Munchie Monday: Hot Fudge Sauce

Going over the edge sweets-wise the other day, I gathered the ingredients for this fudge sauce.  It turned out really well.

In a medium sized sauce pan put 2/3 cup heavy cream, 1/2 cup light corn syrup, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa and 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring.  Reduce the heat to simmer the syrup for about 5 minutes, stirring off and on, then remove from heat.  Add another 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips ( 1 cup total) and 2 Tablespoons butter.  Add vanilla if you want.  I didn't.  Stir until smooth.  Pour over anything you like.  We put it over ice cream, but it would be good over lots of things, such as cake.  Or even bread pudding, though that might be a bit much...

You most likely will have some left over so when you are ready to use it again, you might want to warm it up for about 30 seconds, maybe a minute, in the microwave.  No more than a minute, though.  Don't test me on this one.  It would be a sad thing to have the sauce rise up and over your container in the microwave if it is there too long.  Several short warm-ups are better than one long one.  Trust me on this.