Chocolate Fondues and Chocolate Fountains

What Everybody Ought to Know About Chocolate Fondues and Chocolate Fountains

Chocolate fondue and fountain are two commonly confused terms. If you are based in Australia and want to host a party, make sure you know the difference between the two beforehand. Have a look at Cocktail King to find the best prices for chocolate fountain Hire in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Brisbane.

Here’s is a quick lowdown to help you differentiate between the two chocolate items:

Chocolate Fondue – What is it

Fondue, traditionally, is a dish of molten foodstuff that is used as a dip for various accompaniments. In its earliest forms, fondue has been made of cheese, which was eaten by dipping pieces of bread in it.

Chocolate fondue as the name indicates is the pot of molten chocolate that is used as a dip for various eatables like

nuts, fruits, candies and others.

Do you remember the molten chocolate center-piece that you saw an awesome party? That molten chocolate flowing like the waterfall or as simply put, the chocolate waterfall is nothing but, chocolate fondue. Over the years and with rising popularity fondue now also comes in flavors like mint, orange, cappuccino, strawberry and others.

What Goes Well With Chocolate Fondue

There are virtually endless types of treats that you can enjoy with the fondue. But, do take care to not dip food that crumbles easily like soft cakes, cupcakes, soft biscuit, fresh bread or other  soft flour based items. Generally, food that is hard and holds up well, does well with fondue. Here’s a list of treats that you can safely dip in fondue-

Sweet Treats

•    Toffee

•    Caramels

•    Rice Crispie Treats

•    Marshmellows

Fruit

•    Strawberries

•    Orange slices

•    Pineapple, fresh is best

•    Apple slices

•    Bananas

•    Cherries

•    Mandarin orange slices

Salty

•    All sorts of chips and crackers

•    Walnuts

•    Almonds

•    Cashews

•    Nut clusters

•    Peanuts

How is it made

One of the most popular dessert, fondue is actually very easy to create. The simplest way to create fondue for your own consumption is as easy as mixing sugar, heavy cream, solid chocolate, and butter and setting the microwave for two minutes. Voila! Your fondue is ready.

This is ideal if you want to consume the fondue in a small bowl and there are no more than 2 people. If you want something like a chocolate waterfall to flow, it is best to get in the experts.

A special type of chocolate known as the  couverture chocolate is used to create chocolate fondue for commercial/large scale use. The differentiating factor is the viscosity of this type of molten chocolate that is the base of the fondue. This viscosity further depends on the quantity of oils in the sample. If the amount of cocoa butter is low, then vegetable oil is added to maintain the consistence. But, if the chocolate waterfall is only made of pure couverture chocolate, then there is no need for vegetable oil.

Chocolate Fountains – What are they

The waterfall runs atop special equipment and that is called the chocolate fountain. This is what a chocolate fountain looks like (without the chocolate):

With the chocolate waterfall of the fondue, this is the what it looks like-

Construction

It consists of a broad base at the bottom with stacked tiers on top that can range from 2-4 to 5-10 tiers. The size of the basin and the number of tiers are the differentiating factors that determine whether the fountain is for a home or a mall/public gathering. Although, the material of the fountain makes this distinction clearer.

Easy Takeaway

Now that you know how fondue and fountain are different and interdependent, go rock that next party with this awesome party attraction!