Birthday Party Chocolate Fondue

Today’s birthday recipe is Chocolate Fondue.� I’ve included two recipes for you to choose from.

Chocolate Orange Fondue

12 oz/340 g semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup/60 ml whipping cream
1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla
1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Orange Extract

Place chocolate chips and whipping cream in fondue pot. Turn temperature to warm, stirring constantly until chips are melted. Add vanilla and orange extracts and stir.

Serve warm with fruit (strawberries, kiwi, bananas, orange sections, apples, pineapple), pound cake cubes, angel food cake cubes, pretzels, marshmallows.

Variation
Replace orange extract with another Watkins extract.

Chocolate Dessert Fondue

1/3 cup half-and-half
1/4 cup fat-free milk
8 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp. Watkins Hazelnut Extract
2 Tbsp. dark corn syrup
4 cups (1-inch) cubed angel food cake (about 3 oz.)
2 cups sliced bananas
2 cups� strawberries

Combine half-and-half, milk and chocolate in a medium saucepan; cook over medium-low heat for 5 minutes or until smooth, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar, water, extract, and syrup. Cook for 10 minutes or until the mixture is smooth, stirring constantly. Pour into a fondue pot. Keep warm over low flame. Serve with cake, banana and strawberries. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Eleisia Whitney is a Watkins Home Business owner. She enjoys cooking and baking with Watkins extracts, spices, herbs, and sauces for healthy meals. Eleisia publishes a Watkins Newsletter, “Around the Kitchen Table,” that brings you recipes, cooking and health tips, and contests for free Watkins products. Read the current issue at http://www.everydaynecessities.com/jan15-07newsletter.htm
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