The Melting Pot’s Spinach Artichoke Cheese Fondue is one of my favorite copycat recipes. Smooth, creamy melted cheese with spinach and artichokes that add incredible flavor!
Melting Pot Fondue Recipe
This Spinach Artichoke Cheese Fondue is my favorite cheese to order at The Melting Pot restaurant. After our last visit I was able to duplicate the recipe with a lot of help from our waiter. He was nice enough to pretty much explain the entire recipe to me step by step. This recipe tastes exactly the same as the fondue we had in the restaurant: rich, smooth and perfectly creamy. And the best part is, you can make it yourself for a fraction of the cost of eating it at the restaurant. The Melting Pot is such a fun dinner experience, but it is pricey!
What to Serve with Spinach Artichoke Cheese Fondue
- Make this fondue recipe a full meal by adding pieces of cooked meat like chicken, beef, shrimp or sausage.
- Wrap some pieces of chicken in bacon and you have a real treat!
- Brussels sprouts
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Zucchini
- Sugar Snap Peas
- Bread
- Chips
- Crackers
- Granny Smith apples
To steam vegetables, you want them to be cooked “al dente” so they are still crisp and fresh, not limp and soggy. 
Pick a Fondue Pot
If you are a fan of fondue, you are going to love this recipe. Each time we make it, not a drop is wasted. We use bread to scoop up every last bit of the creamy, rich cheese. If you don’t have a fondue pot, we highly recommend the Oster Fondue Pot available at Amazon, Target, and other department stores. It is easy to use and it keeps the fondue at just the right temperature.
More Fondue and Dip Recipes
There’s nothing more fun than gathering with your friends around a hot bowl of dip and enjoying a fun meal together. Try these delicious recipes:
- Cheddar Cheese Fondue
- Chocolate Fondue
- Sun Dried Tomato and Artichoke Dip
- Spinach Artichoke Dip in a Bread Bowl
- Warm Bacon Cheddar Cheese Dip in Sourdough
How to make The Melting Pot’s Spinach Artichoke Cheese Fondue
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. vegetable broth
- 1 c fresh spinach loosely packed, chopped
- 3/4 c. artichoke hearts chopped
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 7 oz. Butterkäse cheese grated - if you can't find this, you can substitute Farmer's Cheese or Romanian Cream Cheese
- 5 oz Parmesan cheese blend grated - be sure to find one that has the first two ingredients as parmesan and Fontina cheese
Instructions
- Heat vegetable broth in fondue pot or similar cooking pot.
- When hot (do not bring to a boil) add spinach, artichoke hearts, and garlic and mix well. Continue to cook until the spinach and artichokes hearts soften.
- Combine the Butterkäse and Parmesan/Fontina grated cheeses, and add to the broth a little bit at a time, stirring constantly.
- Continue melting a stirring until you have added all the cheese and the consistency is smooth and creamy.
- Serve with french bread pieces, steamed vegetables, cooked meat, chips, pretzels, or crackers.
Substitution:
- Fake Butterkäse Cheese (Keep in mind, the fake really isn't quite as good as the real Butterkäse. Only use this recipe if you can't find it anywhere):
- Mix 1/2 brick (4oz) of cream cheese with 1/4 cup of buttermilk and 1/2 tablespoon of sour cream.
Dana says
I’m so sad. I followed the recipe exactly and the cheese never incorporated into the liquid. The liquid turned a little creamy and then we had a big plastic-ey ball of cheese. I whisked constantly. Such a bummer. I was so excited to try this.
Favorite Family Recipes says
Oh no! Did you add the cheese a little bit at a time or all at once?
Katie says
Hi I had the same problem! It still tasted delicious, but yes I added cheese little by little while stirring. Was the heat setting wrong? I didn’t have it boiling but after it wasn’t melting, I tried hotter. It didn’t seem to help
Favorite Family Recipes says
Oh no! I’m so sorry! Did you use pre-shredded cheese?
Amanda says
I’m planning on making this with my kids for New Years!
I do have a question in regards to the cheese blend. Is it pre shredded?
If so you haven’t had any issues with it melting? The anti caking agents won’t wreck havoc in the melting department?
Favorite Family Recipes says
If you use the fresh grated cheese, you shouldn’t have a problem with melting!
Kim says
What brand of cheese did you guys find that was a good parmesan blend? I finally found the Bauer Butterkase at my local Walmart, but I’m not seeing something that has fontina as the second ingredient.
Favorite Family Recipes says
The Sargento cheese brand has a few really good Italian blends!
Priya Lakshminarayan says
I am drooling just looking at it! Yummy!
Anna says
We’ve tried this recipe last weekend when we had some friends over and it was a hit! So delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Haley D Williams says
What a great idea for any party we have coming up! I love the spinach artichoke flavors!
Toni says
OMG! This was really good! My family can’t get over it! So yummy!
Erika says
This cheese fondue looks amazing!
Crystal says
Hi! I love the melting pot and I am excited to try this. The recipe says grated Parmesan blend but there is a photo of shredded at the end of the recipe. Is the grated the correct one to use?
Favorite Family Recipes says
Sorry for the confusion – you should use shredded like in the picture at the bottom.
Todd says
Am looking forward to making this for my wife. This weekend. Looks yummy
Favorite Family Recipes says
Aww! That is so nice! Let us know how she likes it!
Amanda says
Hello, I got a fondue pot a few weeks ago and Valentine’s Day was the first time we used. And your recipe made it an awesome meal, heck we may even need to make more for dessert!
I could not find the butterkaise and the homemade kind worked perfectly. We added a bit more fontina than the recipe called for, sometimes I am heavy handed with liquids and before the extra cheese it was a little runny (operator error). I am so glad we found a recipe without wine, I tried one on the stove before we got our pot and all you could taste was alcohol. This was a much better experience!
Erica says
So glad you liked it. What a perfect Valentine’s meal (and I’m guessing it didn’t cost $80 per person)!
Caroll says
I am super excited to try out this recipe i have a gathering this saturday so it will be perfect i just want to know if you buy the vegetable broth or you make it and how?? Thanks in advance 🙂
Echo says
I use store bought vegetable broth, but homemade vegetable broth would work great in this recipe. Here is a recipe from a fellow food blogger that I recommend if you would like to make you own:
http://www.myhumblekitchen.com/2013/03/rich-and-flavorful-homemade-vegetable-broth-recipe/#sthash.elvZgtIj.dpbs
Melissa says
Besides bread, what do you recommend for dipping?
Echo says
We’ve also used crackers, baked pita chips, and broccoli for this fondue. Thank you for asking!
Kerry says
Thank you for this recipe! Made it for my Moms Club for Moms Night Out. We did a young Gouda instead because we have a few pregnant moms in our group. It was a huge hit! Looking forward to making it again!
Erica says
Awesome! So glad that you liked it! Thanks for the substitution idea as well 🙂
Lori says
So I couldn’t find butterkase anywhere and I didn’t wanna do the substitute. I tried the Gouda someone mentioned and omg it was more delicious then at MP in my opinion.