Hot Chocolate Fudge

This hot fudge sauce is thick , rich, inexpensive and easy to make. You can use it over your favorite ice - cream, brownies or cake and it also will last for a while. Place any unused finished sauce in a glass jar and store it in the refrigerator.

When you want to re-use it, a few seconds in a microwave will do the work and your fudge will be warm enough to use it over

This basic recipe is inspired by Martha

Ingredients

Dutch coco powder : 1/2 cup
Light cream: 1/4 cup
Light corn syrup: 1/2 cup
Sugar: 1/2 cup
Salt: A bing pinch - its important
Butter: 1.5 Tbsp
Vanilla Essence: 1/2 tsp

To go about......

- In a pan mix in coco, cream, corn syrup, sugar and salt
- Bring it to boil for about 3minutes over medium heat
- Remove from fire and add in vanilla extract and mix
- Add in butter to help you keep the sheen
- You can immediately use it over your favorite treat

Note:

For a more richer version you can use full cream, but then mind the calories
I am not a big fan of corn syrup, but to keep this sauce malleable its important. Sugar syrup will tend to crystallize once it cools down
In case you do not find dutch coco powder, try using any normal Hershey s un sweetened dark coco powder or any good brand that you trust

Why Dutch coco powder - prefer it because it is neutral and does not react with soda. Its usually called in for baking, unless there are other acidic ingredients such as lime / lemon used. It has a reddish brown color, mild flavor and is easy dissolved in liquids

You can pour it over my favorite Brownie posted earlier created to satisfy my urge for a sizzling brownie

Chocolate Brownie

Sunday and it's continuously raining out here in NYC.........past 24hrs.......and my urge for having a sizzling brownie has been haunting me dawn to dusk.........so here is the first step to satisfy my urge....BROWNIE....All i needed was

STEP 1

1cup  flour
1 cup  powdered sugar
2Tbsp unsweetened coco powder
1tsp baking powder
Some choco chips - optional

Sift all the ingredients ( except the choco chips)
Add the choco chips to the sifted ingredients and mix

STEP 2

4Tbsp Butter
1bar Chocolate ( I just brought a Hershey's milk with almonds) - but you can select any bar of your choice - dark / milk / unsweetened

Chocolate bits and butter - ready to be melted 

Melted chocolate n butter .....whisk it well

Melt the above ingredients in the microwave and whisk it well to form a smooth mixture



STEP 3

1Tbsp Vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk

Combine Step 1 + 2 = dry ingredients + the melted butter chocolate along with Vanilla essence and milk
Pre heat oven to 355F / 180C
Line a baking tray with parchment paper / grease the tray
Pour in the mixture in the tray and place in the oven and spread it evenly by tapping the dish or with the help of a spatula
Bake for 30 - 35 mins / until the toothpick is out clean

And the final result was

I no longer had patience to sccop out / arrange the platter..............