Choctoberfest!
October 12, 2024
It's like Oktoberfest,
but with Chocolate & Cheese instead of beer!
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds
25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO
Just 14 minutes from Denver! Take Parker or 470 to Quincy, east to Fairgrounds.
Hours: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Indoor Facility, Free Parking!
25,000 square feet: wide aisles with plenty of room for strollers! Handicap accessible
Unlimited Free On-Site Parking!
October 12, 2024
It's like Oktoberfest,
but with Chocolate & Cheese instead of beer!
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds
25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO
Just 14 minutes from Denver! Take Parker or 470 to Quincy, east to Fairgrounds.
Hours: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Indoor Facility, Free Parking!
25,000 square feet: wide aisles with plenty of room for strollers! Handicap accessible
Unlimited Free On-Site Parking!
ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE ENDED.
We have plenty of tix for sale at the door for all sessions, including VIP. :)
We now offer three timed entry sessions for a more relaxed experience. And VIPs may arrive a full hour early!
We have plenty of tix for sale at the door for all sessions, including VIP. :)
We now offer three timed entry sessions for a more relaxed experience. And VIPs may arrive a full hour early!
Admission: (Limit 1200 per session)
$10 for Session One ( arrive 11:00 - 1:00) or Session Two (arrive 1:00 - 3:00)
Arrive any time during your session and stay as long as you like. No one has to leave until 5:00 PM!
$6 for Session Three (arrive 3:00 - 5:00)
This budget-friendly option saves you money on admission and lets you take advantage of any last-minute deals from vendors!
$59 for VIP Pass (limit 500)
Arrive a full hour early (10:00 - 11:00) - or any time you like!
Includes:
Kids FREE age 10 and younger
Parking FREE
Add Your Taste Tickets to Sample: 12 for $10
ONLINE TICKET SALES END AT 5:00 pm, Thursday OCT. 10.
TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR, while supplies last.
$10 for Session One ( arrive 11:00 - 1:00) or Session Two (arrive 1:00 - 3:00)
Arrive any time during your session and stay as long as you like. No one has to leave until 5:00 PM!
$6 for Session Three (arrive 3:00 - 5:00)
This budget-friendly option saves you money on admission and lets you take advantage of any last-minute deals from vendors!
$59 for VIP Pass (limit 500)
Arrive a full hour early (10:00 - 11:00) - or any time you like!
Includes:
- 12 VIP Indulgence Tickets (good for exclusive treats from our VIP vendors); Plus 12 Taste Tickets
- VIP wristband and bag to take home any leftovers for gifts or for later!
- Reserved seating on the front rows at all stage events throughout the Festival.
- Lines skipping at entry and at the VIP designated booths!
Kids FREE age 10 and younger
Parking FREE
Add Your Taste Tickets to Sample: 12 for $10
ONLINE TICKET SALES END AT 5:00 pm, Thursday OCT. 10.
TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR, while supplies last.
We pay you $.50 per sample!
Sample and buy the finest chocolates in Colorado!
Chocolate Candy, Cakes, Cookies, Truffles, Fudge, Brownies, Drinks, Toffees, Coffees and so much more!
Everything chocolate will be here!
Tastings * Samples * Entertainment * Zero-Proof Choctail Bar * Fun Contests * Food & Drink * Gift Booths * VIPs * Kids' Activities * Free Halloween Craft Booth * Fun for All!
Chocolate Candy, Cakes, Cookies, Truffles, Fudge, Brownies, Drinks, Toffees, Coffees and so much more!
Everything chocolate will be here!
Tastings * Samples * Entertainment * Zero-Proof Choctail Bar * Fun Contests * Food & Drink * Gift Booths * VIPs * Kids' Activities * Free Halloween Craft Booth * Fun for All!
NEW: Chocotoberfest just got CHEESIER!
We had three very popular cheese booths in 2023, but expect even MORE in 2024, as our family of chocolate festivals expand to embrace MORE CHEESE vendors! That means, more flavors, more samples and more deliciousness for all!
