Thick, fudgy, gooey and smooth….this really is The Best Hot Fudge Sauce recipe. It’s super easy to make your own homemade hot fudge sauce at home and it tastes so much better than the store bought stuff.
I have tried a lot of different hot fudge sauce recipes. I’ve never been happy. They’ve either been runny, or tasted funny, or they crystallized. I am happy to say that I have finally created my own and it is everything I’ve ever looked for in hot fudge. It is better than the expensive jar you buy at the grocery store. It is thick, and fudgy, and gooey, and oh so delicious. It can be an ice cream topping, or a fudge layer in a pie, or drizzled over a cake. Or you can just eat it off the spoon. I like it that way too!
They key to this recipe is the blender. The blender not only smoothes out your sauce, it aerates it too. I took a recent trip to Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco where they show you how they make their chocolate. I shared it on my Instagram Stories, though that has since gone the way of all Instagram Stories and disappeared. One of the last steps in chocolate making is always aeration. Aeration is a process which churns air into the chocolate. This is the key to getting a smooth, creamy result. Do not skip this step in the recipe and be sure to blend it for the full two minutes. Trust me, it makes a huge difference.
In addition to the standard American units of measurements, I’ve also included the metric measurements for this recipe as a separate recipe at the bottom of the post, below the cooking lesson. If you are a metric kind of person, then be sure to check that out.
Watch the video below where I walk you through every step of the recipe and give you some great tips and tricks along the way. I have an entire YouTube Channel with over 200 video recipes just like this. If you are a visual learner this can be particularly helpful.
Best Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe
Best Hot Fudge Sauce
Thick, fudgy, gooey and smooth....this really is The Best Hot Fudge Sauce. It's super easy to make your own homemade hot fudge sauce at home and it tastes so much better than the store bought stuff.
Hot fudge sauce is considered low level candy making. Candy making is considered to be anything that has a main ingredient of sugar. It is a finicky thing and small missteps can be disastrous. Don’t fret though, if you can follow instructions then you can make candy.
Doubling a candy recipe can be difficult as it effects the cooking time, pot size, and more. Substitutions are dangerous in candy making because each ingredient has a very specific purpose. This is cooking chemistry. Unless you are an experienced candy maker just stick to the recipe.
A common mistake in candy making is cooking the sugar too fast. When a candy recipe says “bring to a boil” you should warm it at low-medium heat until everything is melted, then turn the heat up to medium high until boiling begins. Reduce the heat to medium to sustain a simmering boil. If you just flip the heat up to high you risk burning or otherwise ruining your sugar.
The recipe “Best Hot Fudge Sauce” first appeared on The Stay At Home Chef on November 23, 2012.
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