This Easy Chocolate Fondue couldn’t be simpler or more decadent. Add your favorite chocolate fondue dippers and toppings for a unique and unforgettable dessert with minimal effort.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe: It couldn’t be easier to make this delicious, gooey and warm chocolate fondue. And it’s always a treat. This is the best dessert recipe to impress without extra work.
Update: This is a go-to dessert for us all year long, so I’ve updated the post with new tips, photos, and ideas for dipping and serving your fondue. Enjoy!
How to Make Easy Chocolate Fondue
This fondue is so easy, it comes together in no time. So I recommend having your strawberries and marshmallows (and anything else you are dipping) prepped and ready before melting your chocolate.
It’s important to use a good quality bowl to melt your chocolate for two reasons:
• The bowl will get warm while the chocolate is melting. A better quality bowl won’t get as hot to the touch. Still, be careful when removing your bowl from the microwave. Use a pot holder or oven mitt just in case.
• A good quality bowl will help retain heat which will keep your fondue warm and melted longer.
I like to use a tempered glass bowl, such as Pyrex.
If your fondue begins to thicken too much as it cools, you can microwave it at 10-second intervals until melted and warmed again.
Serving Chocolate Fondue
Wooden skewers are very helpful for dipping your fruit/candy into the chocolate. That way, your hands stay clean. Plus, you have extra leverage for dipping and covering your fruit/candy with plenty of melty chocolate.
Toothpicks or metal skewers work as well.
I recommend letting your fruit come to room temperature before serving the fondue. Cold fruit will begin to harden your fondue as soon as it is dipped.
It will still be delicious, but if you want the warm, melted, fondue chocolate, room temperature fruit will help maintain that consistency.
Chocolate Fondue Dippers
Wondering what to dip in chocolate fondue? There are dozens of delicious things to serve with your chocolate fondue for dipping. Here are some of our favorites:
- Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries
- Bananas
- Kiwi slices
- Apple slices
- Orange segments
- Chopped pineapple
- Caramel squares
- Big, fluffy marshmallows
- Pretzels or pretzel sticks
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Oreos
- Pound cake squares
- Wafer cookies
- Zucchini bread
- Waffles
- Donuts
- Brownies
- Cake Pops
- Almond Biscotti
- Granola bars
- Potato chips
Fondue Topping Ideas
If you want to add more texture to what you’ve dipped in your chocolate fondue, you can also add toppings.
This is not a requirement, but it does make the display look even more festive. Here are some easy toppings to upgrade your fondue:
- Rainbow sprinkles
- Chopped nuts, like walnuts, peanuts, or shaved coconut
- Mini M&M’s (or any mini candy)
- Toffee crumbles
- Granola
More Chocolate Dessert Recipes
Chocolate lovers, pay attention: these are some of our all-time favorite rich, chocolate desserts:
- Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Cake is a total classic that’s perfect for a birthday party.
- Old Fashioned Brownies with Frosting double up on chocolatey goodness with super fudgy brownies and soft, fluffy frosting.
- Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot)Triple Chocolate Layered Cheesecake from Pressure Cooking Today has a total of three gorgeous, gooey and rich chocolate cake layers.
Easy Chocolate Fondue
Ingredients
- 10- ounce bag Ghirardelli® Milk or Dark Chocolate Flavored Melting Wafers*
Chocolate Fondue Dippers
- Strawberries
- Marshmallows
- Dried Fruit
- Banana
- Apples
- Pineapple
- Caramel Squares
- Pretzels
- Cookies
- Angel Food Cake
- Pound Cake
- Brownies
- Donut Holes
Toppings, optional
- sprinkles nuts, mini M&M candies, toffee crumbles
Instructions
- Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds on 50% power.
- Remove from the microwave and stir until melted.
- If necessary, microwave in 15-second intervals on 50% power stirring until smooth.
- Serve immediately with your choice of dippers and toppings if using.
- If the chocolate starts to thicken too much while serving, microwave on 50% power for 15 seconds.
Emily
I LOVE anything chocolate! I’ve never tried making fondue! I’ll have to bookmark this for later use!! YUMMY!!
Cathy
Wow, what a fabulous idea! This makes such a pretty, special, unique dessert. Sounds like a great Valentine’s Day! Pretty flowers!
Priscilla
Happy V-day Barbara! I’ve never had fondue believe it or not, but yours looks so good!
OLGUIS
I love Fondue and Chocolate is my favorite candy.
You have a Great cooking Blog.
Regards
olga.
Carrian
I am a sucker for fondue!! Darn I wish I had some for tonight!
Megan
steak sandwich, roses and chocolate sound perfect to me!
Maria
Glad you had a nice V-day! the rosed are beautiful and the chocolate is divine!
Netts Nook
Barbara Fondue works, looks great I know the feeling about going out last year we went to the Melting Pot down town it’s not fun to be rushed your idea was better.
Tami
You’re a lucky lady…the roses are beautiful. 🙂
The fondue looks absolutely great!
Reeni♥
The fondue looks so scrumptious!! And your roses are beautiful!!
The Blonde Duck
The roses are gorgeous and that fondue is decadant!
Treasures By Brenda
Your chocolate pictures are delicious! You might enjoy checking out my fondue page at The Best-Ever Chocolate Fondue Recipe. I think I will try using a different type of chocolate next time.
We too avoided the crowds for Valentine’s Day and had lasagna at home.
Brenda
HoneyB
I really love chocolate fondue! I received an electric fondue pot from my boss when Grumpy and I were married and I’ve used it quite a few times!
Soon, I want to try something savory..
Mary Ann
What a great idea! I totally would have loved doing fondue at home. It looks so good and your roses are beautiful!
Meg
Beautiful roses and awesome fondue!
Sara
How fun! Hope you had a good Vday.
Cathy
Fondue is a perfect family dessert and your looks delicious. And so easy too. Sounds like you had a very nice Valentine’s Day.
Donna-FFW
Os so YUM! I would love to try that sometime. So simple and yet so very perfect! Your roses are lovely!!
Talita
Chocolate fondue is perfect in every season! So delicious and romantic!
Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella
Happy Valentines Day Barbara! The roses are beautiful and a chocolate fondue is a really nice idea. I have a friend who recently moved to the US and she is a big fan of Ghirardelli chocolates too! 🙂