We had three very popular cheese booths in 2023, but expect even MORE in 2024, as our family of chocolate festivals expand to embrace MORE CHEESE vendors! That means, more flavors, more samples and more deliciousness for all!
New: Zero Proof Choctail Bar
We're excited and proud to announce that all of our festivals are converting to Zero-Proof events! We'll still offer yummy treats drinks and "choctails," but everything will be alcohol-free! Our new Zero-Proof Choctail Bar will be hosted by Dancing Kids Fundraising! ALL proceeds go to benefit this wonderful non-profit group, so drink up! Choctails available in full size or sample size!
Easy Access from All Major Highways!
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds
25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds
25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO
2024 Event Schedule:
10:00: VIP Admission
11:00: Doors open - Session 1
11:30: Chocolate Pudding Eating Contest
12:30: Costume Contest
1:00: Doors open - Session 2
1:30: Cheese Rolling! We supply the round cheese. Try to roll your cheese across the stage. Whoever's cheese goes the furthest without falling over wins.
2:30: Chocolate Bingo
3:00: Doors open - Session 3
3:00: Polka Folka - live modern polka band!
4:30: Chocolate Cake Showdown Awards
5:00: Doors close.
10:00: VIP Admission
11:00: Doors open - Session 1
11:30: Chocolate Pudding Eating Contest
12:30: Costume Contest
1:00: Doors open - Session 2
1:30: Cheese Rolling! We supply the round cheese. Try to roll your cheese across the stage. Whoever's cheese goes the furthest without falling over wins.
2:30: Chocolate Bingo
3:00: Doors open - Session 3
3:00: Polka Folka - live modern polka band!
4:30: Chocolate Cake Showdown Awards
5:00: Doors close.
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ENTER OUR COSTUME CONTEST!
Win Taste Tickets! Just show up at the stage 15 minutes before the contest starts. Costume Categories:
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Chocolate Cake Showdown returns!
Our Chocolate Cake Showdown, hosted by The Makery, returns this year! Don't miss the fantastic display of chocolate cakes! Winners are selected by People's Choice - That means YOU! And if you want to enter a cake, you can do that, too! Prizes are $50 per Division winner and $100 for the Best in Show! ENTER HERE!
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Meet our MC - Miss Babette Bon Bon! She puts the good diva in Godiva and the babe in Baby Ruth! She'll be at the festival all day, introducing the entertainment, wandering the floor and posing for pics! Photo by Gracie G'night.
OUR 2024 CHOCOLATIERS, SAMPLERS AND VENDORS
Check back for updates!
* Blue = This vendor also includes VIP samples at their booth! Purple = sponsor!
Bina Photography Inc.
Bruna's Brazilian cheese bread
Butter Me Up Biscuit
Cali—Co Crafts
Cheese Chef llc
Chocolate Cake Showdown
Cocoa Coma
Colorado Cocoa Pod
Concise Chiropractic
Confetti Confections
Craft and Crumbles
Creation Station
CruBom Raw Chocolate Brigadeiro
Crystals Rocks Minerals
Cutco Cutlery
Daddy's Homemade
Danconias Brownies
Denver Post, The
Ent Credit Union
Face Painter
F'n Chocolate
George's Gourmet Pound Cakes
Gluten Free in the 303
Goufrais German Confections
Grammy Brittle & More!
Hanuman Chai, LLC
History of Chocolate display
House of Stewart
IMI Chocolate Fountain
K.J.'s Jerky
Kogler's Bakery
Lani Belle honey
Longmont Dairy
m2 Confections
macarons and muttarons
Makery, The
Mari Rocks & Handmade Gifts
Marrom BomBom
The Marshmallow Express, LLC
Maui Shave Ice
Mile-Hi Sweets & Treats
MouCo Cheese Company
Natural Living Foundation
Pampered Chef
Passanante's Home Food Service
Pawsome Scents
Polar Beverage
rich brownies
Rockin W Cheese
Rocky Mtn. Feline Rescue
Sam's Club
S'ana's
Say Cheese
Scratch Sweets
StarFlower Chocolate
Sweets Main Street
T-Mobile
Ticket/ Info Booth inside
Tiny T's Sweet Treats
To Market - To Market
Venecacao
Voulez-Vous BonBon Fine Chocolates
What the Fudge Co.
