Chocolate Dessert Themed Baby Shower... HELP!!?

Question

I need some help with the menu for a "chocolate dessert themed baby shower". My idea is to have it set up like a tapa bar but with chocolate desserts. Any order in foods or receipes are welcomed. Also, any ideas as far as decoration?? The colors are baby blue and of course chocolate!! Thanks for your help!!

Answer 1

An ice cream bar would be nice. Your ice creams can be various chocolate ones, like rocky road and regular chocolate or neopolitan. but the toppings can be all sorts of chocolate candies (M/M's, nonparels, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate covered nuts). Then, have sauces. You can even go outside the chocolate theme and have other toppings. Maybe chocolate covered fruit? A chocolate fountain? Be sure to offer some other types of food, as that much dessert can be overwhelming to the palate!

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Chocolate Themed Baby Shower

Answer 3

I'd love to get an invitation to this!!! :) Here are some ideas for a chocolate dessert bar:



1. Chocolate cheesecake squares or slices, with a raspberry sauce and creme fraiche

2. Chocolate truffles

3. Chocolate dipped fruits

4. German chocolate brownies

5. Oatmeal cookies dipped half in chocolate

6. Chocolate fountain with fresh fruits and pound cake

7. Mini chocolate cupcakes with ganache frosting

8. Chocolate mousse in martini glasses

9. White chocolate raspberry cakes

10. Chocolate sorbet in creme de menthe

Answer 4

Get a fountain, a little messy, but really yummy. You can get the blue (white chocolate) to run through it and surround it with fresh fruit for dipping, pound cake and marsmallows. I'm a choco-holic so try the four-layered chocolate cake from Costco, super rich!. Chocolate covered strawberries and check your local cake decorating store for sucker molds, very easy to make with melted chocolate disks and sucker sticks. I found baby carriages and got real creative with different colors of chocolate and then wrapped them with the clear sucker wrappers and pretty ribbons.

Answer 5

CHOCOLATE ICEBOX PIE



1/2 pint whipping cream

10 oz. Hershey's Almond Chocolate Bar

6 T. water

8 inch graham cracker crust pie shell



Melt chocolate bar in water over low heat stirring frequently. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Meanwhile, whip cream until it forms peaks. When chocolate mixture is cooled, gently fold in the whipped cream. Turn into pie crust and refrigerate until ready to serve, or at least 2 hours.



MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE



1 entire circle of Abuelitas brand chocolate

4 wholes cinnamon sticks

1 cup sugar

marshmallows if desired



Place the cinnamon sticks in a microwave dish with water and heat in microwave.

Allow the water to become very hot - to a boiling point. Turn off microwave and allow the cinnamon sticks to steep in the water until the water is cinnamon colored.



Once done, place the water (hot) in the blender and add the entire circle of Abuelitas chocolate and the cup of sugar.



Blend on high so it will get foamy. Once the chocolate is dissolved, just pour it into cups and top with marshmallows. You can add more or less sugar to taste as desired.



HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE PIE



1 semi-sweet dark chocolate bar (Hershey's oversized)

1 chocolate pie crust

1 12 oz Cool Whip

1 8 oz Cool Whip



Using a microwave-safe bowl, slowly melt the whole chocolate bar. (It is easier to melt using two pieces of chocolate at a time, gradually adding more to what's already melted.) You can leave two pieces of the bar out for a decorative topping, this is optional.

After the chocolate is melted, mix the 12 oz Cool Whip in with it. After the chocolate and the Cool Whip are well blended, pour the mixture into the chocolate pie crust.

Place in freezer until hardened, could take hours to a day depending upon your preference.



Just before serving, spread the 8 oz Cool Whip on top. Using a knife, add chocolate shavings sprinkled on top.



Freeze it longer or ready to serve.



CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS



1 bag of pretzel rods

3 to 4 squares of Borden's almond bark



Melt chocolate in dry, narrow but deep, microwave-safe dish.

Dip in pretzel rods to coat 3/4. Shake off excess. Lay dipped pretzels on waxed paper. Chill or freeze until set.

Answer 6

A chocolate fountain is always fun. I found a nice, inexpensive one at Sears.



Dip strawberries in blue candy melts/milk chocolate from the craft store.

Answer 7

Here's a thought....go to mms.com, and order a special bag of baby blue m & m's. Then put them in a bowl on the table, or scatter them out in bowls all over the room. Your friends will swear that you bought bags and bags of M & M's and picked out the blue ones!!! The dark chocolate peanut ones are a religious experience!!! Best of luck!

Answer 8

if you are asking for different kinds of chocolate things to make... get the molds at joann's fabric or micheals for chocolate.. then melt the chocolate and make cute suckers... they are adorable.. for decorations.. you can get a wire wreath and cover it with diapers around it.. and then decorate it with different things the mommy will need that way you will have decorations the mom can use when you are done.. and you wont have to clean up as much :)

Answer 9

You should make chocolate covered strawberries and maybe chocolate bananas. My brother loves them! I hope that you make something good! A chocolate fountain would be cool, but they are expensive. Also, go on foodtv.com and look at recipes for chocolate.

Answer 10

i love that idea! =D

http://frenchfood.about.com/cs/chocolatedesserts/a/chocolate.htm

http://chocolate.cdkitchen.com/



maybe have a chocolate fountain that guests can dip fruit and cookies and things in?



the bar sounds like a good idea too.



maybe have chocolate icecream that guests can make their own sundaes with their favorite chocolate topping.



for tablecloths, alternate baby blue and chocolate colored tablecloths. for the centerpieces have brownstones (or marbles) with blue flowers in them.



have fun!

Answer 11

I'd suggest doing a chocoalte fondue, and having a myriad of items to dip into the chocolate. PLEASE do not do a fountain, as people stick their fingers in (or worse, tongues) and it just gets unsanitary.



That way if someone is allergic to or simply doesn't care for chocoalte, they can still eat the food w/o dipping it first.

Answer 12

Chocolate covered strawberries!

Answer 13

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Check out my website for plenty Baby Shower Ideas, Unique Favors and Games, and Invitations!

Answer 14

Best chocolate dessert: brownies topped with chocolate fudge ice cream, whipped cream, marshmallows and lots of chocolate fudge drizzled all over...YUM!!!

Answer 15

Here's a blue and mocha diaper cake that would make a perfect centerpiece for your party! How perfect is a diaper cake for a dessert themed shower? You could even display a tiny sign next to it that says something like, "Please don't eat the diaper cake!"

http://www.diapercakewalk.com/catalog.php?item=70&catid=1&ret=catalog.php%3Fcategory%3D1

and another one here:

http://www.diapercakewalk.com/catalog.php?item=41&catid=1&ret=catalog.php%3Fcategory%3D1



Enjoy the baby shower!

Answer 16

Check out allrecipes.com

you can just search chocolate and find all kinds of good stuff. Most are simple recipes too!

Answer 17

http://www.cooksrecipes.com/desserts/chocolate-dessert-recipes.html

here is a site that has chocolate desserts