Chocolate fountains

gryp

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 12:31 pm

anybody have experience with them?
I need info on the small kinds you can buy for 50 dollars at walmart, home depot, etc.

southernbubby

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 12:56 pm

I recently read an article about them that said that it is worth the money. You and your guests can dip fruit and pretzels it it but is is a mess to clean up.

chocolate moose

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 1:01 pm

I have seen them at simchas and they're lovely and fun!

gryp

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 1:02 pm

thanx SB.
I dont mind the money, the work, or the mess, but someone told me she had a difficult time getting it to work. Confused

a question to all posters: what is your favorite thing to dip in chocolate? it has to go on a stick.

I was considering: diff fruits
small squares of marble pound cake
small cookies

SaraG- I am planning my son's upshernish iyh in the summer. I once saw it at a wedding and thought it was the neatest thing.

chavamom

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 2:25 pm

My neighbor got one of the $50 ones and hasn't had a problem with it working.

gryp

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 2:44 pm

queen

im still deciding where to make it, but if you feel like travelling, sure, come Very Happy

thanx chavamom, im so glad to hear that.

nicole- do people like bananas dipped in chocolate? that would be easy and cheap too.
I know people like dipped strawberries but I think ill have to skip that one. I just cant imagine scrubbing each one, cutting off the tops, etc.
any more dipping ideas?

and im looking for more nice things to do at/for the upshernish too.

chocolate moose

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 2:46 pm

Oh, Mazel tov on the upcoming simcha!

So - are you buying it, borrowing it...

gryp

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 2:52 pm

definitely buying it.
something tell me its going to start being a trademark at our simchas. Smile

I dont think im making it in NY though, although I want to, Confused

because everyone leaves for the summer and no one will show up. Confused

im still deciding. Confused

ButterflyGarden

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 2:59 pm

Strawberries!!!!!!!!!!!!
and Mazal Tov

chocolate moose

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 3:03 pm

nah. you won't make it here..........

at any rate, you can't invite any of us,

b/c then it would destroy your anonymity!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

gryp

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 3:32 pm

well, queen is already invited. Wink

again, I would like to make it in NY but just imagine renting a shul, making all the food, and then having 5 people. Confused

everyone I know goes to the country or on vacation.
so I think I have to make it out of town where I have lots of relatives but no friends. Confused

mimama

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 3:36 pm

graham crakers, dried fruits (Mango, craisins) plain bread sticks, pretzels. Try it one time before the actual event. It has the instructions in the box, as well as a recipe. I did choclate chips and TONS of oil in the microwave. (I do not recall exact quantities)

chocolate moose

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 3:50 pm

We didn't make a party for our son, we didn't have family and didn't know which friends would show up (it was Marcheshvan/November)..oh, and we had just moved, had a newborn baby girl, no koyach, and no gelt!

He had his hair cut in shul, had his birthday party in playgroup, and we called it a day.

Ah, the ease of the olden days.......

gryp

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 7:26 pm

SaraG, many people do that.

now im thinking, that maybe I should save the chocolate fountain idea for a fancier simcha, and buy a sno-cone maker instead. there will be lots of kids there, and the thought of any of them double dipping makes me pretty nauseous.
besides its much cheaper.

mimama- what brand choc fountain did you buy?

chanab

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 7:56 pm

GR, it looks great but imho, is a BIG slippery mess (you could avoid that by putting some big cloth underneath I guess) and the double dipping keeps me away too......

nicole81

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 8:04 pm

I personally like bananas in chocolate, but maybe I'm just a big weirdo!

if it's in the summer, a snow cone maker sounds like a great idea!

gryp

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 8:46 pm

chanab, thanx for the practical advice.
no double dipping at my events! Mad

nicole-

bananas sounds good, I just havent ever tried it.

thanx for the encouragement, now I just have to think out the rest of my plans.

ektsm

Mon, Mar 27 2006, 9:11 pm

Yum Yum! Ladies I am getting so hungary reading this thread!