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Looking for the cutting edge in entertaining? Want to be the talk of the town? Think Chocolate! Think warm, liquid chocolate cascading from a fountain top down a
lush fountain side. Think guests dipping into
this sweet flowing stream with yummy good treats.
Think Fun! Think Wow! Think Chocolate!
"It's not a chocolate fountain, it's a chocolate event!"
~one statisfied guest
We provide a friendly staff person to set up and run the fountain, high quality melting chocolate,
and skewers for dipping your yummy good treats.
You provide the yummy good treats.
May we suggest:
Fresh fruits~strawberries,
banana, pineapple, grapes,
blueberries, mangos, papaya,
apple slices,
Dried fruits~apricots, peaches, figs,
maraschino cherries.
And confections~
pretzels, hard cookies, biscotti,
granola bars, cream puffs, wafers,
mint sticks, marshmellows
Please do not purchase foods that crumble: cakes, blackberries, raspberries or crumbly cookies.
Chocolate fountains have two sections: the heater basin and the corkscrew-auger fountainhead. We recommend preheating the unit approximately 15 minutes beforehand, and using premelted chocolate, which is poured into the warm basin.
Turn the auger on and the chocolate will climb to the top and begin to flow down the fountain ~ a moment you may want to share with your guests! The fountain can be used to melt the solid chocolate, but it can take an hour or more before the chocolate begins to flow.
The Fine Print: Estimating Costs
Chocolate Fountain Rental, based on size of event, etc.~$200 to $360
(Generally: Unattended, $200; Attended, $275~for three hours.)
Chocolate, 2 lbs per bag. First 5 bags free, additional bags~$20
Delivery, Set up, Teardown and 2 hours of Attendant Service*~ $75
Each additional Attandant hour~$25*Attendant service usually required wiith this product
Our Melting
Chocolate
We provide premium couverture melting chocolate. Couveture
(French for coating)
is a high quality chocolate that's rich in cocoa butter. It creates a silky stream of creamy chocolate perfect for fountains and fondue. Our chips come in both Dark and Milk Chocolate.
Excellent French or Belgian chocolate, white chocolate or caramel can be special ordered.
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Couldn't Resist This!
New research indicates that chocolate is good for you! Like asprin, small amounts of chocolate are good for the blood, keeping it from clotting, a key element in reducing the chances of heart attack. Chocolate can also lower blood pressure. Who'd a thunk it?
A Brief History of Chocolate
The ancient Mayans were some of the earliest known cocao drinkers. They made a paste from the seeds and mixed it with water into a frothy, rather bitter drink. There is evidence of their cocao use in their glyphs and in the remains of ancient vessels that were used at the height of the Mayan Civilization (250-900 CE). The Mayan culture stretched from the south of present-day Mexico, across Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and through much of El Salvador.
Spanish conquistadors brought cocao to Europe in the 1500s. Legend has it Dominican friars took a group of captive native peoples to visit Prince Philip of Spain in 1544, and that the captives offered Philip his first taste of chocolate. The drink quickly became fashion—gaining a reputation as an aphrodisiac. The Spanish tried to keep the drink's source a secret, but within 100 years, cacao had spread across Europe, and slave labor was being used in the Americas in its large scale production.
