Chocolate Fountains and other lame party foods

[SeattleUte]

Also now in - cake bites. Sometimes on a sucker stick.

And the cake bites I've had would definitely NOT qualify as lame.

Cake bites are an awesome idea. For years I took one bite of Starbucks pastries and tossed the rest uneaten. Cake bites, mini donuts, mini pies, etc. are here to stay.

[TripletDaddy]

You may have hit on the cake cicles - but you failed to mention how good they taste. (assuming that your SiL's are as good as the ones I had).

And not to quibble - but mid-April doesn't quite qualify as last year...just sayin'.

The post was in April. The birthday party was in December.

They tasted good.

[Shaka]

Gosh dangit you people are killjoys.

[Jacob]

As a non-expert on party foods who thinks that chocolate --even the liquid form-- makes fruit taste even better, can I please get a list of more acceptable party foods for my next--first--house party? I guess cake bites are in...whatever those are.

[TalkyTina]

Once for a bachelorette party we decided to have a fondue party. I was tasked with the chocolate. So instead of a fondue I decided to go the fountain route. I went and bought a cheap $25 fountain at a discount store (!). And I'm not even a "cheap Mormon." I had no experience in this realm but I went to Orson Gigi (sp?) and bought some decent melting chocolate. When I got home to read the instructions I was pretty disgusted that the instructions called for a cup of canola oil with every pound or so of chocolate. I forget the exact ratio. However, that's the nastiest part of the whole thing and probably why the chocolate tastes so awful. It's at least half oil.

In other fountain news, I recently went to a baby shower that included a RANCH DRESSING FOUNTAIN. Yep, warm, recirculated ranch dressing.

[Y84it]

In other fountain news, I recently went to a baby shower that included a RANCH DRESSING FOUNTAIN. Yep, warm, recirculated ranch dressing.[/QUOTE]

Now we're talking! Get me on the ranch dressing train!

[BigPiney]

Completely agree. When I first heard the words "chocolate fountain", I was enraptured. Chocolate? In limitless quantities cascading down tiers of fine silver bowls? It sounded like drinking fountains in the Celestial Kingdom. What could go wrong? Blechh. It wasn't horrible, but rarely has there been a greater gap between expectation and reality. No thanks.

I agree. When I first heard of this wonderful invention I was greatly disappointed that I had yet to partake. Then I actually attended a function with one, and could not even stomach an attempt. The whole spectacle was disgusting.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I agree. When I first heard of this wonderful invention I was greatly disappointed that I had yet to partake. Then I actually attended a function with one, and could not even stomach an attempt. The whole spectacle was disgusting.

This is how I felt upon hearing about ABTs and Moinks. I am hopeful that if/when the opportunity arrives for me to partake of an ABT or a Moink, that I am not similarly disappointed as the people intrigued by chocolate fountains.

By the way, I agree with common sentiment of this thread that chocolate fountains are disgusting.

[MartyFunkhouser]

An entire thread for KL's culinary pet peeves. Not gonna lie, I'm pretty excited about this!

Let me add that no-bake cheesecake is not real cheesecake; it's cream-cheese flavored gelatin. And anyone who prefers that over real cheesecake because the "flavor is better" or because real cheesecake is "too rich" is a real loser.

Not only is it not cheesecake and just "cream-cheese flavored gelatin," it is disgusting.

[wuapinmon]

Cream filled pastries that you buy frozen at Costco and serve at wedding banquets.

It would taste better to tear croissants into pieces and cover them with Redi-whip.

[Eddie]

As a non-expert on party foods who thinks that chocolate --even the liquid form-- makes fruit taste even better, can I please get a list of more acceptable party foods for my next--first--house party? I guess cake bites are in...whatever those are.

Chocolate makes everything taste better. Kind of like bacon.

Speaking of which - my wife made some awesome bacon and chocolate cupcakes for father's day a couple of weeks ago. I was skeptical, but they were GOOD.

[creekster]

Chocolate makes everything taste better. Kind of like bacon.

Speaking of which - my wife made some awesome bacon and chocolate cupcakes for father's day a couple of weeks ago. I was skeptical, but they were GOOD.

OTOH I had some chocolate covered bacon at a county fair a couple of years ago and it may be the only time in my life i didn't finis a food item with bacon or chocolate. It was awful.

[New Mexican Disaster]

Gosh dangit you people are killjoys.

No shit.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

7 layer dip. There are dips that people put together that are delicious, however if it is in a plastic container and has roughly 4-8 layers with the largest layer being refried beans that equal 60+% of the depth it isn't good.

[YOhio]

In other fountain news, I recently went to a baby shower that included a RANCH DRESSING FOUNTAIN. Yep, warm, recirculated ranch dressing.

That is one of the most disgusting things I've read on this board.