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10th Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival
Saturday, February 8, 2014
1:00 – 4:00PM

Belmont Shore Chocolate Chip Pancake breakfast
9am to 11am

NEW is the Belmont Shore Business Association’s Chocolate Chip Pancake breakfast from 9am to 11am at Corona & 2nd. Free to the Belmont Shore community. Breakfast provided by Simmzy’s, Peet’s Coffee & Naturewell. LB Firefighters Association, Local 372 is providing the grill. You never know who you will see flipping chocolate chip pancakes. Call 562.434.3066 for reservation.

The Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival! This is the 10th year of this event in Belmont Shore held on Saturday, February 8th. 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.

There is no entry fee for the event, only the cost of tickets used to purchase the dessert items. A book of twelve tickets is $10 and will be sold starting Feb. 1st at Belmont Shore businesses; The Beach on 2nd, Francesca’s, La Strada, Olives Gourmet, Salon Soma, Shore Business Center, Sweet Jill’s & We Olive. Tickets may also be purchased during the festival in front of Chase Bank (5200 E. 2nd St.).

The Homemade Chocolate Dessert Contest will take place for those who think they 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. Entry forms are available on the events page of the Belmont Shore website. It costs $10 per dessert to enter. The contest tent will be located on Corona Ave. (only judges may sample the desserts). The contest begins at 2p and the awards will be awarded at 3pm.

Starting around 3:15p 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. Winners of each age category will receive a trophy. 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.

The Valentine Heart Walk is from 1:30p to 3:30p. Don’t be surprised if you are walking in The Shore and someone tells you; you're a winner! That means you won a prize from a Belmont Shore business because you were in the right place at the right time. Look for the chalk heart drawing on each block.

Activities that include face painting, ballooning mural drawing along with entertainment will be sprinkled along 2nd street.

Eat chocolate and Shop, Dine & Indulge when thinking about that Valentine gift for your sweetie…Belmont Shore businesses have an array of Valentine gifts for everyone.

For more information on the Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival, visit www.BelmontShore.org or call (562) 434-3066.