Love the chocolate dipped cones at Dairy Queen? Make your own chocolate sauce that hardens on the ice cream with just three simple ingredients.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Sauces
Your basic chocolate sauce can be poured on ice cream, cake, even your breakfast pancakes. But there are also variations to this basic sauce like syrup, chocolate gravy and glazes. Use chocolate syrup to make chocolate milk, chocolate glaze to frost a variety of desserts, and chocolate gravy - best eaten with sweet biscuits! And don't forget the flavored chocolate sauces like mint, kahlua or marshmallow!
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Copycat Dairy Queen-Style Hard Chocolate Sauce
Copycat Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
Make your own version of Hershey's brand chocolate syrup at home with just a few simple ingredients.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Sanders Hot Fudge Imitation
Made with sweetened condensed milk, milk chocolate chips, light corn syrup, butter
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Chocolate Creme Fraiche Sauce
If you're wondering what you'll do with this beautifully rich chocolate creme fraiche sauce, the real question is what you won't do with it.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Copycat Magic Shell Chocolate Ice Cream Topping
Make your own Magic Shell ice cream topping. The chocolate syrup-like sauce hardens when it hits the ice cream making a crunchy shell.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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Creamy Chocolate Spread
No shortage of uses for this delicious spread, and it's easy enough to make with kids. Throw it on toast, throw it on pancakes, throw it straight on a spoon.
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Bourbon Chocolate Sauce
Pour this creamy bourbon-chocolate-vanilla sauce over ice cream, cheesecake, waffles - anywhere you want a splash of boozy chocolate flavor.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Marshmallow Sauce
This rich and creamy chocolate marshmallow sauce is amazing over a couple of scoops of ice cream. It's equally delicious over cake, brownies, waffles, pancakes, etc.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Glaze
Add an extra layer of deliciousness to your desserts with this rich, shiny chocolate glaze.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Amaretto Chocolate Sauce
Unleash your inner dessert diva with this sinfully delicious amaretto chocolate sauce that will have you feeling like a culinary genius. Trust us, it's so good you'll want to...
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Hot Fudge Sauce or Cold Fudge
Only two ingredients needed to top off your homemade sundaes with heavenly hot fudge. Or, let it cool and cut in squares to eat.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Homemade Chocolate Syrup
This is an easy cream-free recipe for making chocolate syrup. Use it over your favorite dessert, waffles, in cocktails, or anywhere you want a splash of chocolate.
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Slow Cooker Chocolate Fudge Sauce
This slow cooked fudge sauce is a rich and delicious dessert sauce that is perfect for topping ice cream, brownies, cake, or just eating with a spoon.
Method: crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
Ghirardelli Hot Fudge Sauce
If you're making towering sundaes or a decadent chocolate cake, store-bought chocolate sauce drizzled on top just won't cut it.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Orange Chocolate Sauce
This orange chocolate sauce recipe is perfect for crepes, ice cream, or even try a bit stirred into your coffee for a real treat.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Healthier Hot Fudge Sauce
This rich chocolate sauce recipe swaps out a few ingredients for some healthier options.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Bittersweet Chocolate Sour Cream Sauce
Made with vanilla extract, unsweetened chocolate, sour cream, sugar, brown sugar, milk
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Low Fat Chocolate Syrup
Who said you can't have your chocolate and eat it too? With this low-fat chocolate syrup, you can indulge without worrying about tipping the scales.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Kahlua Sauce
Made with Kahlua, salt, whipping cream, sugar, semisweet chocolate, butter
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
5-Minute Chocolate Sauce
Made with butter, light cream, semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Tia Maria Chocolate Sauce
Made with Tia Maria liqueur, butter, unsweetened cocoa, sugar, cornstarch, water, corn syrup, unsweetened chocolate
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chocolate Walnut Sauce
Made with walnuts, vanilla extract, unsweetened chocolate, butter or margarine, sugar, salt, whipping cream
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
Made with butter, chocolate syrup, sweetened condensed milk
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Mint Sauce
Made with mint extract, corn syrup, vanilla extract, sugar, water, butter, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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