Hot Fudge Topping

My grandmother had to force dessert on us. I know this doesn’t earn me much sympathy. She would fill us to the brim with meat loaf and mashed potatoes, urging us to clean our plates, only to proclaim that she had dessert waiting on the sidelines. Aside from eclairs, her favorite dessert was ice cream with hot fudge topping. Just chocolate, nothing else. While I always hoped she might surprise us with a maraschino cherry, she never did. Decades later, I realize she was right. Deep, intense,