What is your recipe for chocolate fondue? or other fondue sauce (dip)?

Chocolate Fondue


It's important to maintain moderately low heat (no more than 120掳F) under your fondue pot so the chocolate stays melted and just warm to the touch. Too much heat can ruin the chocolate.





1/2 cup heavy cream


8 oz. semisweet chocolate, chips or finely chopped bar


1 tsp. vanilla extract


1 pound cake, cut into 1-inch cubes


2 pints strawberries, rinsed and hulled





Fill the fondue pot with 2 cups warm water and place the pot on the stand. Fill the fuel burner with oil according to the manufacturer's instructions and set it on the stand.





In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, warm the cream until steam begins to rise, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the chocolate, and stir until melted, smooth and creamy. Add the vanilla and stir until blended. Pour the chocolate sauce into the porcelain insert and place the insert in the fondue pot. Set the splatter guard on the top.





Set the fondue pot on the table and light the fuel burner, following the manufacturers instructions. Serve with pound cake, strawberries and individually marked fondue forks for dipping. Serves 6.





--Williams-Sonoma


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Flaming Turtle Chocolate Fondue


-- The Melting Pot





1/4 C Milk


1/2 C Milk chocolate


1/4 C Caramel syrup


2 TBL Pecans, chopped


2 TBL Rum, 151-proof for Flamb茅








Fruit, cut | Strawberries, Bananas, Pineapple


Marshmallows


Cake, cubed | Pound cake, Cheesecake





1. Soften Milk chocolate in the microwave.


2. Heat milk in the fondue pot. Once it's hot, add softened chocolate. Stir until you have a smooth consistency.


3. Pour caramel into a pool in the middle of the chocolate.


4. When it's time to serve, pour the rum over top of the chocolate. Leave a small amount on the spoon to light with a lighter.


5. Use the flaming spoon to ignite the rum on the chocolate. As it burns, slowly swirl the caramel into the chocolate.


6. Lastly, add the chopped pecans to the chocolate.


7. Allow the flame to burn out.





All dipping items should be skewered and dipped in the chocolate.





Be careful as you reach the sides and bottom of the fondue pot; the chocolate tends to be hotter there.