Courtesy of Generation Entertainment Florida
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.
