It was a fun event would definitely go again if it returns to my area. Just make sure you bring a lot of money I thought the prices were very expensive. read more

The Chocolate expo is apparently a very popular event. The event is good but need a lot of improvement. The event has a lot of vendors, but not all of them have anything related to chocolate. There is no information about the vendors or location. The organizers charge $24 for regular entrance and $40 for VIP. VIP visitors get a shopping bag, regulars get nothing. it would be nice that ALL visitors receive a reusable shopping bag, event map to know where the vendors are and a list of the vendors. On the positive side, All of the vendors had something good to offer. They were really nice and helpful and they offered samples. We bought pickles, chocolate bacon, wine, empanadas, frozen hot chocolate and delicious donuts. TIPS for Visitors: - Arrive as early as possible. Parking gets crazy after 11am and the line to get in the building is endless after 12:30pm - Bring your own reusable bag - ALL vendors accept cash and credit read more

Typical expo but the website claims that they only have a few "select" vendors that aren't chocolate related. There was actually a lot, from soap to cell phones knives and gutters, it was pretty disappointing. I definitely found three high quality vendors that were passionate about their craft of making chocolate. There was also several vendors catering to the sugar lovers. Think chocolate fountains and chocolate covered potato chips. Overall as someone who wants to know about the actual quality and ingredients it wasn't for me. If you want to bring your kids for fresh squeezed lemonade and chocolate covered marshmallows this is for you. read more

So we went to the Chocolate Expo in Edison, NJ. You walk around and look at vendor's booths and buy stuff (many not chocolate). Some will give you a small sample. WAIT....I paid $25 a head to get in here??? I just did this same thing for free at a fall festival a few weeks ago! This is like an indoor street fair, except there's not as much going on. At least you don't have to pay for parking. A $5 admission would be reasonable, $10 tops. My mother-in-law wanted us to bring her some chocolate. We stopped at a supermarket on the way back and picked her up a bag of Flipz chocolate covered pretzels, which were every bit as good as any of the samples I tried at the Expo! read more

This event was a major disappointment and a wast of money. $20 entry fee to get hit with outrageously over priced food and products.

I heard about the Chocolate Expo through News12. It was a spontaneous decision to go on my part. There was no planning involved whatsoever. I literally saw that it was happening on the news, purchased the ticket through EventBrite, and drove to Secaucus. That's how much I freaking love chocolate!!! My GPS got me exactly where I needed to be. The signs (or lack of signs I should say) sucked. I drove around for awhile to find where I could park before I realized there are plenty of spaces, and the garage is attached to the Expo Center! The event itself was very nice. There were plenty of vendors to choose from. I went to every booth and picked up samples where I could. Then I did a second round, where I was more selective with the products I wanted to buy. Had I not done this, I would have spent at least a hundred bucks! The great part about the expo is that there were non-chocolate booths sprinkled throughout. I could see how this place could give you chocolate over load syndrome (even for chocoholics like me!) if there was solely chocolate and nothing else. Other products you can purchase include donuts, macarons, spices, oils, lotions, cheeses, etc. I've heard that if you go during the last two hours of the expo, vendors start slashing prices. I probably should have gone later, but I didn't want to drive in the dark. That's my own problem. To give you an idea of what I spent here: Ticket - $16.82 Goodies - $37.00 Samples - loads of them! Parking - Free Tolls and gas - $7.00 Total: $60.82 Time spent: 1.5 hours read more

Chocolate Expo - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - Secaucus, New Jersey

See all

Could this event be organized better? Absolutely. We arrived early, hoping to skip the lines to enter, however they were already huge by my arrival. At 11am they line started to move, but after a few minutes I heard the man at the entrance yelling that the line is only for people who pre paid for tickets and waiting to pick them up. If you need tickets just go up and buy them, there was like 5 people online to buy tickets. After I bought tickets I went right in, skipping everyone who was waiting to get their pre paid tickets which in sense were supposed to make it quicker but in reality resulted in unnecessary wait time. Anyway moving on to the actual event. Once inside the area was filled with chocolate vendors and all of them were very generous giving out samples of their products. The wait times and crowds were massive, but due to the large variety of vendors no one really waited for more then a few minutes to sample a product and to make a purchase. They all kept everyone moving. I loved the chocolate fondue, you could also mix the fruits and the marshmallows if you wanted to just had to ask them. The truffles were great there too, as well as the pickle and olive vendor. Also, toward the back the Gelato station with so many flavors was excellent. Entrance fee was a bit steep, but for the amount of samples and experience it was worth it. I stayed only a few hours, but it was enough to sample and purchase everything that I needed too. Also, parking is free which is a huge plus as that alone can run up to $20 for such events. I'll be back next year hopefully they would get more organized. read more

