The Chocolate Adventure Contest 2008 Winners

2008 winners of the Tuttifoofie.com Chocolate Adventure Contest have been announced!

Recipes entered: 1400+
States represented: 49
Cuisines: Southern U.S., Indian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Mexican, French, Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Jamaican, and more
Most inventive protein: Moose meat
Most surprising beverage: chocolate beer, fermented from scratch

The judges pored over the entries. They selected finalists-although they couldn't limit to 15, since there were so many contenders. (They chose 18 instead.)

Sweet Category

FIRST PLACE

Coconut Red Curry Pearls with "Tofu 62"

Carolyn Nugent, IL

SECOND PLACE

Puerto Rican Fiesta: Mufungo Churros with Chocolate Heat

David Bridges, LA

Savory Category

FIRST PLACE

Spiced Pumpkin-Coconut Soup with Cocoa-Wattleseed Crème, Crispy Bacon and Fresh Pomegranate

Erin Evenson, NY

SECOND PLACE

Pâté de Faux Gràs a Ma Façon

Susan Asonovic, CT

Beverage:

FIRST PLACE

Thai Confusion

Martina Nemling, CA

SECOND PLACE

Ancho-Sesame Triple-Chocolate Shake

Mary Shivers, OK

FINALISTS (with links to the recipes!) go to The Chocolate Adventure Contest 2008 Finalists.

Frank Price, our resident chocolatier at TeamBuilding Unlimited, entered the contest with his Poulet a l'Ivoirienne. I'll post his recipe in a future blog. He didn't win or place, but it's still a winner of a savory chocolate dish in my kitchen.