Trifter

My culinary travels have always tempted me with great and fun delights, but this idea proved to be decadent beyond belief. I found that a chocolate-focused trip where I can literally surround myself with cocoa and sample chocolate in every imaginable form, everything from hot chocolate to chocolate truffles. An added bonus of such a trip was to explore the history and production of chocolate.

My first chocolate trip was a trip to my own state’s Chocolate Festival in Rehoboth, DE.

The Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival is a great way to spend afternoon with the families. The festival runs for a full afternoon in early March. The festival covers everything from baking contests to chocolate tastings. There are also kids’ games, and raffles. Lunch is also available on the Main Street.

A second trip took me to Hershey, PA – home of the famous Hershey factory. Staying in the Hershey Hotel, I found indulgences don’t necessarily translate to added calories. Their spa includes such luxuries as a cocoa fondue body wrap, a Swedish massage scented with cocoa, and a chocolate sugar scrub that leaves your skin silky smooth. The spa only prepared me for a visit to the Hershey’s Chocolate World and Factory Tour. The tour takes you from the beginning in a tropical rain forest where the cocoa beans are harvested through their delivery to the Hershey. You continue through a simulated factory tour that takes you through the deliciously process of transforming the beans into our favorite milk chocolate. The tour concludes free Hershey samples. This is another great trip to include the family in, and when you are tired of chocolate – there is the famous Hershey’s Park and Zoo.

The last trip was the whimsical weekend in Boston. The Old Town Trolley Tours took my friends and I on a three hour jaunt where we sample chocolate delicacies created by Boston’s finest chefs. The Boston Chocolate Tour starts off with a stop at the Top of the Hub restaurant. Here we tasted the featured dessert for the week. Then we head to the Omni Parker House Hotel to taste the famous Boston crème pie where it was original created. The last stop was at Langham Hotel. The Langham’s Chocolate Bar is a chocolate lover’s paradise. The chocolate bar hosts a spectacular assortment of mousses, crepes, ice creams, cookies, and tarts.

Since this last chocolate vacation, I have discovered other places and tours where I can indulge my chocolate passion. Such tours included the New York’s Chocolate Tour in New York City or the Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory in Frankfort KY. My latest find is the Regent’s 11day Chocolate Cruise. I’ve heard these trips are a splendid way to indulge one their hearts desire with every possible chocolate and pastry creation. I can’t wait to take these trips and discover other ways to turn my chocolate passion into yummy vacations. These trips are so sinfully wonderful.