Chocolate Fondue Recipe Print Options Print (no photos) Print (with photos) Ingredients 12 ounces of dark chocolate (chips or roughly chopped if from a block) 8 ounces of heavy cream A pinch of salt Dippables such as strawberries, banana pieces cut into 1-inch chunks, dried appricots, candied ginger, apple pieces Method 1 Warm the cream over moderate heat until tiny bubbles show and begins to lightly and slowly boil. Add the chocolate and whisk until smooth and full incorporated.
2 Immediately transfer to a fondue pot heated at low or with a low flame, or serve straight from the pot.
3 Arrange the dippables on a platter or plates around the chocolate pot. Use a fondue fork, bamboo skewer, seafood fork, or salad fork to dip the fruit pieces and other dippables into the hot melted cream chocolate mixture. Eat immediately.
If the fondue begins to feel a little stiff, add a tablespoon of heavy cream and stir. It will help it go a little longer. Eventually, it will cook down though and you may need to start a new pot.
Variations
Add a tablespoon or two of Bailey's Irish Cream to the chocolate. Other liquors such as Grand Marnier, Amaretto, or Kirsch are equally yummy. Add a 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and ancho chili pepper for a nice Mexican Chocolate. The contents of a vanilla pod or some vanilla extract are always a decadent touch to chocolate. A good pinch of espresso powder can do wonders! Orange zest or grapefruit zest is nice way to create a slightly fruity chocolate. A few tablespoons of Torani flavoring syrups (the kind used for coffee or Italian sodas) can add a nice dimension of flavor as well. White chocolate is always a nice change, and spiked with a little liquor or citrus zest becomes heavenly.
Steeping the cream for an hour beforehand and while heating it can add a nice subtle flavor, lemongrass for white chocolate or a bag of Earl Grey tea for dark chocolate are particularly stylish and contemporary.
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You could dip pieces of thick cut sponge or madiera cake (even store bought). What about a blackforest fondue (I'm making this one up right now!) if you bought some chocolate cake cut into bite size cubes and used some fresh cherries as the dippers, for the fondue I'd use lindt 70% dark cooking chocolate and add kirsch- maybe some icing sugar too or it'll be very bitter or some strained cherry jam as a sweetener? Bowl of whipped cream on the side or even chocolate flake to dip into for extra fun? Hope this helps- actually, I'm gonna add this to my fb notes too!How do you make a chocolate fondue that REALLY impresses?
Some grand marnier (orange liquor), chambord (raspberry liquor) or some frangelico (hazelnut liquor)
Put some good quality choclolate (no hersheys or chocolate chips) and 1/2 cup of cream and melt down in fondue pot add 1 tbs of liquor of choice wait 5 minutes taste then add more as needed for a hint of flavor. My fav is chocolate with frangelico with bananas! MMMMMMM....
For the chocolate add in some espresso or coffee or orange zest and to dip in serve fruits and rice crispy chunks.How do you make a chocolate fondue that REALLY impresses?
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Add a splash of orange juice and Triple Sec.
punch it up? How about vodka, kahluha (sp?), peach schnaps?
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