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475 Fore St, Portland, ME 04101

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Dean’s Hot Fudge Sauce

Sauces

Maine-made with Dutch chocolate and the best of local ingredients. What separates Dean’s hot fudge sauce from other sauces is the high-quality sourcing of ingredients and the simplicity of the recipe. The hot fudge sauce is made with just five ingredients: unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder, demerara sugar, natural vanilla, organic heavy cream from local Misty Brook Farm, and butter from Casco Bay Creamery in Scarborough, Maine. It’s dark and creamy like no other hot fudge sauce you’ve had. Tasting is believing.

12.5

4 pc Bacon Buttercrunch

Specialty Sweets

12.5

Dean’s Maine Gift Crate #3: The Best Sauces & 16 pc Assortment

Gift Crates

In a simple, elegant, and reusable crate, constructed out of Maine reclaimed wood, this gift package includes Dean’s hot fudge and award-winning Maine sea salt caramel sauces (each 9 oz jars), plus a 16-piece assortment of Dean’s Top Sellers—truffles, caramels, and buttercreams in dark and milk chocolate.

89.5

Milk Chocolate Hot Fudge Sauce

Sauces

Maine-made with Belgian milk chocolate and the best of local ingredients. What separates Dean’s hot fudge sauce from other sauces is the high-quality sourcing of ingredients and the simplicity of the recipe. The hot fudge sauce is made with just five ingredients: milk chocolate, natural sugar, invert sugar syrup, organic…

12.5

Ginger Lemon Squares

Specialty Sweets

11.5

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Reviewers in Portland return to Dean's Sweets regularly. This is a dedicated gluten-free kitchen: everything on the menu is gluten free. The practical picture from reviews: online ordering, a stop for visitors and limited seating. Also on offer, by diner account: a pastry case, desserts and good coffee.

Latest gluten-free signal: 2026-07

Diners’ favorites

Mentioned in public diner reviews · everything served here is prepared in a dedicated gluten-free facility.

chocolate19 mentions · 2 negative
truffles14 mentions · 4 negative
cayenne5 mentions
champagne truffle4 mentions · 1 negative
coffee truffle4 mentions

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