Make a Chocolate Fruit Dip
Chocolate fruit dips are served at parties or enjoyed as dessert. There are many variations of these dips, which can be served warm or chilled with a variety of fresh or dried fruits. You can make chocolate fruit dip by melting chocolate or using cocoa powder.
Contents
Steps
Preparing Warm Chocolate Fruit Dip
- Pour whipping cream and light corn syrup into a cooking pan. Use 1/2 cup (120 ml) whipping cream and 2/3 cup (160 ml) corn syrup.
- Heat the whipping cream and corn syrup to a boil.
- Take the pan off the heat.
- Crumble semi-sweet baking chocolate into the hot liquid. Use 8 oz. (224 g) of chocolate.
- Stir until the chocolate melts.
- Serve the chocolate dipping sauce warm along with fresh fruit. Strawberries with fruit skewers are good choices for this dip.
Making Warm Chocolate Dip for Dried Fruit
- Stir water, sugar, and cocoa in a bowl. Use 2 tbsp. (30 ml) water, 2 tbsp. (25 g) sugar, and 2 tbsp. (30 ml) cocoa. Blend until the ingredients reach a smooth consistency.
- Transfer the cocoa mixture to a small cooking pan.
- Add condensed milk to the pan. Use 1/2 cup (120 ml) fat-free sweetened condensed milk.
- Heat the milk and cocoa mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir continuously for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Serve the dip warm with a variety of dried fruit. Use 1/2 lb. (230 g) to 3/4 lb. (340 g) dried fruit. Apricots, bananas, mangoes, papayas, pears, pineapple, and prunes are good choices for this dip.
Making Chilled Chocolate Fruit Dip with Cream Cheese
- Combine sugar and cream cheese in a large bowl. Use an electric mixer to blend 1/3 cup (65 g) sugar and 8 oz. (224 g) softened cream cheese to a smooth consistency.
- Beat vanilla extract and cocoa thoroughly into the mixture. Use 1 tsp. (5 ml) vanilla extract and 1/3 cup (37 g) cocoa.
- Mix in some whipped dessert topping. Use 2 cups (475 ml) of whipped topping.
- Beat until the dip reaches a smooth texture.
- Refrigerate the dip until it is chilled.
- Present the dip with fresh fruit such as apple slices, various melons, pineapple chunks, and whole strawberries.
Preparing Fruit Dip with Chocolate Chips
- Add chocolate chips and vegetable shortening to a saucepan. Use 1 cup (175 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 tsp. (5 ml) shortening. You may substitute milk chocolate chips for the semi-sweet chips.
- Melt the mixture with low heat. Stir continuously until the it reaches a smooth consistency.
- Poke toothpicks into fresh strawberries and dried apricots. Use 1 pint (475 ml) strawberries and 6 oz. (168 g) dried apricots.
- Dunk the fruit in the chocolate dipping sauce.
- Let the chocolate cool and harden on the dipped fruit. Lay the fruit on wax paper or stick the toothpicks into a polystyrene foam block.
Things You'll Need
- Whipping cream
- Corn syrup
- Cooking pans, utensils, and bowls
- Semi-sweet baking chocolate
- Fresh and dried fruit
- Water
- Sugar
- Cocoa
- Condensed milk
- Cream cheese
- Electric mixer
- Vanilla extract
- Whipped dessert topping
- Chocolate chips
- Shortening
- Toothpicks
- Wax paper
- Polystyrene foam
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