Chocolate Fountain

A chocolate fountain is a device for serving chocolate fondue. Typical examples resemble a stepped cone, standing 2-4 feet tall with a crown at the top and stacked tiers over a bassin at the bottom. The bassin is heated to keep the chocolate in a liquid state so it can be pulled into a center cylinder then vertically transported to the top of the fountain by a corkscrew auger. From there it flows over the tiers creating a chocolate "waterfall" in chich food itmes like strawberries or marshmallows can be dipped. Chocolate fountains can be categorized as commercial-use and personal-use.