Chocolate Fountains

A chocolate fountain is a tool used for serving chocolate fondue.

Typical examples show how to make a chocolate fountain?
It is in tall form holding a crown at its top. It holds a base basin which has a fire lid under it. This fire lid works well and makes the fountain warm and indirectly the chocolate warm. This fountain ranges in size all depends on the occasions. This fountain is fully decorating like and antique item but holding chocolate liquor. This chocolate liquor is kept warm avoiding forming a thick consistency holding granules in it.

Types Of Chocolate Fountains

Different fountain for commercial and house uses are given as

Commercial Chocolate Fountains: Commercial chocolate fondue fountain more often range in size about 20" to 50" tall and are specially designed for its use in professional environments for instance catering. These fountains are normally formed of food-grade stainless steel which is considered to be very great. Commercial chocolate fountains hold 35 pounds of chocolate which depends on different occasions.

Home Chocolate Fountains: Home Chocolate Fountains series in size up to 19" tall. Chocolate fondue fountain home appliance holds plastic and stainless steel components which are typically dishwasher safe. Home chocolate fountains hold 6 or less pounds of chocolate but may be found in other size.

Chocolate Fountain Chocolate: Melted chocolate for chocolate fountain is very unpredictable, therefore rich chocolate covertures that should be high in cocoa butter, is used which ensure consistent flow. If the coca content in the fountain is less then it isn’t consider to be the chocolate fountain chocolate. This chocolate fountain chocolate is held famous in Swiss, Italy, and France. This is mostly used in big ceremonies and hold different varieties. This chocolate in melted is used with other foodstuffs; the major use is in the dipping of different other items. It is kept in warm in order to be in smooth texture holding no granules.

Chocolate for fountain must be smooth and not highly viscous, as it will hurdle in pouring. Usually chocolate for fountains hold some oil to decrease viscosity but it it turns it to gritty taste. Chocolate fountain rental business is very high especially after the year 2004. Before the introduction of fountain by a Canadian company the chocolate fountain home business was very famous but after it’s commercially introduction its commercially manufactured version is higher in market share. Chocotel chocolate fountain is one of the famous one which is mostly given on rents. Rival chocolate fountain company is famous for renting their fountain and found in different size.

Chocolate fountain recipes usually involve caramel as it helps to keep the right viscosity.
Chocolate fountain recipe is given as

Tools:

1. Double Boiler
2. Fondue Pot
3. 6 Forks

Ingredients:

1. 7 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
2. 2 tablespoons water
3. 4 tablespoons heavy cream
4. 2 tablespoons orange liqueur or 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
5. 1 tablespoon unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder, sifted
6. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
7. cubes of pound cake or angel food cake
8. whole fresh strawberries
9. thick slices of banana
10. dried apricot halves

Directions:

1. in a boiler warm the chocolate at the top of warm water
2. stir the spoon in order to dissolves the granules.
3. form a very thick smooth texture
4. you can use blender in order to make it smooth
5. now add other ingredients one by one by still stirring the spoon
6. now cook it at low heat
7. put it in hot fountain and used a fire lid at low heat which will keep the chocolate in warm form.