How to Serve Chocolate Fondue

Everyone loves chocolate. So at your next party, try serving chocolate fondue instead of a traditional pie or cake. Your guests will love dipping fruit and other sweets into the chocolate mixture. Plus, you get a simple dish that required very little prep work. Keep reading to find out some great tips on how to serve chocolate fondue at your next party.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Fondue set
• Chocolate fondue recipe
• Various dippers
• Plates
• Napkins
• Forks

1. Prepare the chocolate fondue according the recipe 30 minutes before your guests arrive. A chocolate fondue can be as simple as melted chocolate chips or something more complex.

2. Transfer the mixture to a lit fondue set once the chocolate is melted.

3. Arrange various dippers on a tray and place it next to the fondue set. Good dippers for chocolate fondue are fruit, angel food cake, brownies, donuts, butter cookies or other sweet items.

4. Instruct guests on how to spear an item, dip it into the fondue and then twirl to remove any excess.

5. Explain the fondue etiquette rule to your guests. The rules include prohibitions on guests' lips touching the fondue forks, double dipping and dropping a piece of food into the fondue pot.

6. Keep track of the dippers and fondue supply. Replenish as needed.

Tips & Warnings

• Give your guests a separate plate and fork with which to transfer over their food while it cools.
• Cut all fruit or dippers into bite-size pieces.
• Tradition says that if you or a guest drops a piece of food into the fondue pot, you have to either buy the next bottle of wine or plant a kiss on someone of the opposite sex.

Resources

• Find Great Chocolate Fondue Recipes.
• The Melting Pot: the ultimate fondue dining experience.
• Chocolate fondue fountains.

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