Taking one food and dipping it into another to enhance the flavor, or create an overall new taste is not something that's new. Fondue, which is cheese is melted in a communal pot over a spirit lamp and eaten by taking a long-stemmed fork with bread on the end and dipping it into the cheese, has been around since the 1930s as a French or Swiss dish. By the time this craze hit North America, it already had a twist that developed around the 1950s, where individuals would melt other solids into liquids and proceed to dip other food items into it besides bread. One of the most recognized uses of fondue is as a dessert, using different food items dipped in chocolate.

To start off with basics, fruit dipped in chocolate. Most people think that fruit was dipped in chocolate to enhance the natural sweetness, which came out when being mixed with the sugary liquid however it is just the opposite. Fruit, which is in essence, sweet was dipped in chocolate, which used to be very bitter to create a very different taste than the one known to us today. Fruit dipped in chocolate has become a gourmet eatery in America, so much so, that entire companies can base their fortune off of this goldmine such as Edible Arrangements and Shari's Berries.

Fruit isn't the only hit when it comes to dipping food into chocolate. Take for example everyday snacks, which you now find combined with chocolate and resting in the candy aisle. Most of these treats are part of the salty/sweet movement. Chips, which are relatively inexpensive have been taken to a whole new level when dipped in chocolate. Dipping chips into white, dark or milk chocolate has become quite the delectable snack. It's become so popular in Fargo, North Dakota that you need to order 2 months in advance for Christmas deliveries - check out Carol Widman's for yourself.

If chips dipped in chocolate are a little over the top, try pretzels dipped in chocolate, instead. Pretzels have more bread-like qualities that won't overwhelm your taste buds but the saltiness of the pretzels meshes well with the bold sweetness of the chocolate, giving a new spin on this traditional snack.

If sweet isn't your thing at all, but rather spicy, go all out and try chocolate covered chilies. These are really popular in Sante Fe, New Mexico, where a whole store named Kakawa Chocolate House is dedicated to serving spicy chocolate of all sorts. 

Last, but not least - the savoriest of all items, chocolate covered bacon. This is a snack that pairs well with anything, whether it be a spicy mid-afternoon drink, a hearty dinner, or even some vanilla ice cream, there's never a wrong time for chocolate covered bacon.