This is going to be the sweetest event in the city.

Created to coincide with Valentine’s Day, the 15th annual Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival turns the Long Beach neighborhood into a chocolate lover’s paradise with more than two dozen restaurants serving sweet treats varying from cupcakes and ice cream floats to cookies and churros.

The festival begins at noon Feb. 9 with a homemade chocolate dessert contest where a panel of lucky judges will get to sample chocolate cakes, pies, cookies and brownies to determine who is the best local baker.

Sadly, only judges are able to taste the entries, but don’t panic because from 1-3 p.m. is when the main event takes place as people pick up a map and stroll along Second Street, where more than 25 restaurants will serve chocolate treats made for the festival.

Some of the chocolate items you’ll find include a Mexican chocolate pie at The Pie Hole, chocolate churros at Taco Surf, a chocolate tiramisu at Legends and Mississippi Mud brownies, gelatos, and sea salt chocolate chip cookies at La Strada.

“It’s always fun to see what everybody has come up with,” said Dede Rossi, the executive director of the Belmont Shore Business Association, organizers of the event.

And if you think your eating skills are on point, then you’ll want to enter the Hof’s Hut Chocolate Pie Eating Contest, which is the grand finale of the event and takes place from 3-4 p.m.

Divided into various age categories, the winner will be whomever can eat a chocolate cream pie the fastest without using his/her hands.

“It’s the highlight of my day. It is so funny to watch,” Rossi said.

If you Go:

When: Noon-4 p.m. Feb. 9

Where: Belmont Shore along Second Street.

Admission: $10 for 12 tasting tickets. Tickets can be the purchased day of event at Chase Bank, 5200 E. Second St. To enter the pie eating contest, sign up at Chase Bank on day of event. To enter the homemade dessert contest, sign up online at belmontshore.org

Information: belmontshore.org