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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How much would you recommended to make for a party of about 60?
This serves 4-6 people, so in theory, you’d need to multiply the recipe by 10. However, if there are going to be other desserts, you could probably get away with less. I’d say start by multiplying it by 5.
Thank you for the recipe! I want to try it next weekend for a brunch… how long can the crockpot be left on LOW once the fondue is ready? I hope 1 hour! My small crock pot does not have a “warm” setting unfortunately…. Thanks!
Hi Elisabeth! I haven’t tried that so I can’t make promises, but I think it’s worth a try. All crockpots tend to be a little different. I have two and one is way hotter than the other one and always burns around the edges. I think it will be alright, though…just make sure to give it a stir every once in a while to keep it evenly heated.
Hi! What size slow cooker did you use?
The recipe makes about 3-4 cups of fondue, so a small size slow cooker would work best, but it should work okay in a larger slow cooker too, it will just be harder to dip out of.
Umm.. sorry but I was wondering what size crockpot it would have to be cooked in or does it not matter?
Thank you!!
The recipe makes about 3-4 cups of fondue, so a small size slow cooker would work best, but it should work okay in a larger slow cooker too, it will just be harder to dip out of.
For entertaining at parties, what tips can you give to keep the chocolate a nice soft dipping consistency after the fondue is ready? Would you recommend switching it to the WARM setting afterwards? Would I need to keep stirring it every so often? Thanks for this terrific recipe!!!
Keeping it on warm and stirring occasionally should be perfect!
I seriously love this idea for easy entertaining!
Taylor,
My birthday is in December, and that meant my mom had to get creative for birthday celebrations when I was a kid. One year she hit upon an angel food cake with candles, then cubed it up to dip alongside other dippers for chocolate fondue.
Every year after that I requested chocolate fondue for my birthday ‘cake’.
I love the idea of a slow cooker fondue–that means I can use my fondue pot for the entree and still have a fondue dessert without cleaning!
Thanks!
this sounds a lot easier than using our chocolate fountain – and not nearly as messy for the kids
sounds good. might be able to do it in my chocolate pro .
YUM! This post makes we want to go to the Melting Pot asap (not sure if it’s national, but it’s basically an entire dinner and dessert served fondue-style, love it!).