Chocolate fondue is always a hit. And it’s easy to make. (Fondue comes from the French word fondre, to melt. Melt the chocolate and other ingredients, and start dipping.)

• First, take a look at these recipes for dark chocolate fondue and white chocolate fondue.
• Spice it up: Let each person customize his or her own fondue with these fondue spices.
• Chose from this assortment of chocolate fondue dippers. Sure, the chocolate itself is great, but the fun comes from what you swirl it onto.

The finer the chocolate, the more delicious the fondue. You can buy the best chocolate baking wafers from Guittard.com, or chop up a gourmet chocolate bar.

And here’s a tradition that can make a Valentine’s Day fondue even tastier: Whoever loses a dipping piece in the fondue not only has to fish it out, of course; but he/she also has to kiss everyone at the table.

Who wants chocolate fondue? (You don’t even
have to ask.) Photo courtesy of Sugardaddys.com.