20th Annual Chocolate Festival in Intervale, NH

Mt. Washington Valley Ski Touring & Snowshoe Foundation's 20th Annual Chocolate Festival in Intervale, NH, is set for Sunday, February 22. Intervale is about three miles north of North Conway.

The complete tour of trailside chocolate stops is between 12 - 15 kilometers Participants can cross country ski, snowshoe, or drive from inn-to-inn along the course to enjoy great chocolate treats at stops. For those who don’t want to ski or snowshoe the entire course, shuttle service begins at 1 p.m. and operates until 5 p.m..

The chocolate treats are prepared by innkeepers and by chefs and bakers who operate restaurants. Participants may also find chocolate creations from one of the area chocolate shops, such as the Bavarian Chocolate Haus, Lindt, or Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, and at the Buttonwood Inn on Mount Surprise.

.Stops include

• The Stonehurst Manor, famous for chocolate fondue served traditionally with cake and fruit on white linen-clothed tables in the dining room. The inn has also developed its own n special recipe for a chocolate martini.
   
   
   
  

• Old Field House where Rod and Linea Hopwood prepare a brownie sundae complete with a fudgy brownie, vanilla ice cream, hot fudge sauce, whipped cream, and cherry.
  
  
   

• 1785 Inn and Restaurant, centrally located on the tour, where Becky Mallar, owner and baker of the breads and award-winning desserts, prepares a variety of chocolate treats which always include her homemade peanut butter cups.
  
  

• Adventure Suites, which offers a chocolate fountain with a variety of dippers.

• Riverside Inn, the newest stop on the tour, with an array of chocolate krinkle cookies, chocolate dipped pretzels, brownies and of other offerings.
  
  
  
  
  

• The New England Inn, the third stop in the northern end of the network, offering chocolate covered strawberries.

• Tuckerman's Restaurant and Tavern will open at noon for those looking for something savory to balance their consumption of everything sweet.

Visit:  http://www.mwvskitouring.org/chocolatefestival.html

Edited by Patricia D. Sherman

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