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Chocolate Festival

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Spend the Saturday before Mother’s Day at San Diego Botanic Garden’s famous Chocolate Festival. Enjoy dozens of delectable chocolate tastings, demonstrations, a chocolate fountain, and more. This family-friendly event also features lots of children’s activities and a variety of Mother’s Day gifts. “Tasting” tickets will be sold on site.

• Enjoy dozens of delectable chocolate tastings from our many chocolate vendors
• Demonstrations about Chocolate
• Children’s Activities for ages 2 - 12
• A variety of Mother’s Day gifts

Chocolate Taste Tickets
Purchase at entrance to Chocolate Area.
Tasting prices vary.“Tasting” tickets starting at $1 will be sold on site the day of the event.

Cost: Free with admission or membership, plus tasting and children's activity tickets as desired.

This year, distinguished children’s author, Mara Price, will be here with her bi-lingual book, Grandma’s Chocolate/El chocolate de Abuelita. Mara has been selected by LatinoStories.com for the 2011 Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch (and read).

Craft Activities for Children of All Ages

• Pot a small succulent plant, and decorate the terra cotta pot with wood shapes, shells, beads and ribbons.
• Paint a plaster ornament and sprinkle with glitter.
• Create a colorful wreath from fabric flowers, ribbons, and a brown bag.
• Make a butterfly collage.
• Build a frog pond from a paper plate, construction paper, craft roll and paint.
  

Material fee between $1 and $3 depending on craft.  

Also Featuring
Blue Creek Band

Gift Cart – “I love Chocolate” key chains, chocolate lovers license plate frames, and more

The Coffee Hut

San Diego Botanic Garden Plant Sales – including chocolate plants

Demonstrations in the Walled Garden
1 ticket (or $1) per demonstration

11:00 – 12:00 • “Chocolate Covered Strawberries”
Learn from Chef Elizabeth, The Opera Singing Chef, the secrets of making a superior berry. Think crunchy, dark chocolate, decorated, luscious, and very easy to make. You will have the prettiest and most favorite dessert at the party!
The Opera Singing Chef
Elizabeth Podsiadlo

12:30 - 1:30 • “Coffee and Chocolate Pairing”
Join us as licensed Q Grader, Michael Gavina, shows how to pair your favorite Don Francisco’s Coffee with your favorite Helen Grace Chocolates and Desserts. Depending on the coffee type or blend, there are unique attributes which make a certain coffee better suited for particular types of chocolates and desserts.
Michael Gavina
F. Gavina & Sons, Inc., Makers of Don Francisco’s Coffee

2:00 - 3:00 • “Bake and Take”
Making unique and elegant desserts as gifts is easy, fun, and economical.
Chef Nikki Schaeffer
Bakery at Leucadia Pizzeria

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