Hot Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream

A topping that hardens as it hits the cold ice cream

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 2  ounces  unsweetened chocolate
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1⁄2 cup boiling water
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Melt unsweetened chocolate in double boiler over, not in, hot water. Add and melt buttter. Stir and blend well, then add boiling water. Stir well. Add sugar and corn syrup. Permit the sauce to boil readily but not furiously over direct heat. Do not stir. Boil 5 minutes for ordinary sauce, boil 8 minutes for sauce that hardens on ice cream. Remove from heat and add vanilla and stir. May reheat leftover sauce over hot water.