{"id":80963,"date":"2024-01-13T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=80963"},"modified":"2024-01-12T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T00:36:49","slug":"belmont-shores-chocolate-festival-adds-wine-tasting-to-its-annual-sweets-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/belmont-shores-chocolate-festival-adds-wine-tasting-to-its-annual-sweets-celebration","title":{"rendered":"Belmont Shore&#8217;s Chocolate Festival adds wine tasting to its annual sweets celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival returns for another year \u2014 but this time, there will be wine.<\/p>\n<p>Those looking to get a head start on celebrating the holiday of love can spend the day on Belmont Shore&#8217;s famed Second Street on Saturday Feb. 10 from noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Wine tasting wristbands are $5 and work for discounts and samples, while $15 buys 12 chocolate tasting tickets. Tickets and wristbands can be purchased day-of.<\/p>\n<p>Home bakers are also invited to show off their skills by entering the chocolate dessert contest with their best recipes. Judges will decide the winners of the best Chocolate Cakes &amp; Pies, Chocolate Cookies &amp; Brownies, and Unique Chocolate Treats categories. The competition begins at noon and winners will be announced at 1 p.m. Those interested in participating, at $10 per entry, must apply <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf9dUWl8WRKiJWrHbaa_ti5nW7XxlFdpg3BKLJr_lbz5odpSw\/viewform\">here<\/a> by Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Chocolate tastings will be available from 1 to 3 p.m. throughout Second Street. Tickets can be used to redeem sample portions of chocolate delights. For those 21 and up with a wine tasting wristband, drink discounts and samples from participating businesses will be available along the street.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belmontshore.org\/\">belmontshore.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival returns for another year with sweet treats \u2014 and this time, there&#8217;s wine.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":72264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38,32294],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32152],"class_list":["post-80963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-belmont-shore","tag-chocolate-festival","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80963"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80991,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80963\/revisions\/80991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80963"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=80963"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=80963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}