If you're looking for chocolate fountain ideas for a party, this setup is one of the easiest ways to create a fun, interactive dessert table.

Chocolate Fountain Ideas for a Party (Easy + Crowd-Pleasing)
If you're setting up a chocolate fountain for a party, the goal is to keep it simple, fun, and easy for guests to enjoy. With the right dippers and setup, it quickly becomes the highlight of any dessert table.
If you missed part one of the actual dinner party and how we used cast iron skillets EVERYWHERE for dinner that night, then you may want to head over there now and take a look: Cast Iron Dinner Party

But as I mentioned in that blog post, there was just too much of a good thing to include it all in one post, and I wanted the chocolate fountain bar to be featured all on its own because it’s one of my favorite food bars and Chocolate shouldn’t have to share the spotlight with anyone.

How to Set Up a Chocolate Fountain Bar
- Use skewers or sticks
- Keep dippers bite-sized
- Place items in easy-to-reach bowls, serving platters, etc.
- Keep chocolate warm and flowing
Chocolate Fountain:
A chocolate fountain bar wouldn’t be one, without a chocolate fountain, eh? I have had a chocolate fountain for years, but it was looking pretty rough after getting lost in one of our umpteenth moves.
So online shopping I went, and came across this GORGEOUS (what I thought) rose gold chocolate fountain. Without hesitation, I ordered it, and couldn’t wait to get it in the mail. Sadly, the chocolate fountain arrived about a day before the party, and it wasn’t rose gold. It was actually a stainless color (as seen in the photos.) But, I’ve come to realize that with the stainless color, I’ll be able to use it more often with other party themes anyway. So I suppose it’s better this way. Besides, it still looked pretty cute on this table, don’t you think?

When thinking of a chocolate fountain, milk chocolate is always the default setting my brain lands on. But I knew that the brown color of milk chocolate would stick out like a sore thumb on this bright white and colorful display table. I kicked around the idea of using white chocolate, but wasn’t quite sure if they sold “white” fountain chocolate. Well, my Walmart did not. BUT they did have white chocolate melts, and with a little coconut oil, OH-MY-LANTA. Even our guests talked about how good the chocolate was. I made sure to tell them that with the addition of coconut oil, it was a healthy dessert. 😉
I turned the fountain off for the photos, so I wouldn’t capture such blurry photos… if you’re wondering why the chocolate looks as hard as a rock! Ha!
What to Serve with a Chocolate Fountain
Best Chocolate Fountain Dippers
- Strawberries
- Marshmallows
- Rice krispie treats
- Donuts
- Cookies
- Wafers
- Pound cake cubes

Rice Krispies Treats:
I’m a sucker for premade everything when styling a party. I grabbed the store bought rice krispies treats (the miniature sizes were out for the Valentine’s Day season, and those were perfect), and placed them in a miniature cast iron skillet. These bakery-style rice krispy treats and rice krispie treats with marshmallow fluff are great options too!

Cookie Dough Bites:
Yes, that is cookie dough. You can make cookie dough fudge for dippers.

Marshmallows:
Do they always have pink marshmallows? Well they did the day I visited Walmart, but I’m not sure if that’s just because it was close to Valentine’s Day or not. But I do know that they looked gorgeous on this dessert table, with about 50 shades of pink.

Wafer Cookies:
I love these little things. Perhaps it’s because of the nostalgia factor that my grandma always having these on hand when I was little. But I did a lot of damage to these little treats, and even had to refill the dish a couple of times before the party even started.

Donuts:
I can’t help it. I have to have donuts on every single dessert bar that I create. Look at my nautical birthday party and the Baking Party that I styled.

French Toast Bites:
I’m not going to lie. The French toast bites were accidental. I had originally wanted small Belgian waffles, cut in triangles, but couldn’t find any that were pre-made/frozen. Heck with spending what little time I had that day, whippin’ up a batch of fancy waffles. So the French toast bites had to do…. and I’m totally ok with that. They were incredible for soaking up some of the white chocolate. Cutting up this French toast sticks recipe would work great.

Chocolate Fountain Skewers:
Instead of using regular brown skewers, (which would have been just fine), I had these perfectly matched cake pop sticks from a previous party, and they there were the replacement.

Fresh Flowers:
Although I used fake flowers for the centerpieces on the tablescape of the dinner party, I had to get my fill of fresh, even if it was just a small pitcher full for the dessert table. I’m a sucker for real flowers. (But I’m also a sucker of saving money, and being able to reuse flowers for the future.)

Tassel Banner & Backdrop:
If you saw the Chocolate Bar Party that I designed for Godiva, then this backdrop may look a bit familiar. With the addition of the tassel banner that I found at Target about a year ago, the two together made me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Bring it on Over:
Like with the mini cast iron skillets, I wanted to carry over the theme from the dinner table, to the dessert table. So with that, I carried over one of the cloth napkins that we used for dinner, and used it as an accent piece to decorate with on the chocolate fountain bar.

Is it wrong that I left as much of this chocolate fountain bar up, that I could? A midnight snack, and a few wafers the next morning for breakfast, made this sweets-lovin’ gal very, very happy.
Chocolate Fountain Ideas for Different Parties
- Birthday parties
- Bridal showers
- Holiday parties
- Valentine's Day






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