this when she said, "It's like eating chocolate laffy taffy." Maybe if I had cooked it for less than 5 minutes...? Any suggestions what went wrong?"

Sarah O

Jul. 14, 2010

"I only let the sauce cook for about 6 minutes....the sugar was melted and it was about as thick as I wanted it (and I didn't want chocolate taffy!). Very easy and just what I wanted for my peppermint ..." See moreice cream!"

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