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Swiss Chocolate Fondue

The first chocolate fondue was made with Swiss Toblerone chocolate and became a companion to Swiss cheese fondue. For the sweetest dipping, use sweet German chocolate; if your kids like a slightly bittersweet chocolate, use semisweet chips. Serves 8 to 10.

Ingredients

FONDUE
12 ounces sweet German chocolate, semisweet chocolate chips or Toblerone chocolate
1 cup light cream or half and half
1 tsp. vanilla extract
DIPPERS
Banana slices
Pineapple chunks
Whole strawberries
Apple slices

Kiwifruit
Star fruit
Pear slices
Orange sections
Pound cake pieces
Marshmallows
Shortbread fingers
Crusty French bread

Instructions

Before melting the chocolate, prepare the fruit dippers. Wash and hull the strawberries (but leave them whole), slice the apples, peel and slice kiwis and peel and chop the pineapple. Cut the pound cake into cubes and leave the marshmallows whole. Arrange all the fruit, cake and marshmallows on a large platter. Squirt lemon juice on the apples and bananas to keep them from browning. Cover the platter and set it aside.
To prepare the fondue, break the chocolate squares into pieces and drop them into a saucepan. Add the light cream or half and half and melt over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is smooth. Add the vanilla extract and stir.
Transfer the chocolate sauce to a fondue pot. Use a fondue fork to spear the fruit and sweets, then dip in the chocolate (use toothpicks if the kids are dipping into a small bowl). TIP: The addition of cream prevents the chocolate sauce from turning lumpy. The chef should stir the chocolate and cream together until smooth.