What to Serve with a Chocolate Fountain

Talk with a client about a chocolate fountain and they'll start thinking about chocolate covered strawberries. That's certainly a possibility and a favorite among many but there are so many more options. When desserts come up in event discussions with clients, throw out some of these ideas to impress them with your experience.

Fresh Fruit - Strawberries are a given, but what about the other fruits? There's certainly no shortage to pick from including apples, cherries, pineapple, melon, grapes, etc. The vibrant color selection can really help liven the mood and wake folks up

Dried Fruits - Dried fruits give you some more variety, a different flavor and a variety of textures. Coffee Urn- Set out skewers and let guests try raisins, apricots, mango, banana and other dried favorites. Given their dry nature they often take well to being coated in chocolate.

What doesn't?
Cake Pieces - Coffee shops offer these great little "suckers" that are actually a ball of cake dipped in chocolate that hardens. You can do the same with guests. Offer up skewers with hunks of heavy cake and let them dip the bite-sized cake pieces in the fountain. Angel food cake is a great option, but you can really delight guests with cheese cake.

Marshmallows - What better way to recreate the flavor of smores than to offer marshmallows for dipping. Chafing Dish Sets- The warm chocolate will help soften most marshmallows and you can even offer graham cracker powder to really give them that smore taste in a simple experience

Pretzels - Whether you have large pretzel sticks, twists, traditional pretzels or some variation of, the pretzel always goes well with chocolate and makes for easy dipping into the chocolate fountain. Everyone seems to love that combination of salty and sweet.

Catering Equipment- Cookies and Brownies - If you've got a nice dessert spread that include cakes, cookies and brownies then encourage the client and guests to get chocolate on everything, especially if you're service white chocolate. This is the best way to make an already sweet dessert even sweeter.
Breads - It doesn't matter if you're service sweet breads or traditional breads, chocolate really draws out the flavor of the foods you're dipping. White bread or French bread taste amazing with a hint of chocolate and sweet breads are just that much more amazing.

Other Uses - When you have a chocolate fondue fountain you can do a lot more than just use it for chocolate. Replace the chocolate with cheese and you have a fantastic appetizer fountain. With warm, melted cheese you can serve freshly-baked breads, meats (especially hams) and a variety of vegetables that taste amazing when dipped.

These are just a few of the more common uses for
fondue dippers. Coffee Urn- Want to get a little more out of experimentation? Go for caramel in your fountain and serve apple slices and other things that are easily candied. With some creativity, just about anything you like can be made better with chocolate, caramel or cheese.

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