Name: Homemade Chocolate Sauce: A Quick And Easy Recipe With Walnuts
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter; 1 cup chopped walnuts; 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

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Homemade chocolate sauce makes a great decorative ice cream topping or an indulgent dip for fruit. Ready in just minutes, this chocolate sauce recipe is the perfect addition to any dinner party dessert table. Our chocolate sauce is made with chocolate chips and walnuts, plus it mimics that store-bought chocolate sauce that magically hardens.

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Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream

Is there anything better than a bowl of ice cream topped with chocolate syrup or chocolate sauce? Actually, there is! It’s better when it’s a chocolate sauce with nuts! Believe me, if you haven’t tried it, then you’re missing out.

I found this homemade chocolate sauce for ice cream with nuts and chocolate chips in an old cook book called June Roth’s Fast and Fancy Cook Book. My mom found it when she was snow-birding in Florida. It’s full of vintage deliciousness.

The recipe is quick and easy, with a prep time of about 5 minutes. Basically, all it entails is browning some chopped walnuts in melted butter, and then adding chocolate chips until it's smooth.

Homemade Chocolate Sauce Recipe

Why buy store-bought chocolate sauce when you can make your own chocolate sauce from scratch? Say goodbye to that Hershey’s syrup you typically buy. The taste of homemade is so much better.

The recipe is quick and easy, with a prep time of about 5 minutes. Basically, all it entails is browning some chopped walnuts in melted butter, and then adding chocolate chips until it’s smooth.

This easy chocolate sauce is so simple, anyone can make it. It also works great when you’re in a bind. I bet you’ve been there. Suddenly, you’ve got a craving for an ice cream sundae.

You scoop out that bowl of ice cream, you go to the grab the chocolate syrup, but there’s none to be found at home. Well now you can make your own in about 5 minutes flat.

The melted butter in this recipe makes it magical. When it's warm, the chocolate walnut sauce is pourable. Spoon it over the ice cream; however, as it sits on the cold ice cream, the fat in the butter seizes back up making it harden like that magic shell product you buy at the grocery store.

Magic Chocolate Sauce That Hardens

My kids love chocolate sauce for ice cream that hardens once it gets poured on the ice cream. You’re in luck! This recipe is also magic.

The melted butter in this recipe makes it magical. When it’s warm, the chocolate walnut sauce is pourable. Spoon it over the ice cream, and as it sits on the cold ice cream, the fat in the butter seizes up making it harden like that magic shell product you buy at the grocery store.

3 Ingredient Chocolate Sauce

Ingredient List

Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Butter
Chopped Walnuts

How to Make Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream with Nuts and Chocolate Chips

Step By Step Instructions

Melt butter in a heavy skillet over low heat.
Add chopped walnuts, and cook over medium heat. Stir constantly, until the walnuts are browned.
Remove from heat. Whisk in semi-sweet chocolate morsels until smooth.
Pour immediately over vanilla ice cream, or drizzle over warm cake squares, brownies or cheesecake or as a chocolate fondue.

Storage Instructions

Store leftovers of the chocolate walnut sauce in an airtight container or in a glass jar in the fridge. To reheat, warm in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until melted. (Remove metal canning lid before microwave, if storing in a mason canning jar.)

Recipe FAQs

To make a larger batch, just double the ingredient amounts. Use 1/2 cup butter, 2 cups chopped walnuts, and 2 cups chocolate chips.
This ice cream chocolate sauce makes a great gift. Put it in a pretty mason jar with warming instructions.
Have lactose problems? This recipe is non dairy, making it a great option.
Make ahead of time, and store in the refrigerator. To rewarm, microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between.
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Recipe Variations

Use a different type of nut instead of walnuts. Chopped pecans are another favorite.
Sprinkle in a pinch of salt for that salty sweet vibe.
Omit nuts completely, if desired.
Stir in your favorite extracts such as almond or vanilla extract.
Use this magic chocolate walnut sauce as part of Farmwife Cook’s Banana Split Bar!

How to make hard chocolate sauce for ice cream?

The trick to a magic chocolate sauce that hardens when it gets poured on ice cream is butter. Think about it, butter is thin and runny when it’s warm, but it hardens when it cools. If your homemade chocolate sauce has butter, it will be runny when warm, but then will harden as it sits on the cold ice cream.

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