Are the songs from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory familiar sounds around your Austin luxury real estate? Do you love to indulge in a piece of dark chocolate after a long day at work? Whatever reason sparks your obsession for this glorious treat, you don’t want to miss the 5th Annual Austin Texas Chocolate Festival on Oct. 15 and 16 at the Norris Conference Center!
This chocolate lover’s event features local chocolatiers, chocolate artisans and authors from area restaurants, bakeries, patisseries and catering companies. These delicious vendors offer samples to festival guests and sell their decadent products.
Some of the vendors you’ll find include Taste and See Austin, Dr. Sue’s Chocolate, Zhi Tea, Wiseman House Fine Chocolates, Candies for Katie, Chocolate Prescription, Fat Turkey Chocolate, Texas Pitch Fork Fondue, Objects of Confection and Dove Chocolate Discoveries.
Also, there will be a chocolate competition with several different categories featured on each day. Saturday, you can expect to see best brownie, best mole, most creative dessert and best cookie competitions. On Sunday, you can watch vendors and licensed food companies compete for best frozen dessert, truffle and raw chocolate competitions as well as free kids cookie decorating for the first 30 entrants.
In addition to featuring your favorite treats, the Austin Chocolate Festival will help raise money for Multiple Sclerosis, with proceeds benefiting Walk MS. For more information including ticket prices, visit the Austin Chocolate Festival website.
And when you get home from the festival with tons of ideas for new tasty treats to make your family, give us a call. We’re one of the area’s top Austin home builders and can use our expertise to help you design a gourmet kitchen that’s perfect for baking all kinds of chocolate desserts.
For more information about Sterling Custom Homes, visit our website.