Mocha Hot Fudge Sauce

Make with cocoa and coffee. How can you top this?

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 3 1/4 cups

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1⁄2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1⁄4 cup  coarsely ground coffee beans
• 1 1⁄3 cups sugar
• 1  cup light corn syrup
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 4  ounces  unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
• 1⁄8 cup unsalted butter, dices
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Sift cocoa into medium bowl. Brin cream and ground coffee to boil in heavy small saucepan, stirring to blend. Remove from heat; cover and steep 10 minutes.
2. Strain cream through fine sieve into another bowl, pressing on coffee grounds to release as much cream as possible.
3. Bring sugar, corn syrup, 1/4 cup water, and coffe-flavored cream to boil in medium saucepan; whisking until sugar dissolves. Boil 1 minute, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush. Remove from heat.
4. Whisk in chocolate, butter and vanilla. Pour 1/4 of chocolate mixture into cocoa to moisten, then add remiaing chocolate mixture, whisking until sauce in smooth and shiny.
5. Cool. COver and refrigerate. Rewarm sauce over low heat before serving.