Friday, November 14, 2014

Fun Friday: November 14-16, 2014

BeachStreet USA: BeachEvents
Celebrate everything chocolate!

The Virginia Beach Chocolate Festival
Saturday-Sunday, November 15-16, 2014

Virginia Beach Convention Center
11:00am-5:00pm

Tickets: $10 in advance/$15 day of show
Click here to purchase tickets.

The Virginia Beach Chocolate Festival is a two day event dedicated to chocolate and our love of chocolate! Experience a variety of chocolate artisans and vendors at the festival. Attend demonstrations and workshops throughout the day. Learn techniques for cooking with chocolate, how to pair chocolate with beverages, and many other tips.

There will be chocolate beverage tastings along with beverage pairing sampling and recipe-exchanging. Bring in your favorite chocolate recipe and get new recipes at the recipe swap table. The Virginia Beach Chocolate Festival will have chocolate in all forms from sweet to savory.

Experience the world of chocolate at the
Virginia Beach Chocolate Festival!

Participating vendors include:
Royal Chocolate, Schakolad Chocolate Factory, Tessa's Creations, Fudge Brothers, Twisted Sister, Harry & David, Culinary Institute of Virginia College of Culinary Arts at ECPI University, Oberwise Dairy, Indulge Bakery & Bistro, Flour Child Bakery, Pennacook Peppers, Gilly's Creamery, Tastebuds Popcorn, Duck Doughnuts, Virginia Gourmet, Mrs. Bryant’s Specialty Foods & Sauces, Melting Pot, and Rex Goliath Wines.

Event features include:
Italian wines and chocolate pairings and sampling
Chocolate wine sampling
Chocolate beer sampling
Chocolate Cocktail sampling
Cookbook sales
Additional event features and activities:
Demos – “Edible Art: Chocolate Sculpture” by the Culinary Institute of Virginia – 12pm, 2:00pm, and 4:00pm
Holiday Chocolate Molding – Schakolad – 3:00pm
“Make your own hot chocolate mix”
“Make your own savory rub mix”
Children's activity area: Decorate your own holiday chocolate creation

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