Easy Chocolate Fondue Recipe

Follow up post to my fondue party!

For those of us that don't have a double-boiler, a very basic chocolate fondue, the college way aka microwave style.

Popular Dippers:

2 pints of Strawberries

Pretzels rods (especially good with toasted coconut)

Oreo Cookies

Bananas

Graham Crackers

Marshmallows

Popcorn

Pineapple Chunks

Potato Chips, ridged

Ingredients:

2 cups (12-oz pkg.) of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

3/4 cup of heavy cream

2 tbsp of butter

Directions:

1. Put all the ingredients in a microwave safe bowl.

3. Microwave on at high power for about 1 minute.

4. Take out and stir (it will look lumpy but keep stirring)*.

5. Put it back in the microwave for another 30 seconds.

6. Stir until smooth (if it still looks lumpy put it in the microwave for another 20)*

7. Set the pot over a candle or canned heat and serve hot with dipping items.

(Optional) Pour into cute ceramic hershey kiss fondue warmer

*all microwaves are different, it's best to make to microwave less as chocolate burns easily and milk forms a film if over heated

Additional ingredients you could add are 2 tbsp of Cognac, liqueur, or brandy.

I also love using some of this sauce for sundaes!

Never too old for a Slumber Party!

Once again it's time for our annual slumber party. Each year since freshman year, my roommates and I get together in the summer for a girls night with popcorn, pizza, chocolate, movies and did a mention LOTs of CHoCOLatE?! Yes, we do a fondue with cheese and Chocolate!! It all started because our dorms don't allow open flames, including a tea cup candle, out rages we do a summer sleepover to reconnect and stuff faces with chocolate! It's the simplest meal because you just dip your stick in the pot and eat as much as you want! Everyone is a happy camper with fondue and no judgement even if you put your Cheeto in the chocolate pot, guilty! What can I say I thought salty and sweet are so go together why not try cheesy and chocolatey, taste wise? not bad, except you stomach will not be so pleased with your exotic taste.

So this is college?

Spring Quarter - Freshman

I feel as though I finally reach that epiphany that I'm in college. That these years could be my best depending on what decisions I choose for my future. Finally, my future have these words ever sound so frightening and electrifying in my life, because this is finally a new start that could effect where I stand 10 years from now. It's crazy how many freshman have come in expecting to become doctors, engineers and lawyers only to be smack down by the cold reality, that it's not that easy. As freshman, conversant about our goal, major, dreams; all so freely we say we want to be this and that, when the really question is "How much do you want it? How much are you willing to risk? sacrifice?" When I hear these frivolous comment I can't help but be reminded of Sean Walker's virtue on success:

     "If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe after being under water for more than a minute
      then you’ll be successful in life. You will not care about a TV-show, a basketball game or anything
      else, as the only thing that is in your mind is to catch some fresh air. Whenever you get to the point
      where all you would like to be is successful as bad as you would want to breathe, then you will be
      successful! I’m here to tell you that most of you say you want to be successful but you don’t want it
      bad enough, you just kinda want it."

Toilet Paper Roll Oganizer

Eco-Friendly and great for all those electronics tidy.

All you need is some toilet paper rolls, tape and a shoe box!

TP Roll Organizer Box (via Lifehaker)