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Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe

by Katerina

5 from 1 vote

May 05, 2014, Updated Jun 21, 2025

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This hot fudge sauce recipe is rich, creamy, and made with peanut butter and chocolate. A quick, easy topping for ice cream, brownies, and more!

Hot Fudge Sauce

Can you define self-control? Want me to tell you about it? Of course I will! Self-control is when you’ve got a saucepan full of rich, creamy, glossy hot fudge sauce staring you down, and you don’t touch it because it’s for a toddler’s birthday party. (Spoiler: I absolutely licked the spoon.)

But honestly, this sauce? Worth every bit of restraint and then some. It’s chocolatey, peanut buttery, ridiculously easy to make, and you’re going to want to put it on everything short of asparagus.

Why You’ll Love This Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe

• It’s quick. This hot fudge sauce recipe comes together in about 5 minutes on the stovetop. No candy thermometers, no double boilers, you just stir and go.
• Minimal ingredients, maximum flavor. All you need are chocolate chips, peanut butter, sweetened condensed milk, butter, and vanilla. That’s it.
• It’s rich, creamy, and pourable. The consistency is thick but smooth, and it sets beautifully over cold ice cream or warm brownies.

How to Make This Hot Fudge Sauce

This homemade chocolate sauce is super simple and ready in minutes. Here’s how to make it in like 5 minutes!

• Add everything to a saucepan. Combine the chocolate chips, peanut butter, sweetened condensed milk, and butter in a small saucepan.
• Heat and stir. Set the pan over medium heat and stir constantly until everything is melted, smooth, and glossy. This takes about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Finish with vanilla. Once smooth, remove it from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
• Serve warm. Use it right away over ice cream, cake, fruit, or straight off the spoon. (You do you.)

How To Store It

Let the sauce cool completely, then pour it into a jar or airtight container.

• Refrigerate: Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
• To reheat: Scoop out what you need and microwave it in 15-second bursts, stirring in between until warm and pourable.

If it gets a little too thick in the fridge, just stir in a splash of milk when reheating to loosen it up.

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5 from 1 vote

Hot Fudge Sauce

by Katerina | Diethood

A delicious recipe for hot fudge sauce made with chocolate chips and peanut butter.

Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 3 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 cups

Ingredients 

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• ▢ ⅔ cup chocolate chips
• ▢ ⅔ cup fat-free sweetened condensed milk
• ▢ ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• ▢ 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ▢ ¼ cup boiling water

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Instructions 

• Combine and simmer. In a small saucepan, combine the chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and peanut butter. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted; about 2 minutes.
• Add vanilla and water. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Then, add in 2 tablespoons of boiled water at a time to thin it out; stir in more water to achieve the desired consistency.
• Finish and serve. Drizzle the hot fudge sauce over ice cream and serve.
• Storage. Let it cool completely before storing it in a jar or an airtight container, tightly covered. Keep refrigerated.

Notes

Inspired by Nigella Lawson

Nutrition

Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 57kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 32mg | Potassium: 26mg | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 0.1mg

Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.

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