Are Chocolate Fountains A Good Idea For An Alternative Christmas Pudding?

One of the benefits of the traditional Christmas pudding is that by the time we get to it we are all usually quite full and can only eat a small amount, even if it is laced with brandy cream/brandy butter.
Chocolate fountains are a nice concept, but remember that you have to add fat to the chocolate or you need to buy chocolate which is at least 80% cocoa and this means the chocolate is 50% (on average) fat.
Moreover, you aremore likely to sip in just one or two 'extra' strawberries or slices of fruit, whereas with a Christams pudding, you are less likely to have another slice (mainly because people just can't face it).
If weight isn't an issue then by all means go for the fountain and have a huge big blow out, but if you are even slightly conscious of fat and calorie content, then the Christmas pudding may be the best !