Ever wonder where your Nestle's Crunch Bars, Butterfingers and 100 Grand Bars come from? One of those places is Burlington, Wisconsin. Burlington is a small community with a population of 10,000 located about 30 miles west of Racine. Affectionately nicknamed "Chocolate City, U.S.A." after the Nestle's plant was built here in 1966, ChocolateFest has been a regular attraction for Burlington for 25 years on the Memorial Day weekend.Over the weekend, I took my girlfriend (whom never been there) and my son to visit this spectacle. Even though the skies were cloudy with a few raindrops, the temperatures were in the upper '60's. We had fun, anyways.
The centerpiece of the festival
The midway were rides, games, vendors and delicious food are sold.
Kids digging through chocolate looking for hidden treasures
Dresses made from candy wrappers.
(They actually had a fashion show with these!)
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Thanks for the review, drew. I'm a chocolate freak, but I've never been to Chocolate Fest.
I've never been to Chocolate Fest either. Looks kind of like the fair. Meh... The dresses are very cool though. What talent and time must go into that!
Fest season is finally here. What do we average, about two festivices a week? My fav is Greek fest, for the food.
I used to like Greek fest for the food. They jacked up the prices on their food, and really, the quality isn't as good as you can take out from most of the restaurants... and you don't have to fight the crowds or the flies.
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