Chocolate Fondue Recipe

5 from 5 votes

This simple and decadent chocolate fondue recipe is made with 6 ingredients in 10 minutes. Serve it as a special dessert with your favorite chocolate fondue dippers!

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Total Time10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Author: Laura

Cost: $10

Equipment

Ingredients

½ cup heavy cream
½ cup whole milk
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
10 oz semisweet chocolate (1 ½ cups)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Pinch fine sea salt

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Instructions

Add milk, cream, sugar and cocoa powder in a medium saucepan on the stovetop. Whisk thoroughly to combine.
Warm over medium heat until it just begins to boil (but does not come to a full boil).
Add chocolate and whisk until smooth. Then continue cooking over medium heat until it just begins to boil again.
Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and a pinch of sea salt.
Let cool slightly before serving (it thickens as it cools).

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Notes

Ingredient Substitutions

Whole milk. Technically 2% milk would work in this recipe. However, I recommend using whole.
Heavy cream. Half and half is an acceptable substitute for heavy cream.
Granulated sugar. white sugar, organic cane sugar and honey all work well in this chocolate fondue recipe.
Semisweet chocolate. I use chocolate chips to make this recipe easy to make. You can chop your favorite chocolate bars, just be sure to use 10 oz. Any chocolate variety works well - milk, semisweet, dark, or even white chocolate!
Vanilla extract. vanilla bean paste or the seeds from one vanilla bean are good substitutes.

Chocolate Fondue Dippers.

There really is no limit to what you can dip into this chocolate fondue recipe. However, to help spur on your creativity, here is a list of my favorite chocolate fondue dippers.

Fresh fruit: Strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, raspberries, blackberries, etc.
Salty dippers: pretzels, potato chips, bacon (gasp).
Brownies/cookies. fudgy brownies, cookies (chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, etc.), Oreos, or your favorite store-bought cookies.
Cake: angel food cake, pound cake, chocolate cake, vanilla cake, banana cake, etc.
Candy. caramel, marshmallows, cinnamon bears, etc.
Nuts. peanuts, almonds, cashews, pecans, etc.

How to store fondue

Store leftovers in a glass jar with a lid in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Reheat

Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop over low heat until warm and smooth. You may need to add a splash of milk or cream to thin it out as it warms up.

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