Ice Cream Sauces

Want to make that bowl of ice cream even more special? Just add one of the below sauces and now you have more than just ice cream. You have dessert.

All of these sauces are very easy to make. I make mine early in the day. When it is time to serve my dessert, I just reheat the sauce in the microwave. The sauces also make good housewarming or hostess gifts. Just put it in a pretty jar tied with a ribbon. Make sure the sauce is properly refrigerated.

I not only like a sauce on my ice cream, but I like nuts, too. This is why the below recipe is a favorite. I hope you enjoy it, and the other recipes.

1/2 cup butter
2 cups packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup light cream
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup chopped peanuts
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in brown sugar, light cream, and peanut butter. Stir over low heat until smooth. Stir in nuts and vanilla. Serve warm. Makes approximately 2-3/4 cups.

Apricots in a Rum-Raisin Sauce
This is a nice variation, from Epicurious, of the traditional Rum Raisin Sauce.

Bourbon and Caramel Sauce
The Ice Cream Parlor offers this delectable recipe.

Butterscotch Sauce
Here's one of my favorites.

Hot Fudge Sauce
This is the basic recipe everyone can make.

Jelly Toppings
K. Desserts offers this template for converting jellies into ice cream toppings. What a useful reference!

Maple Praline Ice Cream Sauce
Toasted pecans are used in this recipe from Epicurious.

Strawberry Sauce
Here's a lovely sauce from Rahul.net that is fat-free.

Walnut Butter Sauce
Baker Boulanger offers this recipe as part of a Pancake recipe, but I like it on ice cream.

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