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Sweet As Hot Chocolate Challenge

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The Crooked Elm is offering 'Stuck on You Chocky' featuring sticky toffee pudding as part of Sweet As Hutt's Hot Chocolate Challenge.
Candy floss, Russian fudge, Filipino-style coconut macaroons, peppermint and bubble gum are just some of the delicious flavours on offer for a limited in the Sweet As Hutt's Hot Chocolate Challenge this month.
The challenge, into its seventh year, will see 15 hospitality operators including cafes, restaurants, a couple of pubs and a bakery in Lower Hutt's City Centre, create their own signature hot chocolate drinks for people to enjoy throughout the school holidays.
Customers will be the given the chance to vote for their favourite hot chocolate on the new Sweet As Hutt's Hot Chocolate website with the winning hot chocolate declared at the end of the challenge, which takes place until July 25.
The challenge, founded by the Hutt City Council to inspire local city centre cafes to be creative as well as draw people out to the city centre during winter.

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