Chocolate fountain

Chocolate fountain in use at a buffet in Japan, 2016

A chocolate fountain is a device for serving chocolate fondue. Typical examples resemble a stepped cone, standing 2–4 feet (0.61–1.22 m) tall with a crown at the top and stacked tiers over a basin at the bottom. The basin is heated to keep the chocolate in a warm liquid state so it can be pulled into a center cylinder then vertically transported to the top of the fountain by an Archimedes screw. From there it flows over the tiers creating a chocolate "waterfall" in which food items typically like marshmallows, cookies, strawberries or other fruits can be dipped by using a skewers.

The Wenschitz Confiserie in Allhaming, Austria was the world's tallest chocolate fountain, being 12.27 metres (40.3 ft) tall.

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  A commercial chocolate fountain in a shop in Brussels, Belgium
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  Home chocolate fountain
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  White chocolate fountain
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  Dark, milk and white chocolate fountains in Weihnachtsmarkt, Osnabrück, Germany
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  Chocolate tree fountain in the Imhoff chocolate museum in Cologne, Germany
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  Large chocolate fountain in Lindt Home of Chocolate in Zurich, Switzerland

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  Chocolate fontain with marshmallows for dipping in Cordis Hotel buffet in Hong Kong
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  Plain chocolate waterfall in Wedel chocolate museum, Warsaw, Poland

See also

• List of chocolate-covered foods
• List of dips
• List of fondues