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Deep Smoked Chocolate Sauce

Remember that chocolate is made by roasting, so why not combine a few drops of smoke with supermarket chocolate chips? That got us thinking about coffee, which also matches well with smoke and chocolate. Instant coffee is possibly the bottled smoke of coffee. Way before designer coffeehouses, instant coffee was the hot ticket. It’s just dehydrated coffee in a granulated form. It may not be your favorite for sipping, but it is a mighty useful pantry staple for adding undiluted coffee flavor to desserts.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes about 2 cups

Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream
One 12-ounce bag semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon bottled smoke
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    BRING the cream to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the chocolate, corn syrup, bottled smoke, and vanilla. Stir until smooth.

  2. Mochacheater Sauce

    Step 2

    Add 2 tablespoons of instant coffee powder to the Deep Smoked Chocolate Sauce.

  3. Cheater Peppermint Fudge Sauce

    Step 3

    Add a teaspoon of peppermint extract to the sauce.

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