5-Minute Chocolate Dipping Sauce
This warm chocolate dipping sauce will be your last-minute dessert life saver! It'll take you barely 5 minutes to warm cream and butter together, then melt chocolate into it to create a smooth, silky and creamy sauce. Use for dipping fruit, donuts, or cake, or drizzle over ice cream, cakes and more!
Servings: 4 to 5
Equipment
- fondue warmers (just a nice idea!)
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream (or thickened cream or double cream)
- ¼ cup butter salted or unsalted (if salted, skip the pinch of salt listed below)
- 3½ ounces chocolate (I like dark chocolate, but use milk instead if you like. If using chocolate chips, semi-sweet or bitter sweet work well.)
- 1 pinch salt (optional, for balance)
Instructions
- Combine the butter and cream in a small glass jug or bowl. Heat in the microwave in 30-second bursts until warm and the butter has melted. Stir well.¼ cup butter, 1 cup heavy cream
- Break up the chocolate into pieces, if using a bar. Drop into the warm butter and cream mixture and let melt for a few minutes. Then stir until smooth. At this point you can also stir in the pinch of salt if you like.3½ ounces chocolate, 1 pinch salt
- Pour the sauce into little individual bowls for people to dip all kinds of goodies into! Alternatively, drizzle over ice cream, cakes, cheesecakes... anything you like!
Notes
Alternative warming method: If you don't have a microwave, you can melt the butter into the cream in a glass bowl suspended over a saucepan of boiling water. Then drop the chocolate in to melt as in the microwave version. Don't let the glass bowl touch the hot water.
Make-ahead instructions: You can make the sauce up to a week in advance, however re-warm the sauce again gently in the microwave just before serving. If it seems too thick, just drizzle in a little more warm cream.
Serving ideas: Try different fruits, cake or brownie bites, donuts, churros, biscotti, nuts, and anything else you can think of for dipping! How about making a dessert platter with the chocolate sauce and lots of things to dip in? Alternatively, use the sauce to drizzle over cakes or ice cream, or layer it in a parfait or sundae.
Nutrition
Calories: 430kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 26g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 132mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 1229IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg
