CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL

I LOVE Chips birthday!!! I LOVE the time of year that it is, I LOVE to plan out a fun day with just the two of us, I LOVE to look for an opportunity to have a party and hang out with friends, and I LOVE the chance to celebrate my husband. For our celebration I tried to think of something that describes Chip and chocolate was the first thing that came to mind. I remembered a Chocolate Festival we went to in Boston years ago. It was a buffet with every kind of food you could think of and everything had chocolate in it. We nearly ate ourselves to death. I still remember our kids faces when we told them they had to have one of everything.
I decided to try and recreate this Festival. We invited several friends and assigned each person with either an appetizers, side dishes, drinks, or dessert. Everyone had to come up with their own recipe. We provide the main dish which was white chocolate salmon, chocolate covered pizza (which I loved), chocolate fountain, white and dark chocolate pudding cups, chocolate covered popcorn and Chips favorite chocolate peppermint cookies. I listed everything so that if anyone wants to steal this idea to do with your friends because it was sooooo much fun! Someone made potatoes with balsamic chocolate gravy, chocolate dressing on a salad, white chocolate bread, and tons of yummy desserts. We ate ourselves into a frenzy, took a small break and then went for round two! My mouth beginning to water as I think about it again. Chocolate truly is the sweet nectar of life and thanks to all of our good friends helping us celebrate Chips birthday we were able to indulge!!!