Chocolate Fondue

Making this fondue has become a fun New Year's Eve tradition.  Serving it with cookie-dough balls is a must!


Ingredients

• 12 ounces of high-quality chocolate chips or chopped from a block (Ghiradelli, Guittard, or trader-joe's pound plus bar...use any combination of dark and milk chocolate to your liking)
• 8 ounces of heavy cream (or half cream, half milk in a pinch)
• pinch of salt
• dash of vanilla or almond extract, optional

Directions

1. Warm cream over moderate heat until tiny bubbles show and it's just beginning to lightly boil in the fondue pot.  
2. Add chocolate and stir until smooth and fully incorporated.
3. Keep warm over low heat in fondue pot, stirring as needed.
4. Serve with favorite dipppables such as strawberries, banana pieces, pineapple, dried apricots, marshmallows, donut holes, cookie dough balls, graham crackers, pretzel peanut butter bites, etc.