Homemade Chocolate Sauce

I could not stop licking the spoon after making this homemade chocolate sauce.  This is also my first time making homemade chocolate sauce and it was so easy.  I drizzled some of the chocolate sauce over a chocolate bundt cake I made (recipe here).  You could use this sauce on top of ice cream or fruit, or any other desserts that need some extra chocolate.  I stored the extra sauce in a mason jar and will keep it in the fridge.  Also, I can easily reheat it in the microwave when I need it again.  Enjoy! 

Homemade Chocolate Sauce

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Ingredients for Chocolate Sauce

14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk, fat-free

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions for Chocolate Sauce

In a saucepan, over medium-low heat, stir together condensed milk, chocolate chips, and vanilla extract.  Do not boil over, but until the chocolate sauce is a smooth consistency.

Allow chocolate sauce to cool slightly. 

Store chocolate sauce in a glass jar and refrigerate.  You can microwave it when needed.

Key Lime Pie

I am going to my friend's house for dinner tonight and I was asked to bring something sweet.  I decided to make key lime pie, and its perfect since this is a light and refreshing dessert.  Since there were going to be several others at dinner, I used a 10-inch pie crust instead of the regular 9-inch.  I also doubled the recipe below, so the recipe below is for a 9-inch pie crust.  My favorite topping for key lime pie is freshly whipped cream.  You could make a meringue topping if you prefer or eat it plain, but why would you not want whipped cream on top????

 

Ingredients

1 (9-inch) premade graham cracker pie crust (You can make your own too!)

3 egg yolks

1  (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup key lime juice (I always use Nellie & Joe’s Key West Lime Juice.)

Optional – zest of one lime (if you like extra tartness)

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and lime juice.  Mix well using a wire whisk.  You can probably use a hand mixer, but its so easy whisking everything by hand.

Pour mixture into pie crust.  (I like to put the pie pan on a baking sheet to make it easier to take in/out of the oven.)  Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.  Allow to cool.  Once completely cooled, cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. 

I also like to top my key lime pies with freshly whipped cream, click here for the whipped cream topping recipe.