Saturday, January 21 & Sunday, January 22, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Join us for a two-day celebration of all things chocolate!
Taste your way through chocolate confections, decadent desserts and savory bites. Enjoy entertainment, activities, classes and demonstrations. Indulge in chocolate pairings with wine and spirits that will unlock flavors and delight your palate. Bring your family and friends to explore and discover one delicious chocolate adventure after another!

The Year’s Line-Up Includes:
House of Chocolate
Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Meet master chocolatiers and shop decadent sweets!
Vendors include:
– Circus Eats
– Romanticos Chocolate
– Key West Sweets
– Kakao Zon
– Palato Hand-Crafted Chocolate
– Go Dark Chocolate
– Oh My Gosh Bridadeiros
– In Your Face Delights
– Club Chokolate
– Castronovo
– Cao Chocolates

Pairing Parlor
Hosted by Juan Rochaix from Brazos Wine Imports
Daily: 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Wine’n Cupcakes $24
Enjoy a sweet flight, pairing wine with delectable mini cupcakes
Seating is limited

Cocoa Lounge
Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Mini Chocolate Cocktail Flight $24
Enjoy a flight of 3 decadent mini chocolate craft cocktails

Bourbon and Chocolate Pairing $29
Taste 3 specialty chocolates perfectly paired with bourbon

Club Confection – Calling All the Kiddo’s
Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Chocolate Adventures
Journey through the Garden to learn how chocolate is made
The Chocolate Challenge
Compete in the Chocolate Egg Carry, Chocolate Chip Cookie Hunt and Cacao Sack Race for a chance to win a prize!
The Chocolate Express
Choco Choco Choo Choo…Hop on the Chocolate Express for a train ride around the Garden!
Giant Lawn Games
Try your hand at larger-than-life sized Jenga, Chess, and Connect4!
Sweet Stories
Gather for sweet tales in The Children’s Garden
Chocolate Lab
INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE OF DEMOS COMING SOON
Seating is limited
Sips N’ Sounds
Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Resident DJ & Craft Cocktails
Saturday Anama Trio and Bryan Trio 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Garden House Lawn
Sunday Grupo Contreras 10:30 a.m. –4:30 p.m.

Spa Chocolat
Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hosted by Couture Mobile Spa, indulge in micro chocolate infused massages and manicures

El Fresco Eats
Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Enjoy a delicious meal from some of your favorite local food vendors, food trucks, and Fairchild’s Glasshouse Café!
Al Fresco Eats Vendors include: Dutch Magic, Eat da Bone, Civeche and Guac, Crepe maker, Burda, Greek and Latin food, Cornycopia, I Roll Sushi, The Cask, Latin Fixins, The Juice Somm, Ikonic Koffee

The Marketplace
Daily: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Shop from some of your favorite local vendors and stop by THE SHOP at Fairchild to purchase limited edition chocolate-scented orchid plants and Cacao trees this weekend only.
The Marketplace Vendors include: Paz Y Luna, Nomad, Keez Beez, Mama Brooks, Astro lab, Miguel Bode Honey, Babaro Mojo, A Taste of Europe, Crushable Hats

Purchase Festival of Chocolate Tickets Online Today!
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