3rd LTH Dessert Exchange/BYOFI - Monday, May 4 @ 6:30 pm

3rd LTH Dessert Exchange

We're doing a third dessert exchange and I'm hosting for the month of May! After the successful BYOFI (Bring Your Own Frying Item) we did for April, for May we're doing another sweet BYOFI (Bring Your Own Fondue Item!) I'll have various sweet sauces for us to dip into such as caramel, chocolates, fruit sauces, etc. Some ideas for BYOFI include pound cake, rice crispie treats, fresh fruit, marshmallows, etc.... whatever tickles your dipping fancy!

Foodie1's home (downtown near Michigan/Randolph - parking is available)
Monday, May 4th
6:30 p.m. - 9:30pm
Bring a dessert to share and/or your own fondue item to dip!

Here is the basic format for the dessert exchange:
1) I’ll serve a light dinner (some Cinco de Mayo fare... making sure that we have plenty of room for sweets!)

2) Bring one recipe size of any dessert – no doubling or tripling of recipes needed! There will be plenty to sample and take home.

3) Bring a container to transport your dessert assortment home... or I can pick some up for us to use. I'll also provide everyone with some containers to take home fondues in as well.

4) Come hungry! This is a must for anyone that comes over to our place

A total of 10 people attending seemed to be fine and we can certainly accommodate that amount in our home. If you're interested in satisfying your sweet tooth, please sign up below!

Attending so far:

1. aschie30 - Allison from Mado's shortbread
2. Pucca - marshmallows / Pocky
3. Hellodali - pound cake
4. Cinny's Mom - caramel-peanut-topped brownie cake
5. eli - un-sandwiched macarons
6. happy_stomach - dulce de leche-pecan ice cream
7. qofu2 - champagne
8. ymas - rosemary & lemon cupcakes
9. figmolly - TBD
10. Cathy2 - candied ginger, orange and lemon peel

Sweet Fondue Sauces I'll have for dippers:

1. white chocolate & strawberry swirl fondue
2. buttery caramel fondue
3. milk chocolate & peanut butter fondue
4. nutella & chocolate fondue
5. cheesecake fondue

Please sign me up. Dessert is TBD.

I almost missed this post! Please count me in. Thanks! I think I will make marshmallows. I have a dessert fondue set and a mini crockpot dipper too if you'd like me to bring either or both.

Me too, me too! I'll do a pound cake, I think.

Please count me in as well.

Wow, half full already. Please add me to the list. I'll decide what to bring closer to the day of.

I'm in.

Count me in....not sure what I will be bringing other than a bottle of champagne

please count me in if you've space -- let me know

thanks,
yumi

I'll bring a variety of rice krispie treats and fruit. I can also bring my fondue pot if it's needed.

Did I really take the last spot? Sign me up...I'll post what I'm making later...gotta send now.

foodie1 wrote:Sweet Fondue Sauces I'll have for dippers:

1. white chocolate & raspberry swirl fondue
2. buttery toffee or dulce de leche fondue
3. milk chocolate & peanut butter fondue
4. nutella & toasted hazelnuts fondue
5. cheesecake fondue

Yum, those all sound so good! I might want to just bathe in those sauces!

foodie1 - if you need me to bring my fondue pot, I can dig it out of the back of my closet where it resides with other '90s miscellany. PM me if you do.

I just don't know what to make, here are some options I'm considering...

Banana Poundcake or Banana Cookies (because I love banana, chocolate, and peanut butter)
Graham Crackers (I'll probably bring these in addition to whatever else I bring since I have frozen dough I could use.)
Soft Pretzels (these are not dessert in and of themselves, but I love salty and sweet)
Baked Doughnuts

So many options.

Pucca wrote:I almost missed this post! Please count me in. Thanks! I think I will make marshmallows. I have a dessert fondue set and a mini crockpot dipper too if you'd like me to bring either or both.

I think I might make Pocky sticks too. I have a recipe that I've been wanting to try - and what better way to eat them than with fondue!

figmolly wrote:I just don't know what to make, here are some options I'm considering...

Banana Poundcake or Banana Cookies (because I love banana, chocolate, and peanut butter)
Graham Crackers (I'll probably bring these in addition to whatever else I bring since I have frozen dough I could use.)
Soft Pretzels (these are not dessert in and of themselves, but I love salty and sweet)
Baked Doughnuts

So many options.

Wow.. these all sound delicious!

I think I'm going to go in a different direction since fondue sauce can also be ladled and because...I got an ice cream maker today! Homemade ice cream varieties TBD!

I'm going to bring un-sandwiched macarons on the premise that fondue sauces can be used as fillings.

Sorry -- I'm a little late updating, but I've been super-busy lately and haven't quite decided. What I will bring is homemade marshmallows for the fondue pot, however, as that recipe nets a small amount, I'll bring something else TBD. Very much looking forward to this, as usual!

EDIT: I will also bring Allison from Mado's shortbread. The recipe was published in Time Out recently.

Hi,

Is it too late to participate? I usually have a first Monday of the month meeting that was rescheduled.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

Is it too late to participate? I usually have a first Monday of the month meeting that was rescheduled.

Regards,

Not too late at all! I removed myself from the count so you've got the last spot!

Oops. . . I should have looked more closely . . . didn't realize that Pucca had already claimed marshmallows. I will do something else in addition to shortbread.

aschie30 wrote:Oops. . . I should have looked more closely . . . didn't realize that Pucca had already claimed marshmallows. I will do something else in addition to shortbread.

that's ok, I can just make the Pocky sticks. Up to you.

Thanks, that's all right - I'll make something else.

rosemary & lemon cupcakes -- sorry it's not dipping food for the fondue, and i think i need to get away from cupcakes next time too

Hi,

I was thinking of making candied ginger, orange and lemon peel. I think they would be interesting to dip into a chocolate fondue. Is this ok?

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

I was thinking of making candied ginger, orange and lemon peel. I think they would be interesting to dip into a chocolate fondue. Is this ok?

Regards,

Sounds like a wonderful addition Cathy!

I hope it's OK, but I'm fairly certain my contribution will be dulce de leche-pecan ice cream. I wasn't sure my first batch with my new ice cream maker would be good enough to share. Turns out, while not perfect, it's pretty tasty.

I will be making caramel-peanut-topped brownie cake (Dorie Greenspan recipe). Can't wait for the party!

BTW - I'm bringing banana poundcake.

Are we going to be food geeks and watch the live stream of the Beard Awards during the festivities?