A classic way to dress up a scoop of ice cream that takes only 10 minutes to make.

The ice cream itself was the treat; adding more sugar on top would be gilding the lily.

I was instantly hooked.

Spoonful of hot fudge sauce poured onto vanilla ice cream in a bowl with handles, and in the background, another bowl of ice cream with hot fugde sauce

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Because heres the thing: hot fudge sauce is really, really easy to make!

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Hot Fudge Sauce

Corn syrup smooths out the sauces texture.

Hot fudge sauce cascading into a pint jar from a spoon

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Without it, the sauce wont be the same.

According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, hot fudge sauce is not safe for home canning.

Heat the mixture over high, whisking occasionally, until the mixture comes to a boil.

Hot fudge sauce cascading into a pint jar from a spoon with some of the chocolate flowing down the sides of the jar

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Turn the heat off, then add the chopped chocolate and butter.

Hot fudge sauce can be refrigerated for up to two weeks.

Let it thaw completely before reheating it.

Hot Fudge Sauce in a pint mason jar next to another filled pint and a spoon

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Cream, brown sugar, corn syrup, and cocoa into a saucepan for hot fudge sauce recipe

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Hot fudge sauce base whisked together in a saucepan

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Butter and chopped choclate added to the saucepan with the base ingredients for hot fudge sauce recipe

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Hot fudge sauce on a spatula to showcase the desired texture and below the spatula, the saucepan with more hot fudge sauce

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Two pint jars of hot fudge sauce (one jar open, another jar closed)

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Hot fudge sauce poured onto vanilla ice cream in a bowl

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe