Save the date for the 6th Annual Hawai‘i Chocolate Festival, the state’s premier showcase of Hawai`i-grown chocolate products. Hawai`i’s sweetest celebration takes place on Saturday, October 15, 2016 in the Ward Village Courtyard. Event hours are Saturday from noon – 5 p.m. $20 advance ticket price for admission provides free entrance into the Hawai`i Chocolate Festival to browse, learn and shop for all things as well as a tasting passport with special chocolate sampling from some of the state’s top chocolatiers.

With more than two-dozen exhibitors, the Hawai‘i Chocolate Festival is the ultimate experience for chocolate connoisseurs who can sip and savor from an array of chocolate delights. There are also educational and informational displays about locally grown cacao and how it is transformed into chocolate; a chocolate-inspired spa; Cacao plants in the Chocolate Garden and more. It all adds up to one sweet way to spend the day!

Hawaiʻi is the only state in the U.S. currently growing cacao, and the mission of the Hawai`i Chocolate Festival is to stimulate global interest in Hawaiʻi’s chocolate industry. The festival partners with farmers, local business, educators and government to showcase and highlight chocolate products made exclusively from Hawaiian-grown cacao beans as well as other chocolates of Hawai`i. The event is in conjunction with the State Department of Agriculture.

For more information, visit the festival website at www.HawaiiChocolateFestival.com or call 808-234-0404.

WHAT: The 6th Annual Hawai‘i Chocolate Festival celebrates Hawaiian Grown Cacao Month and all things chocolate with an afternoon of chocolate tasting, educational displays and seminars, entertainment and exhibitor booths featuring a variety of chocolate and chocolate-inspired products.

WHEN: Saturday, October 15, 2016 from Noon – 5:00 p.m​.​

WHERE: Ward Village Courtyard, 1240 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96814 (Ward Village Courtyard is located in the old IBM Building)

COST: Regular admission is $20 in advance online or $25 at the door. Includes a choice of 10 tasting samples from some of the state’s top chocolatiers.