Coco Loco Chocolate Fondue Food

CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Peel and cut the banana and core and slice the apple. Place the bananas slices, apple slices and strawberries in separate piles on a serving plate. Sprinkle the banana and apple slices with the orange juice and toss gently. Cover the fruit with plastic wrap and refrigerate while you make the fondue.
• In a medium saucepan whisk together the cocoa powder and sugar. Gradually pour in the evaporated milk and whisk well to make a paste. Place the saucepan over a low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until simmering. Remove from the heat and whisk in the vanilla and chocolate and stir until the chocolate is melted. The mixture will thicken as it cools slightly. Transfer chocolate to a fondue pot, and keep warm. Serve with cut fruit for dipping.

CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Sift the cocoa into mixing bowl and set aside. Place the water, sugar, and corn syrup into a pot and bring to boil. Allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes until sugar solution has reduced by about 30%. Pour the cocoa powder into the solution and blend with a whisk until smooth. Return the chocolate mixture to the stove and continue cooking over medium heat. Add heavy cream, bring to boil and allow to simmer for five minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in chopped chocolate. Pour into fondue pot and keep warm.

CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• To make the sauce, in a small bowl, combine the chocolate and 1/2 cup milk or cream and melt gently in a barely simmering water bath or microwave on Medium (50 percent) power for about 2 minutes.
• Stir until smooth.
• Add more liquid if the sauce seems too thick or look curdled.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Use warm fondue immediately or set aside until needed and rewarm briefly.
• Have forks, skewers, or pretty (or goofy) swizzle sticks available for guests to dip with.
• If the fondue gets too thick or cool, reheat gently (without boiling) for 1 minute in the microwave on Medium (50percent) power or set in a pan of barely simmering water.
• Leftover sauce keeps several days in the refrigerator.
• It is a prefect topping for ice cream.
• Note: This is a versatile recipe that can be tailored to your taste and the type of chocolate you are using.
• For the most intense chocolate fondue, use milk, rather than half-and-half or cream, and omit the butter.
• For even greater intensity, choose a bittersweet chocolate labeled anywhere from 66 percent to 70 percent and use the greater amount of liquid called for.
• Butter or cream results in a softer, mellower chocolate flavor.
• Ideas for dipping: Kumquats or segments of seedless clementines, oranges, or ruby grapefruit- If possible, separate the citrus into segments without breaking the membrane.
• If you set the segments on a rack to dry in a warm place or in the oven, preheated to 200° F, then turned off for several hours, the membrane will dry like crisp paper and the juices will burst in your mouth when you take a bite.
• Chunks of pineapple Chunks of fresh coconut or large curls of dried coconut Chunks of banana Dried fruit such as apricot, mango, papaya, pineapple, or Bing cherries Strips of good-quality candied orange, grapefruit or lemon peel Cubes of pound cake or angel food cake, or toasted cubes of brioche or challah Cigarette cookies, fan wafers, graham crackers or digestive biscuits, or pretzels Marshmallows or meringues Toasted shaved almonds (to sprinkle on after dipping).

ADDICTING CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a ceramic fondue pot over low heat.
• Stir constantly until the mixture is melted and smooth.
• Do not allow to bubble.
• Arrange an assortment of bite-sized dipping foods on a lazy Susan around fondue pot.
• Spear fruit or nuts with fondue forks or wooden skewers, dip, swirl and enjoy!

COCOA LOCO...3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOT CHOCOLATES!

Steps:

• White Cocoa: put chopped white chocolate in a bowl. Set aside.
• Combine milk, cream and pepper in a medium saucepan. Place over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Heat until it starts to simmer; don't let it boil!
• Pour heated mixture over white chocolate, let sit 1 minute, then mix with a whisk until all of the chocolate is melted.
• Ladle cocoa into mugs. Garnish each one with 2 marshmallows.
• White Raspberry Cocoa: Repeat steps 1-3 from white chocolate.
• Add pureed raspberries into mixture and whisk until well blended.
• Return to saucepan. Reheat on low until hot to the taste.
• Ladle into mugs, then garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
• For the Spicy Dark Cocoa: put chocolate in a large bowl and set aside. Pour milk into a medium saucepan and heat on medium-low setting.
• In a small bowl, stir cocoa powder and sugar together. Add to milk. Whisk over heat until well blended. When milk is hot, pour over the chocolate.
• Let sit 1 minute. Whisk until chocolate is melted and blended. Stir in pinch of chili powder. Taste. Add a pinch at a time until spicy enough.
• Fill mugs. Mix garnish coca and chili powder, then sprinkle of top.

COCO LOCO

Steps:

• With an ice pick, poke out two eyes of the coconut shell and drain out the coconut water.
• Cut off the top of the coconut as you would cut off the top of a pumpkin for carving.
• In a blender put tequila, light rum, dark rum, Kahlúa, fruit juices and crushed ice. Blend until frothy and pour into the coconut shell.
• Pour a small float of 151-proof rum over the top of the drink.
• Skewer the pieces of fruit and stick the end of the skewer into the coconut. Serve with straws.