Chocolate Festival
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Saturday, May 8, 2010
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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.
Craft Activities for Children of All Ages
- Make a one of a kind Motherís Day card, featuring a digital picture of yourself, and your individual artwork
- Create a fancy spring hat from a brown bag, fabric flowers, leaves, and ribbons
- Build a colorful butterfly from cloth pins, coffee filters and dot markers
- Make a dream catcher from pipe cleaners, string, feathers and beads
- Paint a garden themed plaster ornament with acrylic paints and sprinkle with glitter
- Pot a small succulent plant, and decorate the terra cotta pot with wood shapes, beads and ribbons
Material fee between $1 and $3 depending on craft.
Also Featuring
- Martin Espino “Sounds of Ancient Mexico”
- Opening ceremony 10 am by XIPE TOTEC Danzantes Azteca in honor of chocolate’s origin from Ancient Mexico
- Anne’s Hands – she’ll be giving massages in massage chair
- Gift Cart – “I love Chocolate” key chains, chocolate lovers license plate frames, and much more
- Food – The Coffee Hut
- Plant Sales – including chocolate plants
Demonstrations in the Walled Garden
1 ticket per demonstration
11:00 aM– 12:00 PM
Decadent Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie and Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
These two chocolate and peanut butter creations will have your family and friends shouting for more! Easy to prepare and great for parties or gifts.
Chef Katherine Emmenegger, Executive Chef
Great News! Discount Cookware and Cooking School
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Triple Threat Chocolate Cake
Making moist chocolate cake from scratch that will impress your guests at your next party. Come learn this wonderful recipe and how baking soda reacts with sour milk to lighten the mix!
Mary Dralle, Former Chemist and Aspiring Chef
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Chocolate Truffles
Impress your guests with homemade chocolate truffles. Learn how to infuse, enrobe, and decorate.
Isabella Valencia
Dallmann Confections
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