Velvet Hot Chocolate Sauce – The Unforgettable Experience

Have you ever wondered how magical chocolate sauce that is perfectly liquid hardens over your ice cream is made? Well, so did we, and after a few hours of head-scratching we figured it out! This chocolate sauce uses simple ingredients to make a smooth silky sweet sauce that everyone in your home will love AND instead of using unpronounceable chemicals, we used coconut oil to get that magic cracking texture, making this recipe as good for your body as the ice cream is for your soul.

Chefs Tip for Heavenly Hot Chocolate Sauce:

Remember, chocolate can be sensitive to temperature change so heat the cream slowly to avoid it splitting and remove the mixture from the heat before all the chocolate is melted or it will seize.

Another great piece of advice when melting chocolate to use a bain-marie also know as a double boiler. What is a double boiler and do you need to buy one? Firstly, no you need not buy one as it is quite easy to create the same effect with items that you already have at home. This can be done by using a glass bowl over a small pot and placing the chocolate in the glass bowl to melt by using the steam instead of placing the chocolate directly on the stove top which will cause the chocolate to burn.

Ingredients

• 150g double cream sauce
• 150g 70% dark chocolate chips or a slab finely chopped
• 50g coconut oil hardens to form that satisfying magic shell over ice crem
• 3 teaspoons honey can be substitute with maple syrup for extra depth
• 1 tsp coarse sea salt try pink Himalayan salt for a subtle flavour twist

Instructions

1. Pop a small saucepan on low heat
2. Toss in the cream first to cozy up the pan and stop that chocolate from sticking like a party crasher.
3. Dump in the chocolate, coconut oil, honey, and salt – let’s get this flavour fiesta started!
4. Heat it low and slow, giving it a lazy stir now and then until the cream feels warm and the chocolate’s melting into chunky dance moves.
5. Take it off the heat and keep stirring like a DJ mixing tracks until it turns thick, smooth, and glossy – pure sauce magic!
6. Serve it hot over ice cream or fruit for an instant groove, or for a wild twist, pour into molds, freeze for 30 minutes, and pop out some frozen chocolate bites to rock your taste buds!

Irene Muller

Heavenly Hot Chocolate Sauce

5 from 4 votes

Make your own fabulous silky smooth chocolate sauce that is rich and decadent and will definitely make your guests grab for more!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Servings: 6

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Global

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 150 g double cream
• 150 g 70% dark chocolate chips or slab 
• 50 g coconut oil (immediately hardens and creates a magic shell over the surface of the ice cream.)
• 3 tsp honey
• 1 tsp sea salt (or kosher salt, it isn't as harsh tasting)

Method

 

1. Place a small saucepan on low heat.
   
2. Pour the cream into a saucepan, followed by the rest of the ingredients. The cream is added first so the chocolate isn’t resting on the bottom of the saucepan.
3. Heat over low heat until the cream is just hot enough to the touch. The chocolate will have started to melt but still be in little lumps.
4. Remove the sauce from the heat before the chocolate has completely melted, keep stirring off the heat until the sauce is thick smooth, and glossy.
5. You can add ice cream to mould and freeze for 30 minutes or serve immediately over ice cream.