Who doesn’t love a rich and lovely dessert of a fondue? It’s a fun dessert to enjoy on a lazy afternoon with family and friends, and if you have kids, they are sure to love it too. You can also get as creative as you can with all sorts of dippers.

This fondue recipe will only take 15 minutes to make and will serve about 5 servings. If you are having a large fondue party, do increase the ingredients. I’m sure your guests will never have enough of this yummy fondue dessert!

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Ingredients needed:

• 11.5 ounce milk chocolate pieces
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon crunchy peanut butter
• Milk
• Assorted fresh fruit dippers (whole strawberries, star fruit slices, pear slices, banana slices, orange sections, apple slices)
• Angel food cake or pound cake cubes
• Marshmallows

Cooking method:

1. In a heavy small saucepan (or the top of a double boiler placed over gently simmering water), combine the chocolate pieces and the 1/4 cup of milk.
2. Heat the combination, stirring constantly over a low heat until the chocolate is melted and becomes a smooth mixture.
3. Stir in the peanut butter. Cook and stir until heated through. Stir in the additional milk 1 tablespoon at a time until it reaches the desired consistency.
4. Pour the mixture into a fondue pot and place the fondue burner set on low fire.
5. With fondue forks or skewers, dip the fruit dippers, cake cubes and marshmallows into the chocolate mixture.
6. The fondue mixture will hold up to 1 hour on low fire. If the mixture gets too thick, stir in the milk 1 tablespoon at a time.

Nutrition facts per serving:

• 360 calories
• 23 gram total fat (13 gram saturated fat)
• 9 milligram cholesterol
• 46 milligram sodium
• 43 gram carbo
• 3 gram fiber
• 4 gram protein

Is this meal nutritious for you? Find out more here on my nutrition page.

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