Ultimate Party Twist: Chocolate Fondue
Throwing a chocolate fondue party is a great way to turn heads and impress your guests! Choosing the right recipe for your chocolate fondue will have your friends going crazy and begging for more! You can make the experience even more thrilling by offering a variety of dippers, such as from the list that we have provided below.
Chocolate Fondue Trivia
Fondue comes from the French word “fondre”, which means “to melt”. Tradition has it that if a dipped piece is lost in the chocolate bowl by a man, he buys a round of drinks, and if lost by a woman, she owes a kiss to every man in the room.
Basic Ingredients (serves 6-8 people)
- Dark chocolate – 2 cups
- Milk cream (such as Amul Fresh Cream) – 3/4 cup
Option 1: Indian Citrus
- Khus syrup – 1 tablespoon
- Lemon zest – 1 lemon
- Common salt – a pinch
- Black pepper powder – a pinch
Option 2: Mexican Coffee
- Instant coffee powder (such as Nescafé) – 1 teaspoon
- Cinnamon powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Chopped nuts (as per taste: almonds, cashews, pistachios) – 2 tablespoons
- White chocolate – 1/4 cup
Dipper Ideas
Fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, grapes, and chopped bite-sized apples, pineapples and oranges, biscuits, cakes, marshmallows, “Kurkure” puffs, nachos, potato chips, and soup sticks.
Instructions
1. Boil the cream over moderate heat until tiny bubbles show.
2. Incorporate crushed chocolate into the mix and whisk until smooth.
3. Immediately transfer to a fondue pot with a low flame or any other container, if fondue pot is not available.
Indian Citrus Version:
4. Add khus syrup , salt, and pepper and give it a good stir.
5. Garnish with lemon zest.
Mexican Coffee Version:
4. Mix coffee and cinnamon powder in the chocolate.
5. Garnish with nuts and white chocolate.
6. Arrange the dippables on a plate around the chocolate pot. Use a fondue fork, bamboo skewer, salad fork, or tooth picks to dip the fruit pieces and other dippables into the hot melted chocolate. Eat immediately.
Enjoy! Let us know how your chocolate fondue party goes…