How gorgeous is this view of Sydney on a warm, sunny day? No doubt, the weather was keen to join the festivities a few weekends ago where we celebrated our love of chocolate at the Smooth Festival of Chocolate at The Rocks. Sure it may have melted the chocolate but isn't the messiness what makes this indulgent sweet so damn good? More than 60k attending on its Facebook event with Adriano Zumbo and Anna Polyviou can't go wrong!
In the lead up to the event, I got the chance to sample a variety of sweets that will be available on the day. There was also lots of Tim Tams to devour between myself, the family and my Tim Tam obsessed colleagues. One of the sweets in the pack was the Tim Tam special edition Chocolate Banana flavour that will be available for a limited time only at Coles stores from next month. Minions will be thrilled!
Speaking of Tim Tams, I also got the chance to attend the sneak peek of the Tim Tam Temptation tent before it was open to the masses on Saturday morning. There was even a special appearance by Zumbo the man!
Caramel Wag-Anna, Berried Wag-Anna, Ferrero-reveal N2 gelato ($20.00)
There was also The Chocolatier's Quarters where you can check out this delicious tree artwork made entirely of chocolate by Josophan's Fine Chocolate as well as a robot made entirely from Tim Tams and the chance to sample some more sweets from various producers.
Again, pictures tells more than words so enjoy drooling at all the chocolate in many shapes and forms! One of the highlights was the Zumbo teams competing with their dessert creation. While the Zumbo "cheeseburger" sold out super fast on both days, personally I think they're all winners.
Zumbo "cheeseburgers"
Zumbo "Kebabs"
Nutella ball cake by Zumbo
Black Star Pastry was also very popular with their dessert offerings including the "angel" and "devil" tacos, the chocolate torte and the famous watermelon cake with added white chocolate.
Cakes and sweet mini-tacos from Black Star Pastry
Making the crepes
Very cute cookies from Cookie Crazy
PACMAN!
Cronuts from Queen's Pastri House
Oregano Scrolls from Scrollies by Oregano
Churros by Dos Churros
Various sweet delicacies from Choco Samta
Selected eclairs from Passion Tree
Tim Tam espresso martini at the VIP area
Because of the ridiculously insane hype of the overstuffed, extreme milkshakes of late, it was no surprise how long the queues were. Plus it was hot so a milkshake would have gone down a treat *cue a certain friend singing Milkshake out loud*.
Those notorious extreme milkshakes from The Vogue Cafe
Well that's enough drooling for tonight. Even though it was so packed (unsurprisingly), it was still an enjoyable event where we got to see our fave patisseries creating some new desserts that wouldn't be available in store. Looking forward to more sugary action next year!
Disclaimer: The Random Foodie attended Smooth Festival of Chocolate, courtesy of Nova Entertainment.
http://www.smoothfestivalofchocolate.com.au/
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