Wurzpott LLC
Your Corner Of The World Creations
Zero Proof Choctail Bar
Our Special Thanks to our Vendor Exclusivity Partners:
Check back for updates!
* Blue = This vendor also includes VIP samples at their booth! Purple = sponsor!
Bina Photography Inc.
Bruna's Brazilian cheese bread
Butter Me Up Biscuit
Cali—Co Crafts
Cheese Chef llc
Chocolate Cake Showdown
Cocoa Coma
Colorado Cocoa Pod
Concise Chiropractic
Confetti Confections
Craft and Crumbles
Creation Station
CruBom Raw Chocolate Brigadeiro
Crystals Rocks Minerals
Cutco Cutlery
Daddy's Homemade
Danconias Brownies
Denver Post, The
Ent Credit Union
Face Painter
F'n Chocolate
George's Gourmet Pound Cakes
Gluten Free in the 303
Goufrais German Confections
Grammy Brittle & More!
Hanuman Chai, LLC
History of Chocolate display
House of Stewart
IMI Chocolate Fountain
K.J.'s Jerky
Kogler's Bakery
Lani Belle honey
Longmont Dairy
m2 Confections
macarons and muttarons
Makery, The
Mari Rocks & Handmade Gifts
Marrom BomBom
The Marshmallow Express, LLC
Maui Shave Ice
Mile-Hi Sweets & Treats
MouCo Cheese Company
Natural Living Foundation
Pampered Chef
Passanante's Home Food Service
Pawsome Scents
Polar Beverage
rich brownies
Rockin W Cheese
Rocky Mtn. Feline Rescue
Sam's Club
S'ana's
Say Cheese
Scratch Sweets
StarFlower Chocolate
Sweets Main Street
T-Mobile
Ticket/ Info Booth inside
Tiny T's Sweet Treats
To Market - To Market
Venecacao
Voulez-Vous BonBon Fine Chocolates
What the Fudge Co.
Wurzpott LLC
Your Corner Of The World Creations
Zero Proof Choctail Bar
Our Special Thanks to our Vendor Exclusivity Partners:
- All American Gutter Protection
- Lifetime Bath & Shower
- Mountain Safe Exteriors
- Renewal by Andersen
- Sunrun
WANT TO SELL?
2024 Vendor booths are ON SALE NOW!
These shows sell out! We have a limit of 10 non-chocolate/non-food-or-drink gift booths. Don't wait - sign up today!
Booths are 10 x 8:
- $195 for chocolate, cheese, food or drink booth
- $350 for gift booth
- Double booths also available
Each booth includes:
- One 8-ft table
- 2 chairs
- Extra tables available for $20 each
- Electricity is available for $35
Vendor load-in: 7:00 - 10:00 am day of show.
TASTE TICKETS – WE PAY YOU $.50 PER SAMPLE!
Vendors love the Taste Ticket model for our chocolate festivals! Customers give you a ticket for each sample. YOU get to decide on your own sample sizes and amounts, based on your unique products. At the end of the show, bring your Taste Tickets to Registration for cash. We weigh them with our Ticket Scale and pay $.50 PER TICKET. 🙂
VIP Vendors: It only costs and extra $50 to be a VIP Vendor and get extra promotion and special attention from our VIP attendees! You must be a chocolate/sweets company and you have to provide special, unique samples for our VIPs. We pay you $2.00 for every VIP Indulgence Ticket you collect!
AVERAGE PAYOUT TO CHOCOLATE SAMPLERS PER SHOW LAST YEAR -- $835.00!
That's just what we pay you for the sample tickets you turn in a the end of the show. That doesn't even COUNT your sales!
NO ALCOHOL SALES OR SAMPLING.
Health Dept. Requirements for Vendors Preparing Food or Drink Onsite:
If you are selling and sampling simple pre-made, pre-packaged foods, you don't need to worry about this one, but if you plan to prepare or cook food onsite, or if any of your products require refrigeration, you need to be sure you have the right permits.
