Food Desserts & Baking Hot Fudge Sauce Chocolate cravings have met their match: In 15 minutes, you can melt six ingredients into the thickest, gooiest ice cream topping. By Leah Eskin Leah Eskin Leah Eskin writes and bakes in Chicago, where she lives with her husband and her chocolate Lab, Milo. She's at work on a book about Jewish-Italian cookbook author Edda Servi Machlin. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Published on December 8, 2021 Print Share Photo: Jacob Fox Total Time: 15 mins Servings: 7 Yield: 1 3/4 cups Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients ¼ cup butter,* cut up ¼ cup light-color corn syrup ¾ cup sugar ½ cup heavy cream 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken up ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Directions In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium. One by one, whisk in corn syrup, sugar, then cream. Increase heat to medium-high. Whisk until sugar is dissolved and mixture bubbles enthusiastically, about 2 minutes. Add chocolate and whisk until melted. Continue whisking until sauce is glossy and thick, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat. Whisk in vanilla. Serve immediately over ice cream. Or pour fudge sauce into a heatproof container (such as a 1-pint Mason jar). Let cool, then cover and refrigerate. To reheat: Remove lid and microwave in 20-second bursts, stirring between zaps, until hot. *INGREDIENT NOTE This recipe was tested with salted butter. If using unsalted, add a pinch of salt with the vanilla. Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 341 Calories 21g Fat 36g Carbs 3g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 7 Calories 341 % Daily Value * Total Fat 21g 27% Saturated Fat 13g 65% Cholesterol 37mg 12% Sodium 69mg 3% Total Carbohydrate 36g 13% Total Sugars 32g Protein 3g Vitamin C 0mg 1% Calcium 32mg 2% Iron 3mg 16% Potassium 154mg 3%