Gotta Velata
I love reading
blogs, I’m just not very good at keeping mine updated...but today I did
something that is worth blogging about. We tried our new Velata fondue warmer
and chocolate! Three words, WOW, WOW, WOW! Ok, I have a disclaimer and a confession.
My disclaimer is as
of May 1st, I will be an Independent Velata Consultant (stay tuned
for my website info) and I am very excited about it. I was excited about it even
before I tried it. After all, the parent company is Scentsy, so I knew after
being an Independent Scentsy Consultant for over a year and a half they would
give us a quality product with the best Belgian chocolate to help our
businesses succeed. I was excited about a new product to play with, the sales
potential and growth in my team. We received it Friday evening but it has been
a busy weekend so we didn’t get a chance to try it out until this evening.
My confession ~ I
have never made fondue. I know that seems crazy. I don’t know why I haven’t had
it, as much as I enjoy cooking and food, you would think I had, but it always
appeared to be a little complicated, messy and time consuming. Let me tell you, Velata is none of those!
I turned the Velata
warmer on high and poured in about ½ of a bag of dark chocolate and started
getting our dippers ready. It took about
10 minutes to fully melt and then we turned the heat to low so it wouldn’t
scorch (but I don’t think it would have had time with the way we were digging
into it. There are a couple of really cool features about the Velata warmers.
If you don’t finish all of the chocolate, you can cover it with a lid or
plastic wrap and refrigerate it. When you are ready to get your fondue on
again, you can pop the silicone dish with the chocolate into the microwave or
place it back on the warmer to remelt. The other really cool feature is it is Dishwasher
Safe! That is very important to me, I hate hand washing dishes and avoid
buying anything that isn’t dishwasher safe.
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I had just poured the Velata Belgian Dark Chocolate wafers in the warmer before this picture. It took approximately 10 minutes for it to fully melt. If you aren't that patient, the pouches can be microwaved and poured into the warmer. |
banana, dark chocolate and coconut-
graham cracker, marshmallow and
dark chocolate
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strawberries, dark chocolate and
sprinkles
If you would like
to try Velata yourself or host a party, please contact me! My Scentsy website
is www.chrishyde.scentsy.us or
you can e-mail me at chrislhyde@yahoo.com.
As soon as my Velata website is up on May 1st, 2012, I will post that as well. Please feel free
to post comments or questions!
Until next time ~ Keep Calm and Each Chocolate,
Chris Hyde aka Lawala
Independent Scentsy Star Consultant
www.chrishyde.scentsy.us
