CHOCOLATE REIGNS SUPREME!
As usual, the Flathead County Republican Women held an exciting Chocolate Extravaganza. There was a wonderful lunch, hundreds of choices of chocolate desserts, time for friends to meet, music provided by Ladeine Thompson and Rachel Siblerud on the piano, the Flathead High School Choral-Aires singing Christmas carols, and a marvelous jewelry fashion show from Wheeler Jewelers. Even Santa Claus dropped in with treats for everyone!
Nearly five hundred people came to the Hilton Garden Inn on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, for the Flathead County Republican Women’s 26th annual Chocolate Extravaganza. Excitement grew as both professional and amateur chefs watched 20 judges decide which chocolates would win the coveted Best of Show award. The final decisions resulted in Gresko’s Fine Foods winning the distinction of Best of Show (professional division) for Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie, and Sue Corrigan winning Best of show (amateur) for her Millennium Pie.
Ralene Sliter, chair of this year’s event, stated, “It’s wonderful working with the local Republican Women’s group. Everyone is willing to pitch in and do whatever it takes to be sure that each year’s Chocolate Extravaganza is a success. It also makes it worth our effort when we see how much the guests enjoy starting off the Christmas season with these festivities.”
PROFESSIONAL WINNERS
BEST OF SHOW: Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie, Gresko’s Fine Foods
Cakes and Tortes, Appearance
1st Place Chocolate Decadence Cake Albertsons
2nd Place Chocolate Raspberry Torte Just Desserts
3rd Place Strawberry Delite Paddy’s Touchdown Lounge
Cakes and Tortes, Taste
1st Place Chocolate Raspberry Torte Just Desserts
2nd Place Chocolate Kahlua Cake Kalispell Bar & Grill
3rd Place Chocolate Kahlua Cake Kalispell Bar & Grill
Pies and Pastries, Appearance
1st Place Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie Gresko’s Fine Foods
2nd Place Holiday French Silk Pie Perkins Family Restaurant
3rd Place Chocolate French Silk Pie Perkins Family Restaurant
Pies and Pastries, Taste
1st Place Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie Gresko’s Fine Foods
2nd Place Black and White Chocolate
Mousse Bigfork Inn
3rd Place Chocolate Dream Pie Kravingz Café and Bakery
Cookies and Bars, Appearance
1st Place Italian Cannoli Just Desserts
2nd Place Chocolate Mascarpone
Cannoli Fazoolie’s
3rd Place S’Mores Hilton Blue Canyon
Cookies and Bars, Taste
1st Place White Chocolate Huckleberry and
Macademia Nut Cheesecake Bars North Valley Hospital
2nd Place Triple Chocolate Coconut
Brownies Great Harvest Bread Co.
3rd Place Chocolate Mascarpone
Cannoli Fazoolie’s
Candy and Confections, Appearance
1st Place Chocolate Ganache Squares Gresko’s Fine Foods
2nd Place Dark Chocolate Caramel
Truffles Wiley Dog Truffles & More
3rd Place Cranberry Truffles Wiley Dog Truffles & More
Candy and Confections, Taste
1st Place Amaretto Truffles Vista Linda
2nd Place Caramels with Dark Chocolate
and Sea Salt North Valley Hospital
3rd Place Cranberry Truffles Wiley Dog Truffles & More
AMATEUR DIVISION
BEST OF SHOW: Sue Corrigan, Millennium Pie
Cakes and Tortes, Appearance
1st Place Christmas Fantasy Cake Dorothy Huff
2nd Place Mocha-Chino Dream Cake Lynn Kleffner
3rd Place Harlequin Cake Joyce Atherton
Cakes and Tortes, Taste
1st Place Chocolate Oreo Cheesecake Lori Giardina
2nd Place Mocha Chino Dream Cake Lynn Kleffner
3rd Place White Chocolate Cheesecake with
Raspberry Sauce Patsy Lympus
Pies and Pastries, Appearance
1st Place Chocolate Cream Pie Kari Lincoln
2nd Place Glazed Cherry Pecan Pie Kari Lincoln
3rd Place Coconut Chocolate Pie Caroline Solomon
Pies and Pastries, Taste
1st Place Millennium Pie Sue Corrigan
2nd Place Glazed Cherry Pecan Pie Kari Lincoln
3rd Place Coconut Chocolate Pie Caroline Solomon
Cookies and Bars, Appearance
1st Place Holiday Bars Adele Krantz
2nd Place Meltaways Lisa Brown
3rd Place Gooey Turtle Bars Anita Hoye
Cookies and Bars, Taste
1st Place Brownies/Fudge Sharon VanderLaan
2nd Place Meltaways Lisa Brown
3rd Place Chocolate Covered
Cheesecake Squares Carol McElwain
Candy and Confections, Appearance
1st Place Peppermint Patties LaDawn Weed
2nd Place Chocolate Caramel Apple with Nuts
and Candy Barb McVicker
3rd Place Peppermint Patties Jenae Roedel
Candy & Confections, Taste
1st Place Almond Roca Adele Krantz
2nd Place Peanut Butter Fudge Nikki Sliter
3rd Place Coconut Logs Lois Lauman
