Chocolate Festival

Dublin Temple Bar Chocolate Festival (UK & Ireland)
An annual festival that immerses chocoholics in a world of chocolate discovery, including tasting workshops, talks on the history of chocolate, chocolate themed films and poetry readings.  There is also a Chocolate Carnival Food Market.

NATIONAL FESTIVAL


Óbidos International Chocolate Festival (Portugal)
A two week festival held in the tiny village of Óbidos, just north of Lisbon, this festival has been going for 6 years and features chocolate sculptures, fashion, recipe contests and plenty of opportunities to taste chocolate.


Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Chocolate Festival (Miami USA)
An annual event held at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens that celebrates the Theobroma cacao, the plant that chocolate comes from.  The event runs over two days and includes talks and lectures on how chocolate is made, cooking demonstrations and workshops, chocolate art and sculpture exhibitions, chocolate based spa and massage treatments and children’s activities.  The event usually takes place in January or February.