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Yum! Colorado Chocolate Festival Is Back For 2022 at New Location

POSTED BY
Laura

The annual Colorado Chocolate Festival at the Crowne Plaza DIA (its new location since the Denver Mart closed) is Friday & Saturday, May 6 & 7, 2022, and features more than 50,000 chocolate samples from more than 80 regional and national vendors. The event also includes entertainment, pudding eating contest, games, giveaways and more.

Admission is $10. Kids 12 and younger get in FREE. Taste Tickets allow attendees to sample treats during the festival and cost $10 for 12 tickets. You can buy tickets in advance online to save time.

Hours are Friday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Here’s a detailed schedule of activities:

Friday, May 6

Friday Only booths:

  • Chocolatina the Pie Queen
  • The Crepe Outdoors

3:30 p.m. – VIP entry opens.

4 p.m. – General Admission opens.

5:30 p.m. – Name That Chocolate! Put on a blindfold and identify what you’re eating. Win Golden Tickets.

7 p.m. – Chocolatina: Queen of the Dessert – Chocolate Demo and singing with our favorite Drag Queen Pasty Chef.

9 p.m. – Close

Saturday, May 7

Saturday Only booth:

  • Creation Station – Make Mother’s Day cards and gifts! 

​9:30 a.m. – VIP entry opens!

10 a.m. – General Admission opens!

10 a.m. – Chocolate Cereal Taste Test with Andrew Novick. Vote for your favorite while you watch Saturday morning cartoons and old cereal commercials.

11 a.m. – Mother’s Day Cake Cutting. Free chocolate Mother’s Day cake for all the moms! (Others use Taste Tickets).

11 a.m. – The Mom Game. Moms, how well do your kids know you?  Find out in this fun game. Play for Golden Tickets.

12 p.m. – Chocolate Dipped Whaaat??? Andrew Novick returns with this crowd-pleasing favorite. Use Taste Tickets to try some of the craziest dippers ever.

1 p.m. – Chocolate Pudding Eating Contest.  The hitch: No hands! Rounds for kids and adults. Win Golden Tickets.

2 p.m. – Chocolatier Championships hosted by Chris Parente.

3 p.m. – Chocolate Crown Competition! Can YOU eat the most Hershey Kisses in 30 seconds?  You could win the glorious crown made out of chocolate.

5 p.m.  – Close

Parking is discounted to $2 per hour, $6 maximum fee.

15500 E. 40th Ave. (at I-70 & Chambers Rd.), Denver.

Denver Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel

15500 East 40th Ave.
Denver, CO 80239

Get Directions

Posted by Laura on April 20, 2022 | Updated May 8, 2022 Filed Under: Expired

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