This homemade chocolate fudge sauce recipe get its fudge-y flavour from cocoa powder and is made either in the microwave or on the stove top.
Homemade chocolate fudge sauce takes ice cream, brownies, or your favourite spoon to a whole new level of deliciousness.
Warm and gooey.
The best possible way chocolate can behave.
This homemade chocolate sauce has been made so often, and is so very loved, that I’m shocked it has not yet made an appearance.
Microwave Hot Fudge Sauce
My homemade chocolate sauce recipe is made in the microwave. But you could make it on the stove if you prefer.
Either way, watch it closely and stir often.
Unless you enjoy scraping chocolate from all your kitchen crevasses.
Because boiling cream + sugar = sticky volcano.
How To Make Chocolate Sauce with Cocoa Powder
To make chocolate with sauce with cocoa powder, you simply mix sugar, cocoa powder and heavy cream, and stir and heat until combined. Butter is then added for richness, along with a dash of vanilla and pinch of salt to bring the fudge-y flavour together.
Many hot fudge recipes call for melted chocolate and corn syrup.
I find the cocoa powder-based version has a thicker texture and better flavour.
As it cools, it becomes almost chewy. And you don’t have to worry about tempering chocolate or having it seize. Easy peasy.
Also, you wanna talk about making a killer ice cream cake? Just spread a layer of softened ice cream in the bottom of a springform pan. Freeze. Make cocoa hot fudge sauce, cool slightly, and spread on frozen ice cream layer. Top with crushed chocolate wafers and another layer of softened ice cream, in a complementing flavour. Freeze again.
Or just pour it all over chocolate and bananas.
Cocoa Hot Fudge Sauce
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup cocoa
- ½ cup heavy cream or milk
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
Instructions
Microwave Method
- In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine sugar, cocoa and cream. Cook on high 2-3 minutes, until sugar dissolves and mixture boils.
- Stir in butter and cook on high 2-4 minutes more, watching closely and stirring every 30 seconds or so, until mixture thickens. Stir in vanilla and a pinch of salt.
Stovetop Method
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar and cocoa. Add the cream and stir until smooth.
- Place over medium heat and cook, stirring often, until the mixture starts to bubble and the sugar has fully dissolved, about 2–3 minutes.
- Add the butter and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the sauce thickens slightly, about 2–4 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in the vanilla and a pinch of salt.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made it w/my own tweaks…added heaping tsp espresso powder and 2 TBS raw coconut oil. It might have been 5 stars w/o my messing!! I really liked it despite my slightly burned taste. No working microwave and a miserable electric cook top. And cooking on one of them can never compete well as on gas 😉