1-MINUTE CHOCOLATE SAUCE

You can make a delicious chocolate sauce in 1 minute! No more worries about melting chocolate on top of the stove.

5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, broken into 1/2-inch pieces
1/4 cup super-fine sugar
1/3 cup very hot water

Use metal blade to coarsely chop chocolate and sugar, about 6 pulses. Then process continuously until chopped to a fine powder, about 60 seconds.

With machine running, slowly pour hot water through feed tube. Process until chocolate melts, about 45 seconds, stopping once to scrape bowl.

MINT VARIATION:
Add 1 tablespoon of peppermint extract, crème de menthe or peppermint schnapps to water after it is heated.

Yield 7/8 cup
Source: Cuisinart