Chocolate peanut butter hot fudge

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This easy chocolate peanut butter hot fudge makes a rich, smooth, swoon worthy topping perfect for ice cream, brownies, or a chocolate fix right off of the spoon.

We are big ice cream fans all year round this a jar of this homemade hot fudge is always in my refrigerator.

If you're looking for other ice cream toppings, check out my brown sugar caramel ice cream sauce!

Ingredients

There are just seven ingredients in this chocolate peanut butter ice cream fudge sauce, and you probably have most of them already in your house.

sugar
cocoa
salt
baking soda
heavy cream
unsweetened baking chocolate
creamy peanut butter

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

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Dry blend the sugar, salt, cocoa, and baking soda. Set aside.
Measure out your peanut butter and baking chocolate. Set aside.
In a large sauce pan, combine milk and dry ingredients.
Over low heat, bring mix to a boil and cook until temperature is 216 (about 45 seconds post boiling).
Turn off heat, stir in unsweetened baking chocolate and peanut butter. Stir until creamy and smooth.

Hint: This sauce should be made over low heat because it helps keep the cream from curdling. Baking soda is also used in this recipe to help keep the cream from curdling. You'll need to use a candy thermometer to get the correct final temperature. My favorite one is this digital candy thermometer.

Substitutions

heavy cream - instead heavy cream, regular whole milk or 2% milk can be used

Variations

No peanut butter? No problem - you can make a traditional dark chocolate fudge sauce.

Traditional (no peanut butter) - instead of peanut butter, melt in 4 tablespoons of salted butter along with the unsweetened chocolate.
Almond butter - any nut butter will do! Instead of peanut butter, use the same amount of almond butter or other nut butter.
spicy - add in ¼ teaspoon of chili pepper powder to dry blended ingredients

Equipment

For this recipe, you'll need:

medium or large sauce pan
high heat spatula or wooden spoon
candy thermometer
whisk
9" x 13" baking dish

Storage and shelf life

Store the chocolate peanut butter fudge sauce in an airtight container or glass jar with a lid in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.

Top tip

Using a candy thermometer is necessary because you want the finished fudge sauce to be thick, but not too thick. Hitting the correct temperature will ensure the texture you are looking for.

Using the fudge sauce

Because this fudge sauce will be kept in the refrigerator, you'll need to warm it up prior to topping your ice cream. I recommend microwaving in 20 second intervals and stirring after each one until desired sauce texture is achieved.

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