Chocolate Fondue for Valentine's Day
Published: Wed, 02/08/17
There is less than a week until Valentine's Day.
I am really not exactly sure how this happened.
I still have a few odds and ends up from Christmas!! ;-)
If you would like to make something fun and yummy for your sweetie (or for yourself!)
then you should make some Chocolate Fondue.
This is the good stuff : it's not waxy, it's not overly sweet, and you can add a touch of flavor if you'd like, or even line up a few Little Dippers so you can taste all the different varieties!
Chocolate Fondue
makes 2 cups
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet, dark, milk, or white. Your choice.)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon REAL vanilla
optional:
you can doctor this up with:
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
1 tablespoon rum
1 tablespoon Peppermint Schnapps
1 tablespoon Bailey's Irish Cream
1 teaspoon peppermint, orange, coconut, etc. extract
healthy pinch of espresso powder
The Directions.
The proportions here fit into a Little Dipper.
If you do not have a Little Dipper (psst. you should really get one...) you can put an oven-safe dish inside of a larger crockpot. (pyrex, corningware, etc)
Do not add water.
There's no need to create a water bath for melting chocolate in the crockpot. It melts nice and slow.
Or! you can quintuple the recipe and have a good ol' time.
Put chocolate chips in the crockpot.
Add the heavy cream and teaspoon of vanilla.
Cover.
Plug in and cook on low (or the ON setting for the Little Dipper) for about an hour. Stir.
Serve with apple chunks, banana slices, cubes of pound cake, strawberries, or marshmallows.
Or all of them and invite me over.
Enjoy!!
Happy Slow Cooking!!
steph
not in the mood for chocolate? here's some cheesey fondue for you!