This week, the tech blog Gizmodo is featuring tech items that have been mashed up with cuisine and food, and yesterday’s post was about the World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain, located here in Las Vegas at the Bellagio Hotel.
I’ve never had a reason to even step inside the Bellagio, so I haven’t seen this in person, but the videos give you an idea of how large this thing really is.
Standing 27 feet tall, the machine, created by Chef Jean-Philippe Maury, circulates 2100 pounds or about 120 quarts of white, dark and milk chocolate per minute.
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For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Home & Dining channel has put together some lists to help you show your support. Here are some chocolate ideas to check out:

~ Pink chocolate fondue sets: one and two
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, Trudeau has created a charming line of pink products that are both fun and functional- and all for an extremely worthy cause. Have some fun with this 7-pc. Chocolate Fondue Set, which includes:
- One stoneware calla lily shaped bowl
- One Pink Ribbon-shaped metal stand with four non-scratch, non-skip pads
- One tea light
- Four pink stainless steel fondue forks
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Anyone ever tried one of these chocolate fountains? I haven’t had an excuse to yet (it’s a bit cost prohibitive to just have around for an afternoon chocolate craving, sadly) and I don’t know anyone who actually has either.
They always make it look really good on TV, but I always wonder how much of a pain it would be to clean afterward. I would be more than willing to find out, though!