On February’s First Friday Downtown, treat yourself to a progressive dessert tasting and art walk at a dozen Downtown venues. Present your Chocolate Passport at participating galleries and venues to receive gourmet treats, free art experiences and chances to win one of two $50 Downtown Gift Cards.

PURCHASE YOUR $10 e-ticket via the ticket link below, then redeem at any participating Haute Chocolate Hop location to receive your Chocolate Passport.

Get your passport stamped between 5 and 8 p.m. and be entered for a chance to win one of two $50 Downtown Gift Cards, good at more than 100 Downtown businesses.

8 stamps = 1 entry, ALL stamps = two entries!

Proceeds from the 2020 Haute Chocolate Hop benefit Art on the Streets and other cultural programs brought to you by Downtown Ventures, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

THE 2020 HAUTE CHOCOLATE HOP FEATURES:

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (30 W. Dale St.), offering a Valrhona caramelized truffle with a praline base

Crafted Colorado (327 N. Tejon St.), offering handmade chocolates from Sweet Addict Bakery

Rico’s Café and Wine Bar (322 N. Tejon St.), offering delicious Lake Champlain Chocolate squares along with a two-for-one Rico’s gift card for coffee, tea, beer or wine

Pikes Peak Lemonade Co. (224 N. Tejon St.), offering a free trip to their signature cocoa bar featuring gourmet almond milk hot chocolate, marshmallows and whipped cream

Eclectic CO (214 ½ N. Tejon St.) Handmade chocolate marshmallows from BonBon Bombardier

Art 111 (111 E. Bijou St.), offering brownies and hot chocolate from The Exchange

Escape Velocity (19 E. Bijou St.), offering Red Velvet Oreo Cake Bites

Honey Tea & Me (22 E. Bijou St.) offering a sampler of dessert teas

Gallery 113 (125 ½ N. Tejon St.) offering iced Black Russian chocolate punch (nonalcoholic)

Cacao Chemistry (109 N. Tejon St.), offering samples of their award-winning handcrafted chocolate confections

The Machine Shop (4 S. Wahsatch), offering decaf Story Coffee and mini chocolate pop tarts

The Galleries Under the Bridge (218 W. Colorado Ave.), including Jana L. Bussanich Art & Instruction, the Bridge Gallery and Alvarez Gallery & Art School, offering a variety of treats including handmade chocolate toffee and fudge with chocolate-dipped crystallized ginger and other delicious goodies along with coffee from Purple Mountain Coffee Company

Anita Marie Fine Art (109 S. Corona St.), offering chocolate amaretto pudding cups

UCCS Downtown (102 S. Tejon St., Ste.105-A), offering chocolate mini-desserts and an all-ages facilitated discussion with the UCCS Philosophy Department addressing technology and its impacts on society

 

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE:

https://downtownpartnership.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Register/vrAZE1mp?fbclid=IwAR1CikSFWBXIjJY5Kj73NKE9-8C5wY7HcLjSH3kLcP0FcgRNnsp_KfJZR94