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adults, and a “Chocolate Product Competition” raise the bar on choco-
late creations. Each year, another outrageous chocolate sculpture is
displayed in the hotel lobby. Imagine workshops on Beer & Chocolate
pairings, and Wine & Chocolate pairings, and chef demonstrations,
sprinkled throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. A Social Hour
in the Stardust Lounge followed by the Chocolate Maker’s Dinner kick
off the weekend on Friday night, and a Charlie’s Chocolate 5K Run/
Walk starts the festivities on Sunday morning. There’s a little some-
thing for everyone.

Now in its 15th year, the festival has outgrown its original venue, and
will be held for the third year at the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites.
GET READY FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL
OREGON CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL IN 2019 Imagine this year’s chocolate sculpture in the lobby and the smell of
Ashland, Oregon chocolate in the air as soon as you enter the Grand Ballroom.
There’s so much to love about the Oregon Chocolate Festival! Each Chocolate Lovers flock yearly to picturesque Ashland, Oregon from
year the festival features the dreamy, mouth-watering creations of far and wide, ready for a weekend of pure chocolate heaven. Many
dozens of West Coast chocolatiers. These food artisans present a decide to combine their favorite Ashland activities with attendance at
variety of fine chocolates and chocolate-inspired products that tease the chocolate festival, such as performances at the world-renowned
the taste buds of over 1,500 visitors. Chocoholics—ahem—that Oregon Shakespeare Festival, journeying through the Southern Oregon
is, Chocolate Lovers, up and down the west coast dream about this outdoors, spa treatments, wine tasting in the Rogue and Applegate
weekend every year! Valleys, and visiting any number of boutique shops, galleries and res-
taurants in downtown Ashland.
Several tantalizing events have come to be associated with the Oregon
Chocolate Festival. Last year’s “Spa Chocolate Cocktail Party” for www.oregonchocolatefestival.com

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