See all

Chocolate chocolate everywhere! The venue is crowded but it's still not terribly long waits to get a sample. I know access to free chocolate is what brought most people here, but let's remember the vendors also need to make some money too. There is a wide variety of vendors including local and at least one international Chocolatier. Also pasta sauces, mustards, pickles, gelato, bakeries, pretzels, empanadas stands, rum cakes, maple cotton candy, jerky and I'm sure plenty more. The space is definitely big enough to manage the crowds, but there is no denying that there's a crowd. Hint - there's a sitting area across from the entrance if you need a break or want to grab a quick savory snack. read more

See all

The chocolate expo in the Meadowlands Expo center use about 70% the floor. Tickets are $15, plus a tiny fee of you're buying on Eventbrite. I'm guessing there are 60 booths and over half of them let you sample. From wines, cheese, lotions, crackers, pastries, and of course, handmade chocolate. From sheer quality and variety of samples, I think I made my money back. That said, I wasn't wowed by the number of booths. I bought a pear spiced cider from Friitering Away which was delicious. The maple cotton candy at Breezies Maple Farm is out of this world. Hangover Pretzle won our business for the sweet and spicy mix. I bought a few Bacon Bite's chocolate bars for stocking stuffers. Miller's Mustard was also delicious. We arrived halfway through the show at 4 pm, and managed to stay until 6 pm. We made two rounds of the floor to try samples and stake things out. Then at 5:30 pm, a lot of booths started giving bigger samples and putting up sale signs. We got a great deal at Chocodiem (hand painted lovely truffles) and the staff were super accommodating. Ticketing went smoothly, the place was clean, security did a good job, and I had fun. All around a good local event. Wish it was closer to Christmas so I'd spend more money!! read more

95% stocked with low-rent "artisans" (ie random people with side hustles cooked up in their New Jersey garage). This is a total scam. Just returned from one today. 2 hours round trip and $30 per ticket for a mash-up of bottom of the barrel vendors. There was even a table of "fragrance oils" and Girl Scout cookies. Utter time and cash suck scam. read more

Unfortunately, all the bad reviews are telling the truth. I went there without much expectation, but was still disappointed. High prices and very hard to get samples. Top of all, there was only 10% chocolate sellers. read more

attended chocolate expo in Edison on November 13. the tickets were $20. for $20 a ticket all vendors selling chocolate items should have had samples. we flew through in an hour. waste of money and time. read more

Save your time and money..15$ pp to get in...scarce amount of vendors...compared to other events. Big unfriendly signs..ONE sample per customer...which was the size of your fingernail, if they gave out samples. The chocolate bacon guy was the best...lost his shit when people asked for samples...said NO samples and freaked out...really??? One and done for us...maybe the chocolate bacon guy should go sample the chocolate therapy wine...that was great, by the way... But I can save the 15$ admission and buy that online! Take your money and go to a food truck event.. read more

I thought an Expo was a place you pay to go and buy things at reasonable or even lower price. I literally payed to go to an expo to buy very expensive stuff. Is like when you go to the movies and pay $6 for chocolate that is worth $3. The Chocolate Expo in Edison is not worth it, don't waste your time! there weren't as many vendors as I expected, and very little samples and the ones that did had samples were like eating crumbs! wasted money and time.. read more

Terrible. perhaps 5 chocolate vendors and the rest is anything goes...pickles to Cutco knives. 20$ gets you nothing but crowds and fighting for a meager sample. DONT WASTE YOU R TIME OR MONEY read more

This was actually at the Edison convention center this year. They move it around and have them in several places in the NYC metro area each year (they milk people 1 year and have to find other areas to draw from the next years). Same as the other people said - overpriced, too crowded (people - like me - didn't check yelp ahead of time), long lines for the rare 'samples'. We were suckers this year. Warn your friends and family for other locations and years. Same worthlessness NOT WORTH THE MONEY OR TIME! read more

