pamjd wrote:

> We would like to have a chocolate fountain at a holiday party for
> about 200 staff at a nursing home. What would be some fun, assorted,
> and not real expensive things to have available for the dipping?
> Marshmallows, cherries, banannas, twinkies, oreos............. I was
> thinking of using bamboo skewers to dip the treats with. Any comments
> or ideas weould be appreciated. Thanks.

Before you commit to that course of action, have you looked into what
actually flows in a chocolate fountain? Last I saw, the chocolate had to be
liberally adulterated with vegetable oil, and that thought turned me off the
whole idea.

Bob