My husband’s family makes hot fudge for every get together.  EVERY get together.  We’ve been married for 25 years so I’ve eaten gallons of hot fudge.  Sadly, parts of me make that obvious to the human eye.  Anyway, legend has it that this was grandma Naoma’s (Mu’s) recipe.  I have teased my hubby for years because I believe the recipe was probably on the back of the sweetened condensed milk, but as far as everyone’s concerned, it’s Muzzy’s.  Truthfully, Mu was a fantastic cook.  She could make anything and it was delicious.  My husband is convinced that any good recipe ever written was invented by his grandmother.  When we were first married he’d ask me if something I was making was the way Mu made it, from a tuna sandwich to cake.  When I read him the post for today and asked if the comment annoyed him (about the recipe being on the milk can) he said simply, “Well, she probably sent the recipe to them.”  There you have it.

Mu’s Hot Fudge Sauce is a four ingredient recipe that is a cinch to make.  I keep semi-sweet chocolate in the freezer so I always have it on hand.  It’s so yummy it will make you look like you tried harder than you did to make a delicious dessert.  Bet it will become one of your favorites too.

Muzzie’s Hot Fudge

2 squares semi-sweet chocolate

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 tbsp. butter

1 tsp. vanilla

Melt chocolate and sweetened condensed milk in microwave or double boiler.  When chocolate has melted completely, add butter and vanilla. Stir to combine.  It makes practically any flavor of ice cream twice as  delicious.  Peppermint is my fave.