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For all you chocolate fans out there in Dublin, this weekend you’ll want to find your way into Temple Bar. The second annual Temple Bar Chocolate Festival will begin this Friday morning with a ‘Truffle Making Workshop’ in The Gallery of Photography and will conclude Sundae (clever on the spelling, I know, but not my idea) 1 Novemmmber with a Chocolate Fair in Meeting House Square.

I must admit, I’m not sold on the idea of chocolate stout and especially chocolate wheat beer, but it certainly has me fascinated and I just might have to give it a try Friday evening in The Turks Head.

For those ready to take their chocolate VERY seriously, Willie Harcourt of Channel 4 fame, will be in The Button Factory on Saturday afternoon.

Be sure to download the full programme (PDF HERE) to get all the details. For many of the events of the festival you will need to book ahead. Also, be forewarned: my wife and I attended last year’s festival and we’ve been putting cacoa nibs in our food ever since, thanks to Natasha Czopor’s seminar.