Valentine’s Day Fondue Party + Recipe
This year, we decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a romantic fondue feast… my favorite way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, in fact!
My plan for the dinner party was to incorporate a rich color scheme that would pair nicely with the rich color and flavor of the Dark Chocolate Raspberry Fondue. I began by decorating the dining table with shades of deep reds and hot pinks for a romantic vibe. A dramatic floral bouquet full of red roses, hot pink carnations, and white buds of the Japanese Meadowsweet served as the main focal point of the table, around which all other party elements were carefully selected: a hot pink table runner and dinner napkins, red wine, colorful berries, and dark chocolates add the finishing touches to this
Valentine’s Day Dinner Party.
Red dinner napkins were folded to look like rose buds and placed in glass stemware.
At each place setting, I arranged a bowl of mixed berries and pieces of chocolate to serve as perfect chocolate fondue dippers.
Once dinner was finished, the table was decorated with fondue forks for each couple and plenty of decadent treats to go around.
I purchased a variety of delicious fruits and desserts to dip in the rich Chocolate Raspberry Fondue, such as brownies, raspberry cheesecake, marshmallows, pineapples, strawberries, and bananas, to name a few.
If you are looking for a simple, last-minute way to spice up your Valentine’s Day, try this Dark Chocolate Raspberry Fondue recipe! All you need are the three ingredients listed below, a nice bottle of wine {I recommend a Merlot or a Pinot Noir for their floral notes which pair nicely with the sweet fondue}, and a table decorated with flowers, candles, and lots of decadent treats!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Fondue
Ingredients
- 12 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons raspberry liqueur
Instructions
- Combine the chocolate and cream in the top of a double boiler set over simmering water.
- Heat until chocolate is melted, stirring constantly.
- Pour into a warm fondue pot.
- Drizzle with the raspberry liqueur.
- Keep fondue warm over low heat and use marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, pineapples, brownies, etc. as dippers.
