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Dessert Fondue: Easy Date Night Dessert!

4.70 from 23 votes
Make a simple and creative Butterscotch Dessert Fondue, the perfect dessert recipe for date night or anytime you want to whip up something special!
Dessert Fondue - This is a must for date night! So easy to make and looks like you went to a lot of work

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Hi Bold Bakers!

Wow, I do love a good dessert fondue bar! Butterscotch Fondue is a personal favorite and my Butterscotch Dessert Fondue will soon be a favorite of yours too! Usually you see dessert fondue at parties and events but this simple treat is so easy there’s no reason not to make it at home. I’ve swapped out the classic chocolate dessert fondue for my lovely and rich Butterscotch Sauce and, man is it a hit in my house.

Not only is my Butterscotch Fondue super simple to make but it’s really fun to share with someone special. Instead of fussing around in the kitchen trying to impress, you could be making dessert into a fun Date Night activity. I can’t think of a better way to end the evening than dipping lovely little bits of cake, fresh fruit and marshmallows into this rich Butterscotch Sauce. This is such a great way to spend time in the kitchen with your partner. And this sauce also makes a great ice cream topping.

Whether you choose fruit, cake, candy or chocolate, this dip will be a big hit. The Butterscotch sauce is as simple as combining things you most likely have in your kitchen. Butter, cream, brown sugar, vanilla and salt plus a few minutes cooking–then voila, you have this decadent sauce. In the time it takes you to make the sauce you can prepare a number of fruit skewers, cubes of cake and marshmallows. Trust me, this dessert will have them swooning!

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Butterscotch Dessert Fondue Recipe

4.70 from 23 votes
Make a simple and creative Butterscotch Dessert Fondue, the perfect dessert recipe for date night or anytime you want to whip up something special!
Author: Gemma Stafford
Servings: 8
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Make a simple and creative Butterscotch Dessert Fondue, the perfect dessert recipe for date night or anytime you want to whip up something special!
Author: Gemma Stafford
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup (5floz/142ml) cream
  • 4 tablespoons (2oz/60g) butter
  • 1/2 cup (3oz/85g) dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
  • Donut holes
  • Pound cake
  • Fruit (strawberries, banana, raspberries etc)
  • Marshmallows

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a heavy bottomed pot.
  • Over low heat cook until the sugar has dissolved, do not boil
  • Bring the sauce to a simmer for 3-4 minutes
  • Take off the heat and whisk in the salt and vanilla extract.
  • Serve warm or store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Recipe Notes

This makes amazing sauce for ice cream

 

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Chuck
Chuck
3 years ago

Terrible ‘instructions for a good recipe. Following recipe one would incorporate donut holes, cake, fruit and marshmallows into cooked fondue recipe.

Shelby
Shelby
4 years ago

Hi Gemma happy belated anniversary to you both. Made this recipe for company. It’s very thin. Should it be thicker? How can I thicken?

PATRICIA TURNBULL
PATRICIA TURNBULL
6 years ago

HI GEMMA I WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU AND KEVIN A VERY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND ALSO THANK U FOR A GREAT DESSERT MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE OUR ANNIVERSARY COMING UP TOO NOV 9 AND U JUST GAVE ME A GREAT DESSERT TO TRY IT LOOKS YUMMY ALL OUR FAVORITES..THANKS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL ANNIVERSARY, PATRICIA

judy
judy
6 years ago

happy anniversary kevin and gemma! may you continue to give unconditional love to each other!
i always have a problem identifying cream here in my country, the philippines. when i look at the video, it looks like milk to me. but i know it isnt. is it the same as nestle cream or all purpose cream?
thankyou!

Sharon Morton
Sharon Morton
6 years ago

Gemma and Kevin. Happy Anniversary to you both! God’s richest blessings to you on your special day! May you celebrate many more!!

With much love from Alberta, Canada

Gail
Gail
6 years ago

Happy anniversary Gemma & Kevin! My husband & I also met online & we celebrated our 17th anniversary in July.

This sauce also looks perfect for Holiday parties. Easy, rich & a change from all the chocolate! Definitely will be using.

Tanmayi Bharadwaj
Tanmayi Bharadwaj
6 years ago

Gemma is this you personally replying to this or you have appointed anyone else ….I am just asking don’t mind it …. because I thought you must be busy in searching recepie and making videos so can’t reply to each n everyone’s comments

Shruthi Achut
6 years ago

Hi Gemma, good morning 🙂
Wishing you and Kevin a very happy marriage anniversary and a lifelong of togetherness 😀

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