Orange-chocolate Ice Cream Sauce

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup milk (use water if you want to cut down the dairy and/or the calories)
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons orange liqueur
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a medium-sized saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa, then whisk in milk, then chopped chocolate.
• 2 turn heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly, for 5 minutes.
• 3 remove from the heat and stir in remaining ingredients until sauce is smooth.
• 4 serve either chilled or warmed, over vanilla ice cream.
• 5 store in the fridge, but this sauce will keep well in the freezer if your batch won't be gone within a week or two.