Chocolate Cheer: Decorating Your Chocolate Fountain for Holiday Events

A holiday event is only complete when it includes a luxurious chocolate fountain dessert table that is properly decorated and outfitted with delicious dipping treats!  Creating a holiday display that will give visual pleasure to guests is easy to do and will make the chocolate for chocolate fountains taste even better.

Setting the Holiday Table

Find out if a particular holiday color scheme has already been selected for the holiday event before choosing one for your client. For example, if it's a corporate event and the company colors of blue and white will give the theme a winter wonderland theme, you won't want to set up a red and green chocolate fountain dessert table.

Once you are given a color scheme, choose table linens that will complement and hide chocolate spills. For example, if the theme is blue and white and your client chooses white and milk chocolate fountains for a dual display, you could choose an icy blue tablecloth and then run a white table runner horizontally beneath the white chocolate fountain and a dark blue table runner horizontally beneath the milk chocolate fountain. This way, the table looks festive, but stained linens won't be so obvious.

For any color scheme, you could surround dipping treat platters with faux snow piles, lay evergreen branches across the table, or keep it simple with a small arrangement of pink and red poinsettias. If paper plates will be used, choose colored plates that tie in with the theme, or if white plates are the choice, consider festively colored napkins that tie in with chosen color scheme.

Dressing Your Chocolate Fountain for Success

Sephra's commercial chocolate fountains were designed to be decorated, so don't overlook this opportunity for creating a truly inspirational holiday table! Choose a topper that complements the theme, tone or color scheme of the evening. If the holiday event will be casual, consider a sprig of mistletoe tied with red ribbon or a group of reindeer standing on faux snow. For a more formal holiday event, consider a holiday floral arrangement such as a combination of red poinsettias, evergreen branches and holly leaves. You could also choose a stacked trio of elegantly wrapped (small and empty) boxes to emulate holiday gifts.

Wrapping the topper and the chocolate fountain in white twinkle lights will continue the festive feel and match any décor from casual to formal. Elevating the chocolate fountain gives you the opportunity to drape it with rich fabric like red velvet and add an arrangement of colorful ornaments tied together with satin ribbon for a truly spectacular holiday chocolate fountain display that everyone will remember.