May 2016
Lavalicious – A Chocolate Salute to the 100th Birthday of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Friday & Saturday, May 13 & 14: Big Island Chocolate Festival: Lavalicious - A Chocolate Salute to the 100th Birthday of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The Festival includes a cacao plantation tour at Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory on Friday, 11 a.m. to noon; a college culinary competition and several public foodie and agriculture-themed seminars. Activities culminate with an indoor/outdoor festival gala on Saturday at the Hapuna Beach Hotel. Enjoy music, dancing, and a silent auction. Event times, venues and costs…
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Big Island Chocolate Festival
Friday & Saturday, April 28 & 29: Big Island Chocolate Festival. With the theme, "Worth Its Weight in Gold: The History of Chocolate," the festival opens with a cacao plantation tour in Keauhou and continues with agriculture seminars, culinary demonstrations, college culinary competition and decadent gala at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel on the Kohala Coast. The popular, indoor-outdoor gala from 5-9 p.m., Saturday, features sweet and savory culinary creations, unlimited wine and beer pours, chocolate body painting, a chocolate…
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