Chocolate fountain

{{short description|Device for serving chocolate fondue}}

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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 basin at the bottom. The basin 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 an Archimedes screw. From there it flows over the tiers creating a chocolate "waterfall" in which food items like strawberries or marshmallows can be dipped.

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The Jean-Philippe Patisserie at the Bellagio Casino in Paradise, Nevada is home to the world's tallest chocolate fountain.{{cite web |url=http://www.bellagio.com/pages/about_press_pressrelease.asp?PressID=108 |title=Bellagio |accessdate=2007-05-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613045728/http://bellagio.com/pages/about_press_pressrelease.asp?PressID=108 |archivedate=2007-06-13 }}