Seize The Day - To Make Some Hot Fudge Sauce!

When you're told to bring souvenirs overseas from Australia to share, what do you bring?  Cadbury's Furry Friends Chocolates, of course!  And what happens when you realise there are just way too many teachers at your schools to give them all one?  You keep them all in your closet instead of giving them away.  And what happens when you keep a bunch of chocolates in your closet over summer?  They melt.  Multiple times.  And what do you end up with?  Seized chocolate.

Seized chocolate looks quite different to the original product you bought.  When you open up the wrapper you'll see something that looks more white than brown, and I kind of felt like some sort of sorceress, because the moment I touched it that stuff turned to fine power!

So, what do you do with a heck of a lot of seized chocolate?  I did some (internet) research, and found that while it's not too tasty on its own, it's still good to use in a lot of recipes.  So today I put that theory to the test, and used it to make a hot fudge sauce.  And you know what?  It tastes pretty darn good!  So I've decided to share the recipe.

Hot Fudge Sauce

100g butter

200g chocolate melts (or seized furry friends chocolates!)

1/4 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup evaporated milk

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

(I first melted the seized chocolate in a bowl sitting on a small pot of simmering water, adding some warm water to the powdery chocolate to give it a more liquid, creamy consistency.  I then followed the recipe, but melted the butter on it's own first)

Melt butter and chocolate melts together over medium heat.  

Add sugar and slowly stir in milk.  

Add vanilla and mix well.  

Serve hot over ice-cream, waffles, crepes, etc.  

Note: Sauce will keep stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

I ate some on vanilla ice-cream, and whoa....that stuff is good!