Chocolate Tasting and Sale Festival

Friday, May 1, 2009 ·

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Chocolate is a well known food made from the seeds of cacao. The word cacao comes from two Maya Indian words meaning bitter juice. The word chocolate came from Two Maya words meaning sour water.

Every year in Massachusetts, chocolate enthusiasts come together for the annual chocolate tasting and sale. Chocolate tasting and sale are usually held to update people on how chocolates nowadays are made. It is also to give us information that aside from the chocolates we are used to, innovated and better tasting chocolates already exists.

Nashoba Valley Technical High School hosted the St. Marks Chocolate Festival. Nashoba is located at the eastern part of Massachusetts. The festive is a benefit for local pantries. For a day, the whole school transforms itself into a chocolate lover's haven, complete with all festive related decorations and an elaborate to eat all you can chocolate buffet. The event was $12 for adults and half the price for kids

Chocolate Tasting and Sale! Featured chocolates are: Tasse, sauces, chocolate bars and a lot more. All chocolates will be available for the publics tasting and for purchase. Live bands also accompanied the festivity.

In addition to abundant snacking, visitors had their share in judging the event they are to choose who amongst the participants who have the best handmade confections. Handouts are distributed which will serve as their guidelines for describing the many chocolate flavors, from rich to bitter sweet to tart. The winner for this event was sighted for its uniqueness.

Fun and goodwill is seen throughout the event proper. Every one gets involved in their own special way of enjoying and taking part on the activities. The funds raised during the event went to the schools scholarships and renovations.

In the end, baking pans were scraped clean as the chocoholics emptied the left-over; every participant went home a winner, having the best chocolaty time of their lives, an event full of fun and at the same time all in the name of a good cause.

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