The Historic Inns of Rockland, Maine, plan to celebrate American Chocolate Week with sweet gusto. They’ll be rolling out the cocoa carpet, March 11-12, 2006, for the First Annual Inn to Inn Chocolate March weekend. This event features two days of samplings throughout the Historic Inns of Rockland and the community, including a four-foot fountain oozing twenty pounds of chocolate and an Inn to Inn March with demonstrations and tastings. Five dollars from every $15-20 ticket for the Inn to Inn March will be donated to the Make A Wish Foundation.

Chocolate lovers can come for the day, spend the night or really indulge and stay for the whole weekend. On Saturday, March 11, 2006, more than twenty businesses throughout Rockland will feature demonstrations, tastings, and discounts on chocolate items. There will be chocolate truffle demonstrations, hot chocolate massages using chocolate oil and hot rocks, complimentary hot chocolate, special chocolate desserts at area restaurants, chocolate soup and even a special showing of the movie Chocolat at the newly opened Strand Theater. A Chocolate March sign in the windows will identify participating businesses.

Berry Manor Inn © Tim Shellmer	LimeRock Inn © Tim Shellmer	Lindsey House

Sunday, March 12, is the Inn to Inn Chocolate March. The Berry Manor Inn, LimeRock Inn and Captain Lindsey House, all within easy walking distance of one another, will open their doors from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. for tours and chocolate demonstrations.

Visitors can learn how to make chocolate soap, check out the next generation of chocolate fondue and sample chocolate pasta. Tickets to the Inn to Inn Chocolate March are $15 in advance from participating inns or by phone with a credit card, and $20 at the door on March 12. Tickets include all the community-sponsored demonstrations and tastings, plus the Inn to Inn March.

With all the choco-energy of the events, why not stay the weekend? Historic Inns of Rockland have created the Chocolate March Package including:
• overnight stay March 11 at Berry Manor Inn, LimeRock Inn or Captain Lindsey House  
• breakfast for two featuring chocolate entrees and accompaniments (recipes available)
• Historic Inns of Rockland goodie bag filled with chocolate samples from participating downtown businesses
• Complimentary chocolate dessert for two at participating area restaurants
• Two tickets to the Historic Inns of Rockland Inn to Inn Chocolate March

Never has this much chocolate been so affordable. The package is $205-275 per couple. Add a second night’s lodging for 50 percent off.

For more information or to purchase tickets by phone, call 1-877-ROC-INNS (877-762-4667) or visit www.HistoricInnsofRockland.com.

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