| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 15 min |
| Active: | 15 min |
| Yield: | Serves 8. |
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 3 tablespoons amaretto
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Dipping suggestions: cubed angel food cake (store-bought is fine), pineapple chunks, dried apricots, green grapes, blueberries and blackberries
Instructions
- Heat the cream in a saucepan over low to medium heat until warmed through but not bubbling; add the bittersweet chocolate, semisweet chocolate, amaretto and vanilla and stir until the chocolate is melted. Pour the mixture into a fondue pot.
- Arrange your dipping ingredients on a platter and serve!
Reviews
I had no problems with the chocolate to cream ratio as noted by two other recipes. I hadn’t done fondue in years. Since I have 4 fondue pots (2 electric and 2 regular) I decided to make a night of fondue and do cheese fondue and beef fondue as preludes to the chocolate fondue. I cut my angel food cake about half the size Ree used. Also, my strawberries were huge so I cut them in half. Some of my kids are younger so had to caution them to put dipped pieces on plate and use regular forks to transfer dipped food to their mouths. Fondue forks are so sharp that I didn’t want to risk them piercing tongue or cheeks with the sharp fondue forks. If you have more than 4 in your family, or a larger table, you may need multiple pots so that all can get to the fondue pots. Also, next time I will use a plastic tablecloth rather than a regular cloth because we had drips from the kids going from the pot to their plates.
Great flavor, however when I made it according to the directions, it was way too runny. I ended up adding 6 more ounces of both types of chocolate to get it to the right consistency….but it sure tasted great! Next time I made this, I will use half the cream the recipe calls for.
Great flavor, I love the added amaretto. It was a bit too thin and did not cling to the fruit very well. I would use less cream next time.