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Dark Chocolate Fondue
Silky dark chocolate for dipping fruit, marshmallows, and pound cake
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Prep15 minCook5 minTotal20 minServes2Temphot
✓ vegetarian
⚠ Contains: 🥛 Dairy, 🌾 Gluten
Recipe
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
- 1Heat cream in small saucepan until just simmering
- 2Place chocolate in bowl and pour hot cream over
- 3Let stand 1 minute, then stir until smooth
- 4Stir in butter and Grand Marnier if using
- 5Transfer to fondue pot or small slow cooker to keep warm
- 6Arrange dippers on platter around fondue
- 7Provide fondue forks or skewers for dipping
Notes
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 & Origin
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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