Sarah Malaby, marketing director for Chesterbrook Residences, mans the chocolate dipping fountain with rice krispie treats, strawberries and marshmallows at McLean Chocolate Festival. Malaby says, “The rice krispie treats are the most popular for dipping. You know kids love all the sugar they can get.”
The Munch & Match table features a grapefruit sparkling water for six tickets along with a fluffy buddy for for $5.
Luca smells the chocolate beans at the American Heritage colonial America chocolate making demonstration.
Representatives of American Heritage, a Mars incorporated brand, tell the story of chocolate from the beans through the shelling and melting process and how it became part of our culture. “In early colonial days, people drank the chocolate before the Industrial Revolution where they learned how to make chocolate into bars.”
Ten-year-old Christopher Larson and his six-year-old sister Nicole, have chosen white and dark chocolate bars from Scrummy Gorgeous.