Eʻoluʻolu i ka nui o nā kelekale i kahi puni o ka moku nui
ʻO ka aloha o ka balekale e hoʻi mai ana i ka 2000 BC kahi i mahi muaʻia ai i Central America. ʻO nā mea kanu Cacao i loaʻa i nā wao nahele wela i ka mua i ka wai inu. I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻololiʻia ka chocolate i loko o nāʻano maʻamau āpau a me kahiʻoihanaʻoihanaʻehā biliona. He aha kahi ala maikaʻi loa eʻimi ai aʻoluʻolu i kouʻono ma mua o ka heleʻana i kahi kūkala baleka. Eia ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau hanana nui ma ka Washington DC.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui aʻoi aku ka lōʻihi loa,ʻo ia ka Chocolate Lovers Festival ma Fairfax, Virginia.
- ʻO kaʻainaʻo ke Kaikamalehuaʻo McLean - Ianuali 28, 2018, 11 am-5 pm Kula kiʻekiʻe o McLean, 1633 Davidson Rd., McLean, VA. Hōʻike ka hui makahiki i kaʻono o nā meaʻokoʻa o nā mea hulina āpau. Nā mea ola ma Ukelele Phil, nā Hula Hula, Mike Mitchell a me nā Wildman. Hāʻawiʻia ke Keʻena Waikokiʻo McLean e ka Rotary Club o McLean. Loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi i nā hui kaiaulu.
- Fairfax Chocolate Lovers Festival - Pepeluali 2-4, 2018, Pōʻalima, Liquid Chocolate wale nō mai ka 6-8 pm, Kepakemapa - 8 am - 5 pm Halamepa awakea - 4 pmʻO Downtown Historic Fairfax, 10455ʻO Armstrong Street Fairfax, VA. ʻO ka hananaʻelua lā pākahi kahi mea punahele a puni keʻano a me nā hiʻohiʻonaʻO Chocolate Challenge, kahi hoʻokūkū hoʻoweliweli e hōʻike ana i nā hana kupaianaha i piha i ke kāleka. ʻO kaʻahaʻaina kahi lālā nui o Valentine a me nā mea kūʻai kuʻakoʻa e hāʻawi ana i nā hōʻailona a kūʻai aku i kā lākou huahana ma ka Taste Chocolate. ʻO nā mea'ē aʻe,ʻo ia hoʻi ka Kiwi Pancake Breakfast, e hōʻike ana i nā pancakes o ka chocolate chip, nā hana hou, nā hana a nā keiki, ka hōʻikeʻoihana aʻoi aku. Ua hoʻokumuʻia ke Kime Chocolate Lovers Festival i ka makahiki 1992 ma keʻano he hui like o ke City of Fairfax, ka Chamber of Commerce Fair Fair, Fairfax Coalition, Fairpax Merchants Association, a me George Mason University.
- Palekana Chocolate Lovers Affair - February 2018 (Date to Be Announced) Prince Frederick, MD. Hāpai ka lā o ka lāʻo Valentines ma Calvert County, Maryland i kāu mau hana kalokaieka a me nā haʻawina hoʻokipa ola, ola mau a me ka hoʻopaʻaʻole. Loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi i ka Chamber of Commerce.
- ʻO Bel Air Chocolate, Brew and Wine Tour - Ma ka lā 4 o Malaki, 2018,1-7 pm Ke hākoʻoʻia e Bel Bello Downtown Alliance, hiki i nā mea i piha i ka 21 aʻoi aʻe paha ke komo i ka hanana "pālahalaha" no ka meaʻai a me nā mea'olika chocolate. Loaʻa ka inu i ka wai ma kēlā me kēia hale pāʻani, hoʻokaʻawale i ka papa meaʻai, hiki ke loaʻa i kahi kāpili aʻoi aku. ʻO nā haleʻaina likeʻole:ʻo Looney's Pub,ʻo MaGerk's Pub,ʻo Irish Pubʻo Sean Bolan, Main Street Tower,ʻO Black Eyed Suzie, Bel Air Liquors a me Independent Brewing Co.. He kekeke no La Cakerie, Flavor Cupcakery, Cafe Cafe and Coffee Coffee.
- ʻO Chocolate Festival -ʻApelila 2018 (lā a me kahi e hoʻolahaʻia ai). Ke kākoʻoʻia nei ka'ahamele e ka Chocolate House (1904 18th St NW Washington, DC, 202-903-0346), he mau mea hoʻolaha i hana i ka helekoki artisan mai nā wahi a puni o ke ao. Hiki i nā hanana nā hopena o nāʻano kāleka makaleka, nā papa hana a nā poʻe kelekeleka a me ka hoʻopiʻi kūʻokoʻa i mea e pōmaikaʻi ai i ka Polokalamu Hoʻohanohano Kikowaena DC Central Kitchen's Culinary Job. Ma kaʻahaʻaina, e hiki iāʻoe keʻai a aʻo i ke kāleka, a hui pū me nā mea kūʻai kāleka.
E nānā pū, i nā hale kūʻai hulina maikaʻi loa ma Wakinekona, DC, Maryland a me Northern Virginia