Chocolate delight everybody love chocolate, here are some luscious chocolate treats for your next get-together. 

Fresh Fruits in Chocolate Fondue (Serves 6)

Ingredients

• 1 – Pineapple
• 1 – Mango/Apple/Strawberries
• 250gms – fresh strawberries
• 250gms – deseeded green grapes Fondue
• 250gms – plain chocolate broken into pieces
• 150ml – double cream
• 2tbsp – brandy

Method

• Using a sharp knife peel and core the pineapple, then cut into cubes.
• Peel the mango/apples/strawberries and cut into cubes.
• Arrange the grapes and the other fruit in 6 serving plates and chill.
• To make the fondue, place the chocolate and cream in a fondue pot. Heat gently, stirring constantly, until the chocolate has melted. Stir in brandy until thoroughly blended and the chocolate mixture is smooth.
• Place the fondue pot over the burner to keep warm.

Serving tip: Allow each guest to dip the fruit in the chocolate fondue sauce using a fondue fork or sticks.

Chocolate Rum Pots (Serves 6)

Ingredients

• 225gms – plain chocolate
• 4 eggs – separated
• 6tbsp – caster (powdered) sugar
• 4tbsp – dark rum
• 4tbsp – double cream (full fat cream)

To Decorate

• A little whipped cream
• Marbled chocolate shapes/chocolate chips.

METHOD

• Melt the plain chocolate and let it cool completely.
• Whisk egg yolks with caster sugar in a bowl until fluffy
• Drizzle the chocolate onto the egg yolk mixture and fold in together with dark rum and cream
• Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until you get soft peaks.
• Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture in 2 batches
• Divide the mixture into 6 individual glass bowls of 100 m l capacity and chill for 2 hours before serving.
• To serve, decorate with a little whipped cream if you like, and chocolate shapes.