Melt butter with chocolate in saucepan. Add other ingredients (except vanilla) and cook 20-25 minutes over medium heat. Mixture will slowly thicken. Add vanilla and serve over ice cream. NOTES: Hot fudge sauce for ice cream -This is the fudgiest and best sauce you'll ever taste. The recipe has been passed down in our family for years and years. This sauce becomes like fudge candy when refrigerated, and it's hard to keep from poking your finger in it for a taste. Simply reheat in a saucepan to melt it down. : Difficulty: easy. : Time: 30 minutes. : Precision: approximate measurement OK. : Pat Boren : The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica CA : decvax!randvax!boren : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust