Shamrock Sundaes

Name: Shamrock Sundaes
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1-2/3 cups chocolate sauce.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, cubed; 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate; 1 cup sugar; 1/3 cup half-and-half cream; 1/4 cup corn syrup; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; Mint ice cream

If your family loves ice cream (and who doesn't?), you'll probably serve these sundaes-with their from-scratch chocolate sauce-often. But you won't mind, because they're so simple to put together.

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup half-and-half cream
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mint ice cream

Directions

In a small saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Add the sugar, cream and corn syrup; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla. Serve warm or cool over ice cream.