The Harry K Foundation recently announced that tickets for the 2017 Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival are now available at www.harrykfoundation.org/Chocolate-Festival.html. This year's event will be held Saturday, March 18, at the Atlantic Sands Hotel and Conference Center with VIP tastings beginning at 11 a.m. The final tastings will be held from 3 to 3:45 p.m.

Expectations are high this year with 20 area restaurants and professional bakers bringing their tasty chocolate treats to downtown Rehoboth for this popular annual event. Attendees can expect to be wowed by the selections provided by Maggie's Premium Bakery of Big Fish Restaurant Group, EC Sweetery, The Ice Cream Store, Kilwins, Fork + Flask at Nage, Pickled Pig Pub, Pig and Fish, The Pig & Publican, Plate Catering by SoDel Concepts, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Rehoboth, The Point Coffee House and Bake Shoppe, Touch of Italy, Solutions Gourmet, Blotto Gelato LLC and Gelato Junior, Stingray Sushi Bar & Asian Latino Grill, Eden, Bethany Blues and Blackwall Hitch.

Tickets start at $20 and all proceeds from the event will go to the Harry K Foundation in support of its mission to ensure that no child in Delaware goes to bed hungry. For help with tickets, call Karen Francis at 302-226-0675 or purchase tickets in person at Atlantic Jewelry, 313 S. Boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach.