This chocolate fondue is a rich and creamy dark chocolate dip that takes just minutes to make. Serve your fondue with an assortment of fruit and sweet treats as dippers, and you’ll have an easy dessert that everyone is sure to enjoy!
You can never go wrong with a chocolate dessert, I typically make chocolate pudding cake or Nutella cookies when I’m looking for a chocolate fix. This fondue is also a great choice and it’s ready in just a few minutes. It’s also a great choice for Valentine’s Day along with a homemade heart cake.
When I need a sweet treat without a lot of prep time, I pull out my fondue pot to make this rich chocolate treat. Fondue is great for parties, movie nights or even as a fun and decadent after school snack.
Make this fondue part of a dessert platter with chocolate fudge cookies, cookie dough dip and smores fudge!
Chocolate Fondue Ingredients
To make this chocolate fondue recipe you will need semisweet chocolate, heavy cream and vanilla extract. You will also want fruit, cookies and other things to dip into the fondue.
How Do You Make Chocolate Fondue?
When you make this chocolate fondue recipe start heating heavy whipping cream in a large pan over medium heat. Add chopped chocolate to the pan and turn off the heat. Whisk the chocolate and cream together until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract and enjoy the fondue warm.
Tips For The Perfect Chocolate Fondue
- You can use a fondue pot if you have one, a crockpot on low or simply use a small oven safe container with a tea light candle lit underneath it to provide a little heat to keep the chocolate liquid.
- I recommend using chopped chocolate bars rather than chocolate chips for this recipe. Some brands of chocolate chips contain stabilizers to help them retain their shape and they won’t melt smoothly.
- Use your favorite high quality chocolate for a great flavor. I recommend Guittard and Ghiradelli because they tend to melt well.
- To dip treats into your chocolate you can use fondue forks, regular forks or skewers.
Quick Tip
It’s best to serve your fondue immediately so that it doesn’t harden up.
Recipe FAQs
This fondue will start to thicken as it cools. It will never completely harden because of the cream in the mixture. If you’d like to have thicker fondue, I recommend removing it from the heat and waiting 5-7 minutes and your chocolate will start to set up.
You can reheat your fondue either in a pot on the stove over low heat, or in the microwave. If you choose to use the microwave, heat your fondue in 30 second increments, stirring occasionally until melted.
My favorite brands of chocolate for melting are Ghirardelli and Guittard. You can find bars of these chocolates near the chocolate chips in the baking aisle.
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Flavor variations
This is a classic dark chocolate version of fondue, but there are so many different ways to make a dessert fondue!
- S’mores: Use milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate, then swirl in 1/3 cup marshmallow cream and top with crumbled graham crackers.
- Mint: Add 1/4 teaspoon mint extract and top with chopped Andes mints.
- Peanut Butter: Use milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate, then swirl in 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter.
- White Chocolate Raspberry: Use white chocolate instead of dark chocolate, and swirl in raspberry jam.
- Boozy Fondue: Try adding a splash of Chambord or Grand Marnier.
- Caramel: Try swirling in some caramel sauce. You can even add some chopped pecans for a “turtle” fondue.
What Goes Well In Chocolate Fondue?
There are so many different dippers that you can serve with fondue.
- Fresh Fruit: You can dip strawberries, banana slices, apple slices, kiwi fruit and berries.
- Dried Fruit: Feel free to try dried fruit including apricots, oranges, mango, peaches, pears, apples, etc.
- Cookies and Cake: My kids love to dip sweet treats like cookies, biscotti, vanilla wafers brownies, brownie bites, Oreos, rice krispies treats and cubes of cut up angel food cake.
- Other favorites: Feel free to dip favorites like marshmallows, pretzels and donut holes.
I always keep a few chocolate bars on hand so that I can whip up some fondue at a moment’s notice! It’s a fun dessert that’s great for kids and is welcome at any special occasion.
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Chocolate Fondue
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate coarsely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Assorted dippers such as berries, bananas, pound cake, pretzels and cookies
Instructions
- Heat the heavy cream in a pan over medium heat until hot, there should be bubbles around the sides of the pan. Do not boil.
- Add the chocolate to the pan. Turn off the heat. Whisk until completely smooth.
- Stir in the vanilla extract. Serve immediately with dippers.
Notes
- It’s best to serve your fondue immediately so that it doesn’t harden up.
- You can use a fondue pot if you have one, a crockpot on low or simply use a small oven safe container with a tea light candle lit underneath it to provide a little heat to keep the chocolate liquid.
- I recommend using chopped chocolate bars rather than chocolate chips for this recipe.
Our park does a potluck a month. I’m not much of a cook so I usually take a dump cake or buy something at the store to take. When I saw this recipe, I couldn’t resist. I had to give it a try. I was very nervous that no one would like it, but it was a hit of the party. I took marshmallows, graham crackers, vanilla wafer cookies, and strawberries for dipping. Everyone was excited to have something out of the ordinary to taste and I was asked for the recipe by several people. I will make it again. Can’t say enough about how easy it is to make, and I kept the fondue ready for dipping in a small slow cooker on low. I worked out better than I imagined. Thank you the this easy recipe.
Turned out this was easy to make and delicious! Kids and adults loved all the dipping and eating!
Mmmm, I love fondue and especially chocolate. I like using fruits but, other things too. LIke cake pieces!!
oh this looks like heaven! I love chocolate so this is right up my street!
this makes me want to throw a fondue party! I love making chocolate covered strawberries!
We love chocolate fondue with fresh fruits skewers, nothing better than dipping chocolate!
I have always wanted to try something like this. It’s such a fun idea and easy too for potlucks and small gatherings.
Can u store leftovers? Love all your recipes. Tried so many of them.
Yes, it will solidify but you can reheat in the microwave or on the stove!
I have a fascination with the chocolate fondue and would love to prepare this recipe soon.