By James Bennett III
Chocolate lovers will find themselves in “a land of pure imagination” at the fourth annual Tampa Bay Chocolate Festival on Feb. 16.
Attendees can feast on chocolate-based desserts and entrees from over 30 food trucks at the Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, from 2 to 9 p.m.
Vendors will serve a wide variety of dishes, ranging from cupcakes and donuts to beef tenderloin sandwiches with chocolate chipotle sauce.
Other merchants will be at the event to sell non-edible goods, like jewelry and chocolate-scented candles.
While you put yourself into a sugar-induced coma, a screening of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” will show, live wrestling will take place and the five-piece cover band, Electric Woodshed, will play a few songs.
Admission and parking are free. There is no age restriction, and the event will be handicap accessible.