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Long Grove's inaugural Cocoa Crawl celebrates winter

Long Grove merchants teamed up to create a new free, family-friendly event Saturday - a Cocoa Crawl.

Guests started at the Visitor's Center, picking up a map of 19 participating businesses serving something cocoa-related - from hot cocoa beverages to hot chocolate snacks.

Participants got to vote on their favorite and be entered into a raffle for donated prizes.

  Viewed through the front window of the Covered Bridge Creamery, Keegan Walters, age 14 months, of Chicago is carried on the back of his mom, Sheila, who grew up in Arlington Heights, during the Long Grove Cocoa Crawl Saturday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Ethel Berger prepares hot chocolate at the Long Grove Coffee Co. during the Long Grove Cocoa Crawl Saturday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Emersyn Saari, 2½, of Lincolnshire, left, and her sister, Dylan, 4½, enjoy hot chocolate at the Long Grove Coffee Co. during the Long Grove Cocoa Crawl Saturday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com