Instant Pot Chocolate Fondue Food

INSTANT POT CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups of water into the bottom of your Instant Pot liner. Place the trivet into the pot. In a bowl that will fit inside your Instant Pot, add chocolate chips, peanut butter, and heavy cream. Stir so everything is covered. Place a piece of tin foil on top of the bowl. Place the bowl in Instant Pot and put the lid on top of Instant Pot. Set to sealing and then set the Instant Pot to manual high pressure for three minutes. When the timer goes off, quick pressure release all the extra pressure. The chocolate will look a little odd when you take off the tinfoil - it's supposed to! Just stir around for a little while until everything is combined and it thickens a little bit. Enjoy!

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, cook and stir the chocolate chips, sugar, milk and peanut butter over low heat until smooth. Transfer to a fondue pot and keep warm. Serve with banana slices and strawberries.

SLOW COOKER CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Special equipment: a 6-quart slow cooker
• Heat a 6-quart slow cooker with insert on high until hot.
• Combine the chocolate, cream, milk, vanilla and salt in the hot insert. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes, then whisk the ingredients together and set on low. Add the bourbon or liqueur if using.
• Serve with fruit, marshmallows or pound cake.

CAMPFIRE SALTED CARAMEL AND CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Build a medium-low campfire that has a grate for cooking. Break the chocolate bar into small pieces using the handle of a wooden spoon (or you can smack it against a picnic bench).
• Unwrap and add the pieces to a medium saucepan along with the dulce de leche, 1/2 cup and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Place the saucepan, on the grate and over the fire, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate melts and the sauce is completely smooth, about 5 minutes. If it?s too thick, then add 1 tablespoon of water at a time until desired consistency. Serve with suggested dippers, such as marshmallows, graham crackers, berries, pineapple chunks, red and/or green grapes, shortbread cookies or vanilla wafers (see Cook?s Note).

INSTANT POT CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Place instant pot liner in instant pot. Pour 2 cups of water into the liner. Place a glass bowl on top of the liner (you will want to find a bowl that has a "lip" so that it can sit comfortably on top of the liner).
• Pour the chocolate chips, cream, vanilla, and salt into the bowl. Press the SAUTE button on the Instant Pot. Occasionally stir the chocolate and cream as the water heats up and the chocolate starts to melt. Continue stirring until chocolate is smooth (takes about 8-10 minutes).
• Once the chocolate is completely melted, press CANCEL and then the KEEP WARM button.
• Stir occasionally to make sure that the chocolate is still smooth and then dip in your favorite foods and enjoy!

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).

EAGLE BRAND® CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• In heavy saucepan, over medium heat, melt chocolate chips and butter with EAGLE BRAND® and water. Cook and stir constantly until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add vanilla.
• Serve warm as a fruit and cookie/cracker dipping sauce or drizzle over ice cream or cake. Store leftovers covered in refrigerator.