Best chocolate for you to buy for fountains and fondue

The Chocolate Savant uses only the finest coverture chocolate. Coverture chocolate has at least 32% cocoa butter which makes it very rich. We add cocoa butter to our coverture chocolate to improve the flavor of the chocolate and keep the chocolate flowing at low temperatures. Heating of chocolate in the fountain to the right temperature range is very important. The proper temperature is important to help minimize the dripping of chocolate from treats dipped in the chocolate.

Our fountain will not overheat the chocolate and have a burned taste as other fountains may do because our fountain has improved control on the temperature.

Our chocolate is manufactured by Guittard, Callebaut and other quality chocolate companies. Our chocolate is mixed to try to match as close as possible the smoothness of a Dove bar and the have the rich chocolate flavor of Godiva. We will provide dark, white or milk chocolate for our fountains. We can provide colored or flavored chocolate for special events.

The amount of chocolate you require in a fountain depends on the number of people you want to serve and the size and the efficiency of the fountain. The amount each guest will use depends on the type of event. Our experience has shown:
Weddings: 3/4 to 1.5 ounces
Events with a majority of children: 1 to 2 ounces
Office party: less than one ounce

These numbers vary depending on the number of chocolate lovers and the numbers of people that stay away form chocolate (hard to believe but true). For an average wedding of 150 to 200 people you will need about 10 pounds of chocolate.

The size and efficiency of the fountain is the second set of factors that you hear little about. The larger and the more efficient the fountain the less chocolate you will require to have a fountain flow evenly throughout an event. Our fountain is probably the most efficient one you will find in New England. The largest configuration of our fountain requires 19 pounds of chocolate for the average wedding compared to the 25 pounds required for many other fountains.

Of course for very large events you will need a lot of chocolate and our fountain can hold over 35 pounds at the start of your event and more can be added.