The rules have changed for some licensing, as Arapahoe County Health is no long affiliated with Tri-State. “In order to participate in Temporary Food at a Special Event, you will need to complete the following steps at least 10 business days prior to the event in which you are participating. There is a $50.00 late fee if all paperwork is not submitted before this deadline and may result in disapproval to operate.”
All food vendors participating in a special event must have a license to operate as either a mobile food unit or as a special event vendor (cottage foods are excepted).
2. If you think you are cottage foods then see this link here (IF YOUR FOOD REQUIRES REFRIGERATION, you NEED a license): https://cdphe.colorado.gov/cottage-foods-act
Special food vendor license - $165
INSURANCE: All vendors are required to have their own liability insurance. If you need to order from us, you can do so inexpensively HERE.
2024 Vendor booths are ON SALE NOW!
These shows sell out! We have a limit of 10 non-chocolate/non-food-or-drink gift booths. Don't wait - sign up today!
Booths are 10 x 8:
- $195 for chocolate, cheese, food or drink booth
- $350 for gift booth
- Double booths also available
Each booth includes:
- One 8-ft table
- 2 chairs
- Extra tables available for $20 each
- Electricity is available for $35
Vendor load-in: 7:00 - 10:00 am day of show.
TASTE TICKETS – WE PAY YOU $.50 PER SAMPLE!
Vendors love the Taste Ticket model for our chocolate festivals! Customers give you a ticket for each sample. YOU get to decide on your own sample sizes and amounts, based on your unique products. At the end of the show, bring your Taste Tickets to Registration for cash. We weigh them with our Ticket Scale and pay $.50 PER TICKET. 🙂
VIP Vendors: It only costs and extra $50 to be a VIP Vendor and get extra promotion and special attention from our VIP attendees! You must be a chocolate/sweets company and you have to provide special, unique samples for our VIPs. We pay you $2.00 for every VIP Indulgence Ticket you collect!
AVERAGE PAYOUT TO CHOCOLATE SAMPLERS PER SHOW LAST YEAR -- $835.00!
That's just what we pay you for the sample tickets you turn in a the end of the show. That doesn't even COUNT your sales!
NO ALCOHOL SALES OR SAMPLING.
Health Dept. Requirements for Vendors Preparing Food or Drink Onsite:
If you are selling and sampling simple pre-made, pre-packaged foods, you don't need to worry about this one, but if you plan to prepare or cook food onsite, or if any of your products require refrigeration, you need to be sure you have the right permits.
The rules have changed for some licensing, as Arapahoe County Health is no long affiliated with Tri-State. “In order to participate in Temporary Food at a Special Event, you will need to complete the following steps at least 10 business days prior to the event in which you are participating. There is a $50.00 late fee if all paperwork is not submitted before this deadline and may result in disapproval to operate.”
- Here is the main site for Special Food Events: https://www.arapahoeco.gov/your_county/county_departments/public_health_department/health_protection___response/environmental_health/food/special_food_events.php
All food vendors participating in a special event must have a license to operate as either a mobile food unit or as a special event vendor (cottage foods are excepted).
2. If you think you are cottage foods then see this link here (IF YOUR FOOD REQUIRES REFRIGERATION, you NEED a license): https://cdphe.colorado.gov/cottage-foods-act
Special food vendor license - $165
INSURANCE: All vendors are required to have their own liability insurance. If you need to order from us, you can do so inexpensively HERE.
We pay you $.50 per sample!
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DANA'S MISSION:
Our goal is to remind people that the world can be a beautiful, magical, fun place! We create environments where people can go to immerse themselves in their favorite things! Whether its one of our chocolate festivals, the Unicorn Festival, a retro-themed event, or a sci-fi musical, we love to take people exactly where they want to be - to their happy place!" - Dana Cainyright 2021 by Dana Cain Events. Headquartered in beautiful Denver, CO. Follow our @UnicornFestivalCO on Facebook. |