Wow! This is the first chocolate expo I've ever been to and it was quite an experience. First off, getting there is quite a hassle. The Meadowlands Expo Center is by no means easy to find and the parking signs weren't exactly clear either. We arrived at about 12 pm and the event started at 11 am. There was already a line out the door, down the stairs and into the parking garage. The wait wasn't too bad, it was just a bit disorganized. There needs to be clearly identifiable lanes because the security people just kept on yelling at us to come towards them, but the e-ticket holders had a separate line from the rest and you didn't know that until you approached one of the security workers. As for the actual expo, it was pretty interesting. There were a ton of vendors, most of which sold chocolate, or chocolate-covered something or something that had chocolate in it. It wasn't necessarily just chocolate, which I'm really happy about. I love chocolate, but there needs to be some variety and some flair to it. Just chocolate isn't that exciting. Anyway, a lot of the vendors were offering samples, which was nice. It really gives the consumer the ability to taste it before committing to buy it. I feel more comfortable buying from a place that I had a sample from and know I like rather than just taking a gamble. For example, there's this chocolate covered bacon booth there. Everything they said was just chocolate covered bacon. No samples though. I thought hey, I love bacon, I love chocolate, what the heck, I'm going to buy a bag. A small bag costs $8. It was pretty ridiculous in retrospect. Anyway, opened the bag later and didn't like it. Waste of $8. I can't remember all the vendors there, but I really enjoyed the following: Chocodiem: customizable chocolate bars. very cool, you can choose what toppings your chocolate bars have. They make great gifts to chocolate lovers. Unbakeables: if you like chocolate chip cookie dough, this is for you! I'm obsessed with eating cookie dough, so I had to stop at this place. Their eggless cookie dough has a variety of different flavors. I ended up sampling the chocolate pretzel one, loved it and bought a small box of it. It was $5 for 3, but well worth the money. The Challah Fairy: delicious, delicious, delicious! Challah is a traditional Jewish bread. My bf and I had a sample of their cinnamon raisin challah and we were hooked. We got a big loaf and it only costs $8! Pretty good deal, we're trying to see where we can repurchase after we finish this loaf. Maple Syrup Cotton Candy: not the name of the company, but they had amazing maple syrup cotton candy. It was surprisingly not too sweet. Chocolate Bacon: I said it before, it was weird. I wouldn't recommend it. read more

Wow can't believe we paid nearly 50 bucks to be given an opportunity to spend more money on stuff. There was no good food to eat, and not all the stalls ordered samples. We were in and out inside of an hour. What a sham, waste of time and money read more

Chocolate Expo? Sign me up! I've been to the Chocolate Show in NY and LOVED it. So when I found out about the one in nearby Secaucus, I gathered a group of friends and eagerly barreled to the Chocolate Expo. Boy, what a letdown. There were so many problems with this Expo, I do not know where to begin. Most importantly...where the chocolate at?? There were 70 booths, and only about 7 had chocolate. There were pretzels, cupcakes, Greek dips, wine, lemonade....Greek dips?? Of the 7, only 2 of the chocolate offerings were even any good. It would have been fairer to bill this as a food expo, to avoid any confusion. From what I remember of the NY Chocolate show, every booth was chocolate. There was no Greek dips to be found. Furthermore, the Ny version was filled to the brim with gourmet chocolate offerings. The NJ one had several booths with Whitman-quality chocolate. Hardly worth the $15 admission. Let's move to samples. Lots of booths were not even offering samples. Why charge $15 if you need to come in and buy everything anyway? Skip the admission fee if that is going to be the case. Also, from a marketing perspective, when you offer samples, your sales go up exponentially. Don't offer samples, and you are penny-wise, pound-foolish. You have a captive audience, and let me tell you..everyone there is looking for samples. I could tell from watching my friends only- evey single thing they sampled they bought. Everything not being offered as a sample, they skipped and moved onto the next booth. And crowded. Ok, we understand the crowds. Everyone loves chocolate. But pushy, inconsiderate, selfish crowds. Other Expos I have been to, every lines up and is is respectful. This was crowds of people bum-rushing each booth for samples. Uncomfortable and obnoxious. The only booth with a line was the Cabot Creamery, and tons of people were pretending they did not see the line, and cutting off people to get their cheddar. People don't see what they don't want to see. What a let down. read more

Their were tons of people their. I was very squished. Their was no organization their. People were very rude. Their was at least 5 vendors that has chocolate. They only used 1/3 of the place, which I think they should have used the whole place. Don't call it chocolate expo without chocolate. read more

Lots of different delicious treats and yummy things to sample and buy. Also really enjoyed the celebrity chef performers, especially Tony who was great with my kids. read more

TERRIBLE ORGANIZATION!! TERRIBLE EXPO!! Drove all the way to the Expo after checking the website about details, and got there only to find out it was sold out! How do you sell out at an expo? It's not like you are filling seats. This was SO bogus and a HUGE disappointment. read more

Super crazy and long lines even though I came really early. If you're not a patience person this isn't the place for you. Be prepared to wait in line to just get to a table. read more

Bait and switch. Chocolate? You expect chocolate? This was a waste of $15 to enter nothing more than a food court and fleamarket, offering very little that had to do with chocolate. You could, however, purchase empanadas, subscriptions to the Bergen Record, membership at the Norwalk Aquarium, various flavors of honey, cotton candy, scissors, bottle openers and other household notions. I saw only three chocolatiers and about as many samples being offered. Feature demonstrations advertised bands and mentalists, A couple of chefs who topics were not posted. There was no demo kitchen at which any chocolate baking demonstrations were going on. You could not even by molds or whole chocolate pieces to make your own. I would at least have expected Wilton to have a display. Nada. Save your money and go out and buy a Whitman sampler. . read more

