Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce

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The best simple, quick, and easy hot fudge sauce recipe - Made from butter, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, evaporated milk, vanilla, and chocolate chips, this is the perfect sauce to top any dessert! Great on ice cream, brownies, cake, and more!

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Cook Time 10

Total Time 10

Course Condiment, Dessert, Gluten-free

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Calories 362 kcal

Ingredients

1 cup butter
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
12 ounces evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Combine butter, cocoa, sugar, and evaporated milk in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until everything is melted and the mixture is a liquid.
Raise the temperature to medium or medium-high heat and cook until the mixture boils, stirring occasionally with a whisk, and continue to boil for 7 minutes.
After 7 minutes, remove from heat and immediately stir in chocolate chips and vanilla. The chocolate chips should melt and the mixture should be smooth.

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Notes

If for some reason, you have trouble getting the sauce to a smooth consistency, you could put it in the blender and whir it around in there for a few seconds. This will smooth out any lumps. I would not recommend reheating the sauce because the chocolate will burn very quickly.

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