Recipe Overview
Why you’ll love it: With only 5 ingredients, slow cooker chocolate fondue couldn’t be easier! Chocolate fondue is a fun idea for parties, and perfect for Valentine’s Day. Using a slow cooker makes it easy and safe to keep the fondue warm.
How long it takes: just over an hour
Equipment you’ll need: slow cooker (a small size crockpot is preferable)
I hate admitting this, but I’m somewhat of a Valentine’s Day Grinch. Why not celebrate love every day?! Especially when your celebration involves melty chocolate and fun things to dip into the chocolate. You’ll see lots of smiles when you serve chocolate fondue. Guaranteed!
Ingredient Notes
- Chocolate chips: I use a combination of semi-sweet and milk chocolate chips, a 2:1 ratio. You can change the ratio if you like.
- Heavy cream: Look for heavy cream (or whipping cream) in the dairy case. A can of evaporated milk will do in a pinch.
- Vanilla extract: Vanilla adds more depth to the flavor.
- Salt: This ingredient may surprise you but salt balances out the heavy sweetness of the fondue. I just add a pinch but if you want, you can add more.
- Dunkables: This might be the most important part of fondue, right? Good dunking materials are essential for a good fondue. Keep reading for ideas, maybe even a few that surprise you.
- Skewers: I guess these are optional but to keep fingers out of the fondue, you might want to provide short wooden skewers or toothpicks.
What To Dip In Chocolate Fondue
- Fruit: Strawberries, sliced bananas, orange segments, chunks of mango, apple slices, grapes, anything!
- Brownies: Make a pan of brownies and cut into little bite-sized pieces to dip in the fondue. Chocolate on chocolate is a no-brainer.
- Marshmallows: Use large marshmallows. For a s’mores treat, dip marshmallows into chocolate, and then crushed graham cracker crumbs.
- Potato chips: Crispy, salty potato chips are pretty amazing coated in warm chocolate. Probably not something you would think of right away when it comes to chocolate fondue, but trust me, it’s delicious. If you like the salty-sweet combination, then dunking potato chips in chocolate fondue is the right choice for you. Note: you’ll have to use your fingers or small tongs for the dipping. Pretzels are good, too.
- More ideas: Although you’re only limited by your imagination, I have a few other ideas that I thought of, and will most definitely be trying out. Rice Krispie treats, pound cake, croissants, and bacon. <— YES BACON!
- This got me thinking: What are YOUR favorite sweet fondue dippers? Are you a fan of the traditional fruit or do you like some wild and crazy things too?
More Valentine's Day Sweets
Recipe
Slow Cooker Chocolate Fondue
With only 5 ingredients, slow cooker chocolate fondue couldn't be easier! Chocolate fondue is a fun idea for parties, and perfect for Valentine's Day. Using a slow cooker makes it easy and safe to keep the fondue warm.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 2 cups)
- 6 ounces milk chocolate chips (about 1 cup)
- 1 cup heavy cream (evaporated milk will work in a pinch)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Dippers:
- strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, brownies, graham crackers (see note for more ideas)
Instructions
- Place chocolate chips, heavy cream, vanilla, and salt in 1 ½-quart slow cooker (see note).12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips, 6 ounces milk chocolate chips, 1 cup heavy cream, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, ⅛ teaspoon salt
- Cover, and set on low. Cook for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes.
- Once all the chocolate is melted, the fondue is ready. Keep on warm setting. Dunk away! Depending on what you're offering as dippers, you may want to have toothpicks or small skewers available, too.
Notes
- More ideas for dippers: potato chips, rice Krispie treats, bacon, raspberries, orange segments, mango, etc.
- Crockpot size: This recipe works best in small crockpots. You can make fondue in a larger crockpot but the fondue will be in a thinner layer, and it will be a little more difficult to dunk goodies into it. However, if you want to make a LOT of fondue, use a larger size and double or triple the ingredients.
- Nutrition note: The information below is based on quarter cup servings (makes about 4 cups total). It’s a little hard to estimate how many people this fondue would serve. It depends on the type of dippers you’re serving, and what else you’re serving along with the fondue.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cup, Calories: 228kcal, Carbohydrates: 18g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 17g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Trans Fat: 0.02g, Cholesterol: 18mg, Sodium: 24mg, Potassium: 165mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 14g, Vitamin A: 229IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 31mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is delicious! I’ve made it a couple of times and have had leftovers. I’m wondering if it will reheat to the same consistency if I refrigerate my leftovers?
I’m not sure, I haven’t reheated this! I think it would work well as long as you reheat it slowly in a slow cooker or in a double boiler.