Donut Sticks With Chocolate Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 quarts peanut oil, for frying
• 1/4 cup sugar, for dusting
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, for dusting
• 2 (8 ounce) cans crescent rolls (recommended -- pillsbury)
• chocolate sauce
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 in a deep-fryer or heavy-bottomed pot, heat enough peanut oil to come halfway up the sides of the pot, to 375 degrees f.
• 2 mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
• 3 slice the seamless dough sheets into 1-inch strips from the shorter length of the dough.
• 4 make sure that the strips are not longer than your deep-fryer is wide.
• 5 twist each dough strip, and then drop, 3 at a time, into the fryer. fry the donut sticks until golden brown and crisp, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, flipping with tongs about half way through.
• 6 remove the donuts from the fryer and dust with the cinnamon-.
• 7 sugar mixture.
• 8 in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine the first 6 chocolate sauce ingredients and bring to a simmer.
• 9 whisk in the chocolate, vanilla, and butter and stir until the sauce is
• 10 smooth.
• 11 serve chocolate sauce on the side for dipping.