How do you make a chocolate fondue that REALLY impresses?

This Christmas, I had a chocolate fondue that was plain and simple yet really went over well. Are there ways to punch it up? What do you dip in it besides marshmallows and strawberries?How do you make a chocolate fondue that REALLY impresses?
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.
I went to a friend's house once and she actually had a dark chocolate orange fondue. I know it sounds a bit off, but it was like eating a lindt dark orange chocolate bar. If it doesn't sound that appealing, try adding a pinch of cinnamon sugar to the chocolate fondue.



Best dippers would be pieces of sponge cake, raspberries, clementines, pieces of shortbread, marshmallows.How do you make a chocolate fondue that REALLY impresses?
If you google Chocolate fondue recipes you will get lots of ideas and you can dip bananas,sponge cake pieces,pound cake pieces,apples and Im sure there are others but that's all I can think of at the moment. But definitely google the fondue.I put some Irish Cream,or a dash of Bourbon,or some coffee liquor Good luck have fun
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....How do you make a chocolate fondue that REALLY impresses?
You could add a drop of whiskey or brandy to the chocolate which would go with the christmas theme of... Liqueurs!



Dips.. something with chilli? Not a personal favourite of mine but lots of people think it works!



Hope this helps a bit!



- Alexander.
Good things to dip in it could be Mandarin Oranges, Apples, Cherries

Really you could just test out dipping different fruit in it..