My son and his girlfriend recently came to visit and I was trying to think of something fun for us to do together. We decided to have a fondue dinner party on our deck.

The fun is in the prep work when everybody is in the kitchen cutting, shredding and chopping together. We made two different kinds of cheese fondue with several dippers including cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas, apples, steamed potatoes and french bread chunks.

We set up two fondue pots on our patio table, put on some music and enjoyed each other's company until the sun went down, dipping fondue and sipping Mango Madness and Chocolate Martinis. Download the Cocktail Menu below for the drink recipes.

Great fun for a small summer dinner party.

Visit our fondue party ideas webpage to learn more about having an Easy Fondue Party. You will find several recipes including the two we made (Traditional Cheese Fondue and Cream Cheese Garlic).