Long Grove's Cocoa Crawl warms up the winter scene

Posted January 29, 2018 10:00 pm

Submitted by Jody Grimaldi

Long Grove's inaugural Cocoa Crawl celebrates winter - and the local scene.

From noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, village merchants are teaming up to create a new free, family-friendly event. Guests will start at the Visitor's Center, 308 Old McHenry Road, where they'll pick up a map of participating businesses.

All 19-plus stops around town will be serving something cocoa-related - from hot cocoa beverages to hot chocolate snacks. Participants can stop by as many spots as they like and come back to the Visitor's Center to vote on their favorite and be entered into a raffle for prizes donated by participants.

Raffles will be drawn the following week and winners notified via Facebook and email.

Examples of the complimentary items being served at the 19 participating Cocoa Crawl stops include:

• Covered Bridge Creamery serving hot cocoa supreme

• Long Grove Confectionary serving hot chocolate bark

• Signature Popcorn serving hot chocolate popcorn

• How Impressive serving hot cocoa krispy treats

Participating businesses

• Viking Treasures

• Ma and Pa's Candy of Long Grove

• Country House of Long Grove

• Bella Donna Boutique

• Nifty 50s

• Blue Chamomile Reflexology and Aromatherapy

• Olivia's Boutique

• UnWined of Long Grove

• Epilogue Arts

• Long Grove Coffee Co.

• Long Grove Confectionery

• Within Reach

• The Back Porch

• Emporium of Antiques

• The Olive Tap

• Morkes Chocolates of Long Grove

• The Irish Boutique

• Mangels of Long Grove

• How Impressive LG

• Rivellino School of Art

• Chatter Box of Long Grove

• Covered Bridge Creamery

• Signature Popcorn

• Buffalo Creek Brewing

• Long Grove Village Tavern

For details, visit longgrove.org or call (847) 634-0888.

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