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Dark Chocolate Fondue

Silky dark chocolate for dipping fruit, marshmallows, and pound cake

⏱️ Prep: 15min🍳 Cook: 5min⏰ Total: 20min👥 Serves: 2🌡️ hot

✓ vegetarian

⚠️ Contains: 🥛 Dairy, 🌾 Gluten

Ingredients

8 ozdark chocolate(70% cacao, chopped)
0.5 cupheavy cream
1 tbspbutter
1 tbspGrand Marnier(optional)
1 cupstrawberries
1banana(sliced thick)
1 cuppineapple chunks
1 cuppound cake(cubed)
1 cupmarshmallows

📝 Make Ahead

Chocolate can be melted ahead and gently reheated. Keep warm during serving.

Instructions

Heat cream in small saucepan until just simmering
Place chocolate in bowl and pour hot cream over
Let stand 1 minute, then stir until smooth
Stir in butter and Grand Marnier if using
Transfer to fondue pot or small slow cooker to keep warm
Arrange dippers on platter around fondue
Provide fondue forks or skewers for dipping

💡 Pro Tips

Use good quality dark chocolate - it's the star. Don't let cream boil or it may scorch. Grand Marnier adds orange notes but any liqueur works. Keep fondue warm but not hot or chocolate will seize. Dry fruit thoroughly - water causes chocolate to seize.

📜 History

Chocolate fondue followed the cheese fondue craze of the 1960s, offering a sweet ending to the communal dining experience. The combination of dark chocolate with fresh fruit became a romantic dessert for two, requiring shared conversation and the intimacy of feeding each other.

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Also pairs well with:

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