Chocolate Fondue for 2 (or 4 or 6 or…)
For my boyfriend’s birthday, I promised I would make him dinner, because in all reality, I am much better at making food than I am trying to figure out what to buy people. When I get a good gift idea in my head, I can’t be stopped, but when I cannot think of an amazing gift, dinner and dessert happens instead. Not that dinner and dessert isn’t a good gift (because it’s one of my personal favorites), but it’s also fun to hand an SO something wrapped in a big bow. But back to the boyfriend b-day dinner!…Long story short, the guy’s birthday was in late March and I just got around to making the dinner about a week ago. Aaaaaand the best girlfriend award goes to…not me. At least not in the timeliness category. However, I think I made up for it plenty with chicken pot pie and chocolate fondue! You can’t be sad with chocolate fondue, right? RIGHT?
How you choose to fondue is up to you (I’m having too much fun with the rhyming, someone stop me), but the bf and I enjoyed it sitting on the floor at my coffee table while watching Lady and the Tramp (his choice, not mine! Ugh <3). I’m not going to tell you that doing it any other way is wrong, but this is probably the right one. Lady and the Tramp included.
Now a quick story about the chocolate fondue: The reason you see the fondue itself in a ramekin stuffed in a fondue pot is simple…When you are making chocolate fondue for 2, there is not enough volume for a large fondue pot which leads to the chocolate seizing, burning, and thickening. Now, if you want to spend your dipping time adjusting temperature, stirring, and adding more cream, I promise you’ll still have fun, because that’s what my boyfriend and I had to do. However, if you want to make your life easier, I have found that placing the chocolate fondue in a ramekin surrounded by water in the in a hot fondue pot leads to a smoother, less fussy product. Wah-lah! If you are making this recipe for 4 or more people, no need to worry about it! There should be enough volume to cause no problems. Also, if you do not have a fondue pot, you can easily make this in a heat proof bowl and just heat it back up in the micro as necessary!
I served my fondue with strawberries and homemade almond pound cake, but you can do marshmallows, pretzels, donuts, oranges, grapes, pineapple, potato chips, or whatever fun thing you have laying around your house. However, I cannot recommend almond pound cake enough!
XO Sara Lynn
*Song of the Day: Lust for Life by Girls
