GREENFIELD — Retta Livengood anticipates the Chocolate Walk every year.
The best part? The large variety of chocolates offered by the vendors and merchants.
BBQ’n Fools will have chili and cayenne chocolate; Bradley United Methodist Church, naturally, will serve up ice cream sundaes; Joyner Homes is providing house-shaped chocolates with its logo on them.
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The ninth-annual Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce Chocolate Walk takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Tickets are still available and can be reserved at greenfieldcc.org or purchased at the Chamber Building at One Courthouse Plaza for $15. Tickets on the day of the event are $20.
This year’s Chocolate Walk offers 19 stops, all within walking distance of the downtown. Businesses not located in the downtown area were invited to set up on the Courthouse Plaza or, with permission, along the route where there is space. For example, Jake’s Heating, Air and Plumbing, a Knightstown business, will be passing out Belgian chocolates in front of Greenfield Banking Company’s downtown location.
Other new stops on the Chocolate Walk include Francis & Fern with chocolate-peanut butter popcorn and Revolution Salon, which will be passing out ‘mystery chocolate.’
On the evening of the event, participants should check in at the Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce Building, at One Courthouse Plaza, between 5 and 6 p.m. There they will receive a Chocolate Walk card, a map of locations where chocolate treats can be found and a bag for take-home goodies.
“We recognize that people may or may not be able to eat all of the chocolates they collect, so we have bags,” said Livengood, Chamber president.
Participants should get their card punched at each stop. At the end of the walk, cards should be turned in to the Chamber.
“If they make it to all the stops, they’re entered to win door prizes, which, of course, is more chocolate,” said Livengood.
Livengood expects tickets to sell out.
“Last year, it sold out about 10 minutes after the event started,” she said.
The proceeds from the event benefit Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce projects, while a percentage goes to help fund ReadUP, a United Way program to provide one-on-one tutors to ensure third graders are reading on grade level.
