Got a fondue pot from the 70s?  Good! Drag it out from the dark corners of your cupboards because it’s party time!  You absolutely need to have a fondue party with your grandchildren.  Absolutely.  They will absolutely love it.

Start with an easy cheese fondue (here’s a good basic recipe). Dip chunks of French bread into the cheese fondue.  And possibly vegetables like cauliflower and broccoli. Mmmmmm . . . good!

For a main dish, heat up olive or canola oil.  Cut up bite size pieces of beef and chicken. (If you have teenagers and if your budget can handle it, you might want to also have shrimp to cook.)  Spear meat onto the fondue stick and put in hot oil until the meat is cooked.  Dip cooked meat in cheese sauce — or barbecue sauce.

For dessert, have a chocolate fondue.  Fudgy Milk Chocolate Fondue. Yum, yum, yum.  This recipe uses sweetened condensed milk so you know it’s going to make your taste buds turn somersaults in jubilation!  Then you have strawberries, angel food cake, apples, marshmallows, pretzels, caramels, cinnamon bears — whatever — to dip in the chocolate sauce.  (I’ve even seen small squares of Rice Krispie treats dipped in a chocolate fondue.)

For a variation, try this chocolate peanut butter fondue. They suggest dipping animal crackers in the warm fondue. Great idea!

You might want to drag some polyester clothing out of your closet (if you still have some) or go to a thrift store to get some for your grandchildren to dress up in while you have your party.  Play some 70s music and do John Travolta disco dancin’.

If you have pictures of you and grandpa from the 1970s, you could show those to your grandchildren and laugh and laugh at the hairstyles and the groovy outfits you wore back them.

A fondue party is a great activity to do with grandchildren.  You aren’t slaving over a hot stove (your grandchildren cook their own food in the fondue).  You’re serving great food and having a great time socializing with your grandchildren.  Can’t get any better than this!