I found this recipe on the inside over of a bar of Ghirardelli chocolate. The perfect chocolate sauce from folks who really know how to do chocolate. It would be perfect over ice cream or chocolate fudge cake.
Ghirardelli Signature Hot Fudge Sauce
1 bar (4 oz.) Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Bar, broken into pieces
4 tablespoons butter, cut into chunks
1 ½ cups sugar
½ cup water
¼ cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a heavy saucepan, combine the chocolate, butter, sugar, water and light corn syrup. Stir the mixture continuously over medium heat until the completely melted and smooth. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and continue simmering for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
Store covered in the refrigerator.
To reheat, place in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave on medium 6 to 8 minutes, stirring after the first 5 minutes.
Makes 2 cups.
