Blake Lively’s Favorite 3-Ingredient Dessert Is Perfectly Simple

Blake Lively is well-known for sharing outside-the-box life hacks. The actress keeps fans on their toes by claiming that the secret ingredient to the smoothest lemonade is butter and that traditional conditioner isn’t necessary for healthy hair.

While I am skeptical of both of these pieces of advice, the star has proven to us before that she knows what she is talking about. Her famous trick for boxed mac and cheese is a game changer. And so is the recipe for her favorite dessert. It’s the perfect way to upgrade a bowl of ice cream, but it’s also super simple. I might not be ready for her other life hacks, but this is definitely one I can get behind.

Blake Lively’s Favorite Quick Dessert is a Hot Fudge Sundae

In an interview, Lively once revealed that her favorite quick sweet treat is a hot fudge sundae. I have a lot of respect for this pick. There is nothing better than a bowl of ice cream with some warm, melted chocolate on top.

With the end of summer upon us, it is the perfect time to try something new with your ice cream or go classic with some hot fudge. I’d even argue that the warm sauce turns ice cream into a winter treat, so you can enjoy the dessert after the season ends. While it doesn’t matter what time of the year you enjoy Lively’s favorite dessert, you must make it correctly.

As any good hot fudge fan knows, chocolate syrup is not an equal replacement. Lively’s hack is the perfect answer to this rule. “Forget the fake syrupy stuff,” she said when describing how to make her favorite ice cream order. Instead, the actress takes matters into her own hands and makes her hot fudge herself. Lucky for us, her method for putting together the best hot fudge requires only two simple ingredients and a microwave. It doesn’t get much easier than that.

How to Make Blake Lively’s 2-Ingredient Hot Fudge

In the interview, Lively revealed that her family likes to cook by “instinct and intuition,” and her hot fudge recipe is no exception. While it has no measurements, as long as you don’t burn the chocolate, this recipe is nearly impossible to mess up.

All it entails is melting down a chocolate bar in the microwave and then mixing in some warmed-up whipping cream. This is all the information Lively gives us, besides telling us to use it to top your ice cream and follow it up with sprinkles.

The right proportions of heavy whipping cream to chocolate are up to your preferred sauce consistency. More cream will make it runnier, while more chocolate will make it richer. A one-to-one ratio is my recommendation for the perfect saucy but still flavorful topping. Any chocolate will do the trick. Once you have your hot fudge sundae, you have what Lively describes as a “delicious treat” ready to enjoy.

Lively isn’t the only celebrity who likes chocolate-topped ice cream. Actress Jennifer Garner also likes to make her own sauce but uses coconut oil to make a chocolate hard shell on top of her frozen treat. You can’t go wrong with either recipe, so why not try both?

This trick is so easy and smart that it might convince me to try another piece of advice from Lively. I’m not sure I’m ready to put butter in my lemonade quite yet. But, who knows, maybe I’ll change my mind.