{"id":2906,"date":"2011-02-02T16:24:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T23:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eataspen.com\/blog\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2015-02-12T19:41:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:41:25","slug":"aspens-chocolate-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/aspens-chocolate-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen’s Chocolate Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0View Current Valentine’s Day Specials here\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Old post from<\/strong>
\nThe Chocolate Classic – Thursday February 10, 2011 6-8:30 p.m.\u00a0at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado. (VIP reception 5-6pm)<\/p>\n

JUST DESSERTS: ASPEN\u2019S MOST DELECTABLE VALENTINE\u2019S EVENT BENEFITS VICTIMS OF ASSAULT<\/p>\n

In perfect time for Valentine’s Day — Asp\"dessert-chocolate\"en’s historic Hotel Jerome will show its love for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault by hosting RESPONSE’s 19th Annual Chocolate Classic \u2013 a festive family event. \u00a0 RESPONSE<\/a> is dedicated to ending interpersonal violence by providing support, education and direct services \u2013 such as confidential shelter \u2013 to victims. Many victims find few targeted supportive measures among existing public and community agencies, and RESPONSE has essentially guided them safely at various stages of their trials. \u00a0\u201cNineteen years ago, we began the Classic as a celebratory way for all participants to help those who\u2019ve had little to celebrate and don\u2019t know where else to turn,\u201d said Lauren Mbereko, Executive Director of RESPONSE. \u201cFrom fine chocolatiers and confectioners to members of the public, everyone shows a lot of love for victims of domestic abuse through their contributions to the Classic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fundraising centerpiece of the event \u2013 or its creamy filling \u2013 \u00a0is the veritable Chocolate Compet\"hot-chocolate-candy-cane\"ition, in which participants vote for their favorites to win, and the silent auction that will offer romantic dinners and enticing items that any sweetheart would adore on Valentine’s Day. \u00a0 Prominent local restaurants and hotels are well represented at the event, which draws over 600 attendees annually. Chocolate lovers from all over the Roaring Fork Valley come to Aspen in February to partake in this event. Judges evaluate entrants on the best tasting cake, the most creative concoction, and a host of other categories.<\/p>\n

Music by Dan Forde and the Valentine Boys.<\/p>\n

Advanced tickets $20\/adults $10\/children at door $25\/adults $15\/children VIP Tickets $150<\/em><\/p>\n

Purchase tickets at\u00a0Alpine Bank, Explore Booksellers, Sundance Liquors, \u00a0or call (970) 920-5357 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chocolate Classic at 6-8:30 p.m. February 10, 2011 at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado brings local restaurants & confections to support ending domestic violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[156,157,202,299,589],"class_list":["post-2906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aspen-restaurants","category-fundraisers","tag-chocolate","tag-chocolate-classic","tag-desserts","tag-hotel-jerome","tag-valentines-day","author-dmwkes","aspen-restaurants","fundraisers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aUGV-KS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8702,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions\/8702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}