Burlington ChocolateFest: Did somebody say chocolate-crusted pork tenderloin?
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When Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka urges Prince Pondicherry to eat his newly constructed palace of dark and light chocolates, the royal declines. “I intend to live in it!” Living in it is what attendees of the ChocolateFest will be doing May 27-30 in Burlington: It’s a big chocolate party centered around the various uses of the pliable cocoa plant, with a cooking contest called the ChocolateFest Chef Meltdown, chocolate-based objets d’art, a chocolate eating contest, demonstrations on how to cook chocolate pot de crème or chocolate-crusted pork tenderloin with blueberry jam and mole sauce, the “Chocolate Experience” tent which includes a 30-pound chunk of chocolate, and a chocolate-themed parade. Highlights: fireworks at dusk on Friday, and “Chocolate Indulgence” on Sunday evening, a wine and chocolate tasting event for grownups only with music provided by Intimate Sounds Chamber Orchestra. Tickets are available online. If all that’s not enough, there is also a carnival and a petting zoo.
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