Three days of complete awesome.

Those are the only words I can think of to describe Mexico City's newest festival: "The Chocolate Experience."

Launched January 23, chocolate makers aim to make and display every kind and possible use for the addictive stuff.  Reuters.com reports that the festival will run for three days, allowing visitors to "taste different kinds of chocolate, learn how to cook with it, and use it in several gourmet dishes and desserts."

That' definitely not all - the Expo promises chocolate sculptures, chocolate spa treatments and even clothes made of chocolate. (Don't wear on a hot day, right?...)

Organizers hope to see over twenty thousand visitors at the Expo, thus hoping to up the amount of chocolate consumed by the Mexican people.  Reuters reports that "Mexicans lag in consumption of chocolate products", consuming only 500 grams of the sweet stuff annually compared to the average Swiss who consumes over 11 kilograms a year.

Have you ever been to a food festival such as this? What kind of food would YOU want to celebrate in an Expo?

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