29 Tempting Ice Cream Topping & Sauce Recipes

An absolute must in my world, I made my husband hunt all over the Banff and Lake Louise region, in November mind you, for a fabulous hot fudge sundae on our honeymoon. It's only one of my all time favorite desserts; but the fudge can't be a sauce, it has to be chewy and fudgy, try my simple rich and chewy hot fudge!

Add a little twist to your favorite salted caramel sauce with coffee! This coffee salted caramel sauce infuses those wonderful coffee flavors with sweet and slightly salty caramel that will have you eating it out of the jar with a spoon! Trust me, I did. 

I dunno about you, but while I don't necessarily love marshmallows I adore a sticky, sweet marshmallow sauce on my ice cream!!

This delicious chocolate sauce recipe is made from just two ingredients and takes minutes to make. It’s the perfect topping for ice cream, and quite honestly, I can eat it by the spoonful! Get the secret to make the best chocolate sauce recipe you’ve ever tried!

Gingerbread caramel sauce tastes like all the wonderful spices of the holidays in molten sugar heaven. Use this as a dessert sauce, for ice cream or just as a dip for apples or cookies.

An over the top Peanut Butter Caramel sauce to send you into ice cream sundae heaven!

This hot fudge sauce is even more sinful with dark chocolate and Bailey’s Irish Cream. The best way to describe it is a glorious combination of chocolate and booze, which will have you swooning. GAH it’s sooooooo good!

A rich, summery, chock-full-of-flavor ice cream sauce!

Peanut Butter toppings are always a winner in our house and this one is no different!

Roasting your fruit, ever tried it? Well it might just knock your socks off, try this incredible roasted raspberry sauce, thick, rich with WOW raspberry flavor!

Fresh strawberries and homemade vanilla ice cream, dreamy!!

DIY your own magic shell -- easier than you think!

Deliciously simple cherry sauce!

Peanut butter magic shell is creamy as it goes on, hardening to a delicious crunchy soft shell!

If you haven't roasted strawberries you have no idea what you are missing! Rich, amazing flavor, perfect for topping ice cream!

A thick, fudgy, chocolatey and creamy mixture that is amazing over ice cream, but also delicious on cakes, filling cupcakes and much more!

Soo delicious on ice cream!

A fresh and delicious use of cherries on your ice cream! Move over Cherry Garcia!

The ideal sauce in my book! Perfect with all flavors of ice cream, this rich, buttery sauce with hunks of crunchy, nutty pecans!

Not only is this sauce vibrant, fresh and amazing, it tastes so delicious on ice cream, sorbet and sherbet!

Be still my butterscotch loving heart! I adore butterscotch toppings and this one takes the cake, or the sundae at least!

Keep the flavor of summer going by making this deliciously, simple peach syrup!

A lighter, waistline friendly deliciously crunch topping. Like eating an apple crisp in sundae form!

Sweetness of oranges, paired with the tartness of rhubarb, a match made in heaven!

Sweet-tart rhubarb in compote form, so yummy on vanilla or strawberry ice cream or even on lemon sorbet!

Using summer fresh and ripe cherries, make this vibrant and delicious sauce -- it will scream summertime to you!

What's not to love about a homemade blueberry sauce, scrumptious on ice cream, but try on waffles and pancakes too!

Not your ordinary ice cream sauce, but this custard based sauce would be incredible over any pie ala mode!

This Vanilla Bourbon Caramel sauce is rich and creamy, a little bit salty with a hint of bourbon, this is the one! Amazing on ice cream, pies, coffees, any dessert you need a little drizzle.