How to be Prepared for a Chocolate Festival

by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady

I love chocolate. So attending a chocolate festival is a peak experience for me. I have been lucky enough to judge the Kona Chocolate Festival twice and I learned some chocolate festival tips that I would like to share with you.

1. Be prepared. Since I know I frequently attend chocolate events, I have collected a wardrobe of chocolate garments. I like to wear either dark chocolate or milk chocolate clothes. But if you are an infrequent chocolate taster, you might be happy with a chocolate dyed T-Shirt from Crazy Shirts. If you pack them in your suitcase, all your clothes will have a subtle hint of chocolate for days.
www.crazyshirts.com

2. Pick up or order a bar of chocolate soap to cleanse other flavors from your body.
http://www.konanaturalsoapcompany.com/

3. Get a chocolate manicure (chocolate colored polish is available at the spa at Outrigger Keauhou Beach resort.) That way if you lick your fingers, no one will notice.
www.keauhoubeachresort.com

4. Prepare your palate. Abstain from any chocolate for a week ahead, unless it is the three-course chocolate meal at Huggo's.
http://www.huggos.com/

5. Attend some of the chocolate workshops that are a part of the Kona Chocolate Festival.
http://www.konachocolatefestival.com/

6. The best bargain of all is the gala for the Kona Chocolate Festival held on Saturday April 4, 2009. You can get dozens of tastes of chocolate and wine for $40, if you book ahead. If you are unable to get there for this one, remember that this is an annual event.
http://www.konachocolatefestival.com/

7. If you see someone who is covered in brown from head to toe, please say hi. It might be me. Or at least another chocolate lover.

8. Enjoy. Remember that people now realize chocolate is good for you.

9. Don't resist. You can diet tomorrow.

Visit http://www.konachocolatefestival.com

Madelyn Miller is a travel and food writer who adores chocolate. She has judged many festivals: chocolate, coffee, chili, cookies and others. She may need to move on from C soon. Anyone know of festivals that start with D? Read her stories on www.travellady.com, www.yogayaya.com, www.carladynews.com, www.chocolateatlas.com, www.cocktailatlas.com, www.coffeeatlas.com and www.teaatlas.com And stay tuned for more tasty websites from the F&B TravelAtlas group.

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