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      Homemade Hot Fudge

      Martha and Jim Cramer prepare an easy recipe for hot fudge.

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      Martha and Jim Cramer prepare an easy recipe for hot fudge.

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    Opposites attract: Warm, dark fudge is a perfect playmate for pale scoops of mild vanilla ice cream. A full cup of pure cocoa (the ground essence of the cacao bean and chocolate's most potent incarnation), mixed with bittersweet chocolate, cream, and sugar, endow this sauce with an irresistible boldness, surpassing any store-bought chocolate syrup. Pour it over vanilla ice cream (sundae toppings optional).
    Martha Stewart Living, February 2011
    • Prep Time 15 minutes
    • Total Time 15 minutes
    • Yield Makes 1 quart hot fudge
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    Ingredients

    • 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
    • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
    • 2/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
    • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
    • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
    • 1 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, sifted
    • Salt
    • 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped (1 cup)
    • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    • Vanilla ice cream, for serving

    Directions

    1. Bring cream and butter to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add sugars and corn syrup, and heat, stirring, until sugars dissolve. Whisk in cocoa powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add chocolate, and stir until melted. Stir in vanilla. Use immediately, or keep warm in a double boiler or a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Serve hot fudge over ice cream.

    Recipe Reviews

    • mimi204
      20 Sep, 2011

      I think what suzie70070 is saying rather succinctly is that this is a very sweet syrup with some chocolate in it! I have to say, that when I read the recipe I thought it looked tooth-achingly sweet so I added the sugars to taste and it is delicious.

    • amhmc
      17 Aug, 2011

      Not sure what "chocolate syrup" below means? I cut the recipe in quarter to not overeat as warned in another review (wise!) I did substitute regular unsweetened cocoa as I find the Dutch is harder to locate these days. If you let it sit a few minutes, it thickens up and is more like traditional sauce. Very good flavor-would be a great topping for cream puffs!

    • suzie70070
      9 Jun, 2011

      chocolate syrup

    • carlyc73
      10 Apr, 2011

      Yum yum yum.... I've made a couple batches of this, and it never fails. There are times where I just eat this with a spoon and forget about whatever I was supposed to pour it on!!

    • CorrieS
      23 Jan, 2011

      When the 2/11 issue of MSL arrived, with that gorgeous cover photo, I was having a serious chocolate craving. I made a half batch of this hot fudge, using a high quality cocoa powder and extra bittersweet chocolate. My husband and I ate it every night for four nights, going through two QUARTS of vanilla ice cream!!! I began looking forward to my next serving immediately after swallowing the last bite, and thought about it a dozen or so times between them. IT IS SO GOOD!!! Just be careful...

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