Chocolate Fondue

Simple Chocolate Fondue Recipe

This chocolate fondue recipe is quick and easy to make aboard. It’s very customizable. Just use whatever you have on hand in the galley pantry. This chocolate fondue complements almost any meal you make and can be adapted if serving a crowd.

Fondue Ingredients

8 oz. chopped dark, milk or white chocolate (or chocolate chips)
1/3 cup heavy cream

Dipper Suggestions

Select several desired dipping items such as:
8 whole strawberries, cherries, dried apricots, etc.
8 whole almonds or Brazil nuts or pecans
8 plain cookies (e.g., shortbread, ginger snaps, vanilla wafers, meringues, amaretti)
8 marshmallows
8 pretzels or 16 potato chips

Directions:

Microwave chocolate with cream in a microwave-safe bowl on 75-percent power until chocolate is mostly melted (about 2 minutes).

Or heat in a saucepan on low, stirring constantly until chocolate is mostly melted. Remove from heat, stir mixture until smooth and pour into a warmed glass bowl or fondue pot to keep warm.

Arrange dipping items on a platter for guests to dip treats into chocolate and eat!

By Lori Ross, Southern Boating June 2018

Need something sweet? Southern Boating has tons of easy-to-make dessert recipes for you!

Take a bite of this sweet and sour fruit..and feel good about it.

This month’s bonus recipe is an accompaniment to our Asian Fusion Menu. This is the type of dessert you can make with whatever fruit you happen to have on hand. You can feel good about enjoying and preparing aboard- even while cruising!

Asian Sweet, Sour and Salty Fruit

1/4 cup lime juice
4 Tbsp. honey or sugar
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper or 1/2 minced jalapeño
6 cups mixed juicy fruit, peeled and cut bite-sized (e.g., strawberries, melon, pineapple, kiwi, blackberries)

Stir together the lime juice, honey, salt and pepper, and chill until ready to serve. To serve, place a drizzle of sauce in four dessert bowls and top with fruit. Offer more sauce on the side.

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