TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Chocolate lovers will be in luck next year.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that candy giant Mars Inc. is working with a Topeka tourism group to put on the Kansas Chocolate Festival. Visit Topeka CEO Brett Oetting says the Sept. 24, 2016, festival will take place in the city’s downtown.
He said Mars will be on the main stage, with a chocolatier who works for the company giving cooking demonstrations. Other chocolatiers also may give demonstrations, although that isn’t set in stone.
Mars has a large presence in the city. It opened its 500,000-square-foot plant in late 2013 to produce Snickers and peanut M&Ms. It announced in July that it would build a $100 million addition to the plant and hire 70 additional people.