THE BEST OSCAR PARTY OUTSIDE THE OSCARS IS IN NEW YORK AND DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE

The HotChocolate™ Society connects the ritual of watching the Oscars with the finest chocolate and a very fun night on the town! Your ticket includes viewing of the Oscars on multiple screens, sponsored cocktails, fashion fun and of course an Oscar pool with prizes.

A SWEET OSCAR SUNDAY IN NEW YORK CITY

New York, NY, March 24, 2011 –The HotChocolate™ Society’s 3rd Oscar Party brought guests together with the ritual of watching the Oscars with the finest chocolate from Lauri Ditunno of Cake Alchemy (www.cakealchemy.com), also star of WEtv’s Amazing Wedding Cakes, and Maribel Lieberman of MarieBelle (www.mariebelle.com) at the Union Bar in New York City. Their chocolates were competing in The HotChocolate™ Society’s “Sweet Bite Competition”, an audience award for best artisan chocolate of the night. This year voting results were tallied from email ballots and Facebook “Likes”.

MarieBelle’s “Sweet Bite” entries included an “Orange Confit” ganache made with 65% Maracaibo Criollo bean dark chocolate and infused with fresh blood orange juice and orange peel and a “Fresh Mint” ganache made with fresh mint leaves and had a white chocolate truffle center. Both were enrobed in 65% Maracaibo chocolate and the image on top was made using cacao butter, sugar and natural food colorings. The design was then silk screened onto each square.

Cake Alchemy’s first bite was mini “Chocolate Cupcake” sitting on a chocolate candy cane stick resembling a straw and second was a “Red Velvet” cupcake sitting on a peppermint candy cane stick resembling a straw, both filled with Mexican milk chocolate ganache, enrobed in chocolate couveture with white chocolate butter cream on top. It was placed on a chocolate saucer with a chocolate handle to look like a cup of hot chocolate.

First Prize in the 2011 HotChocolate Society Sweet Bite Award with 46% of the votes is awarded to the “Orange Confit Ganache” that was created by MarieBelle, which is located at 484 Broome Street in SoHo or at 656 Avenue of the Americas. A Second Place tie with 23% each is between MarieBelle’s “Fresh Mint Ganache” and Cake Alchemy’s “Red Velvet Cupcake”; Cake Alchemy is located at 43 Park Place only two blocks north of the World Trade Center.

Riazul, producer of a suite of premium tequilas using 100% blue agave, introduced guests to their Reposado, Silver, and Anejo blends.Whole Foods of Union Square provided added treats for guests to take home with them that included Q.bel chocolate wafers and Whole Food 365 Organic brand Swiss Milk Chocolate bars with 36% cacao. Perrier quenched the thirst of guests through the night.

The HotChocolate™ Society’s Fashion Award for Best “Hip-Glam” Female, created in partnership with Nolcha> and Global Fashion Brands , was presided over by Nerik, AnnMay, and Myah, owners of NK Salon by Nerik. Winner received a 24K Gold, Mariebelle Chocolate Infused, Facial.

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