{"id":1459,"date":"2014-01-17T20:11:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T00:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2014-01-17T20:12:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T00:12:39","slug":"headline-2014-santa-cruz-chocolate-festival-final-news-on-specific-tastes-for-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1459","title":{"rendered":"2014 Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival: final news on specific tastes for Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Valentine\u2019s<\/a>

Valentine\u2019s Day tortoises from Ashby Confections<\/p><\/div>\n

Come to the Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival<\/a> on Sunday, January 19 (1-4pm, Cocoanut Grove) and taste samples from more than 25 vendors.<\/p>\n

The UCSC Women\u2019s Club<\/a> sponsors this tasty benefit for re-entry student scholarships. Missed the last couple days of my column? Here are links to two Chocolate Festival articles:<\/p>\n

\u2022 2014 Chocolate Festival overview<\/a>
\n\u2022 Specific treat information for selected vendors<\/a> including Lifestyle Culinary Arts, Original Sin, Snake & Butterfly Chocolate<\/p>\n

Mission Hill Creamery<\/strong><\/a> is participating in the festival for its third consecutive year. The Santa Cruz company creates small batch ice cream from scratch, including organic ingredients from the Downtown Farmer\u2019s Market. In exchange for your tasting ticket, you can try MHC\u2019s:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Original Vanilla Bean ice cream in a hand-dipped Dark Chocolate Mini Cone<\/p>\n

Ashby Confections<\/strong><\/a> has been a long-time festival presence. Jennifer Ashby, a UCSC and Culinary Institute of America graduate, just opened her own store in Scotts Valley after years of being at Heather\u2019s Patisserie in Aptos. Her handmade confections are made with single origin Swiss Grand Cru chocolate, real butter, fresh cream, and many locally sourced organic fruits and herbs. Festival samples will include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 marshmallow treats
\n\u2022 truffles
\n\u2022 tortoises<\/p>\n

Theo Chocolate<\/strong><\/a>, a Seattle company, prides itself on being the only true \u201cbean to bar maker\u201d of organic, Fair Trade Certified chocolate in the US and an independently owned, socially and environmentally responsible chocolate maker. The company controls and executes the entire manufacturing process, from bean sourcing through to the final molding process. At the festival, Theo will be sampling and selling 6 different bars:<\/p>\n

\u2022 NEW! 70% Dark Chocolate Raspberry \u2013 Classic Bar
\n\u2022 NEW! 70% Dark Chocolate Ginger \u2013 Classic Bar
\n\u2022 65% Dark Vanilla Nib \u2013 Eastern Congo Initiative Partner bar
\n\u2022 70% Dark Sea Salt \u2013 World Bicycle Relief Partner bar
\n\u2022 70% Dark Fig Fennel & Almond \u2013 Fantasy Bar
\n\u2022 45% Milk Chai Tea \u2013 Fantasy Bar<\/p>\n

Saratoga Chocolates<\/strong><\/a> benefits from chocolatier Mary Loomas, who has been trained internationally including Valrohna’s Ecole Grand Chocolat in France. At the festival, Saratoga will be sampling and selling the following truffles and bonbons:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Midnight Dark Chocolate Truffle
\n\u2022 Valencia Orange Truffle
\n\u2022 Caramelized Coconut Truffle (Vegan)
\n\u2022 Milk Chocolate Truffle
\n\u2022 Mocha Truffle
\n\u2022 Hazelnut Praline Truffle
\n\u2022 Salted Vanilla Caramel
\n\u2022 Dark Chocolate Caramel
\n\u2022 Vanilla Caramel
\n\u2022 Ginger Cognac Truffle<\/p>\n

Silver Mountain Vineyards<\/a><\/strong>, who also participated last year, will pour:
\n\u2022 2012 Ros\u00e9 of Pinot Noir
\n\u2022 2006 Alloy, Bordeaux blend
\n\u2022 2009 Spencer’s Choice Pinot Noir<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re on Twitter, follow me @santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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