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. |
If you are not familiar with s’mores, it is like a marshmallow and chocolate sandwich with the bread replaced with graham crackers. First roast a marshmallow skewered on the end of a long stick or fork over the coals of a camp fire or grill. 
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But now, as kids are heading back to school, perhaps there is a new excuse to consider, “My Husband Ate My Homework!“ You bet, when chocolate is around, someone is going to eat it. And, as a student at CUO you’ll have chocolate lying around. 
