12th Annual Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival

Image courtesy of the Belmont Shore Business Association

The 12th Annual Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival is coming February 6, 2016! Belmont Shore businesses will be offering an array of chocolate treats and other sweets for all chocolate lovers along with other sweets to satisfy the whole family. With over 25 restaurants participating, everyone will be able to find something to satisfy that sweet tooth!

There is no entry fee for the event, only the cost of tickets used to purchase the dessert items. Tickets will be sold beginning at 11am on day of the event ONLY at Shore Business Center, The Beach on 2nd, in front of Chase Bank, & LaStrada!

Enter the Homemade Chocolate Dessert Contest if you have a recipe for a chocolate dessert worthy of an award. A panel of judges will sample the desserts and choose winners in three categories: Chocolate Cakes & Pies, Chocolate Cookies & Brownies and Unique Chocolate Treats. The cost is $10 per dessert to enter. The contest tent will be located on Corona Ave. (only judges may sample the desserts). The contest begins at 12 p.m. and the awards will be awarded at 1 p.m. The overall winner will be able to have their recipe sell in Rossmoor Pastries!

Starting around 3 p.m. those who would rather eat chocolate than make it are welcome to enter the Hof’s Hut Chocolate Pie Eating Contest. Contestants will race each other to see who can eat an individual size chocolate cream pie the fastest. Sign up the day of event on Corona Ave. (south of 2nd St.) Age groups: 6 to 8, 9 to 11, 12 to 14, 15 to 17 and adults. Sign up in front of Chase Bank on the day of the event.

WIN a dinner for two on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 at LaStrada, Nick’s on 2nd or Saint and 2nd. From Feb. 1 to Feb. 10, the Sweetheart Couples Contest begins. Give us your personal Belmont shore love story! Use social media Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with #belmontshorelovestory.

Three lucky couples will also receive complimentary transportation courtesy of LB Yellow Cab.

While shopping for that perfect Valentine’s Day gift fill out a raffle ticket for a chance to win a basket of Shore Treats. Begins Feb. 6th at the Chocolate Festival through Feb. 14th.

To learn more, visit belmontshore.org.

This article was released by the Belmont Shore Business Association.