Hot Fudge Sauce

Hot Fudge Sauce - recipe 1

8 Squares unsweetened (Baker's) chocolate
1/2 Stick butter
1 3/4 Cups water
2 1/2 Cups sugar

In an 8 cup measuring cup, put in chocolate and butter. Cook for 2 minutes on high (1200 watt). Stir. Stir in water. Stir in the sugar. Cook for about 3-4 minutes in the microwave. The longer you cook it the thicker it will get as it cools.

Hot Fudge Sauce recipe 2

Possibly better recipe from Smitten Kitchen

Adapted from Silver Palate Cookbook

(doubled from original) Yields 5 cups

This is a deep, dark fudgy bittersweet sauce that firms up on ice cream.

8 ounces unsweetened chocolate
6 tablespoons butter, unsalted
1 & 1/3 cups water
2/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon rum (or other flavoring, such as a flavored liquer or vanilla extract)

Melt the chocolate and butter very slowly in a double boiler or in the microwave, stirring frequently until combined. Meanwhile, heat the water to boiling in the small, heavy saucepan. When the butter and chocolate have melted, stir the mixture into the boiling water. Add the sugar, corn syrup and salt and mix until smooth. Turn the heat up and stir until mixture starts to boil; adjust heat so that sauce is just maintained at the boiling point, stirring occasionally. Allow sauce to boil for nine minutes.

Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes. Stir in the rum and serve warm over ice cream.