Attended the Chocolate Expo in Edison NJ this past weekend we were extremely disappointed. The advertisements made you think that for your price of admission you could spend the afternoon wandering through a chocolate wonderland. However, all you got was the opportunity to fight crowds to buy expensive food that was largely NOT chocolate. Samples were few and far between and not easily available. read more

This was such a rip off. I would not recommend this at all. I paid $85 for 5 people to go thinking it would be fun for my kids and their friends. Many of the vendors did not offer samples, they were only concerned with selling their merchandise. I spoke to the Manager, several times who approached the vendors about it. He told them it was in their contract that they had to provide consistent samples. The vendors didn't seem to care and I was tired of getting Marvin each time I found a vendor not providing samples. It was a waste of money and time. DO NOT GO next year. Other people were also complaining to Marvin about the same thing. read more

In Edison, NJ, not nearly enough chocolate vendors and many didn't offer samples. Far too many food vendors. Didn't spend $17 to then buy lunch. Disappointing. We've been to the ones in NYC, much better. read more

I have to give it one start just to post. one star tooooo many. I was so disappointed with this event. It was a waste of money, gas, and my time. The chocolate expo in NYC has it all over you. Why do you bother Advertising this event. You advertised 60 to 80 venders...... where were they. Did they get lost??? there was no traffic, one football team had their weekend off, the other team was away. The event was to start at 11am right ??? Not all the vendors were set up. We got there early enough that we were thru the event in 20 minutes.... Samples.... really of what a drop of balsamic glaze with a stale pretzel stick. A piece of maple cotton candy. ITS NOT CHOCOLATE The best item to sample was the lobster bisque soup, But I did have to back in a half hour due to the soup not being ready. I did not purchase, 14.00 for 6 or 8 ounce container. Fairway Market lobster bisque is better, cheaper and larger container. they sold potpies and waffles ...... BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS CHOCOLATE. You had vender there that sold syrup to add to seltzer to make your own soda. WHERE IS THE CHOCOLATE AT THAT TABLE?? The EMT' S ( God bless you all... Yes I said GOD..) THEY ARE NOT CHOCOLATE either. Stock-up to buy gifts for Christmas..... really??? I should have saved my money and gas. I have never ever so been so disappointed in an event or even posted a complaint about something. THIS WAS A JOKE AND THE JOKE WAS ON ME......... I WILL ALWAYS STICK TO MY MARS CANDY A BAG OF M&M'S..... YOU CANT GO WRONG. YOU GET MORE OF A VARIETY OF M&M'S THEN YOU HAD IN TABLES. read more

I wish I could give this venue a negative star. Overly priced at 15 dollars to get into a facility that was barely full. We were in and out less than an hour and that was stopping by every booth. Most of the venders were extremely over priced. I paid $3 for one small stale tasting apple cider donut. One vender charged me $7 dollars for 1 small 2x2 square of hazel nut chocolate. Just very disappointing, had high hopes for the expo. They will never ever see my money again. read more

Wow, Seeing the negative reviews, I must have been at a different Chocolate Expo in Edison NJ on Sunday Nov 13, 2016 ! There were dozens of vendors selling everything from Dutch chocolate pies (intense flavor, all I needed each time was a small slice of the one I bought), hand made chocolate candies, peanut butter and chocolate in a jar, chocolate banana rum cake, chocolate wine, chocolate cup cakes (liquor infused !), fried oreos (a chocolate cookie), chocolate covered bacon (may sound strange, but tasted good, sweet, salty and savory in one bite), chocolate infused brussel sprouts (! ? !! surprisingly good. He also had lobster mac & cheese), chocolate direct from Ecuador, and more. It wasn't Halloween where you fill up your bag with free chocolate to take home, it was small business people who made their own products and were giving (with a smile) free tastes of their stuff trying to entice you to buy some (no one tried to hard sell, and the tastes were enough for me to judge their goods). And yes they had vendors selling non-chocolate stuff, but I thought things like regional honey or macaroons or funnel cakes, or maple syrup, fit in nicely and provided a little balance. Yes, it was a little crowded, but I've also been to the Jacob Javits Center in NYC, which is huge, and still had to move thru crowds. And everyone I saw seemed to be having a good time and in a good mood when I was there. This expo had specialty artisan items, not flea market stuff; it was real quality, special treats and gift items (except maybe the pickles aren't something I would give as a gift, but they seemed to doing a lot of business). There were also snack foods to eat there that weren't chocolate. So I had a good time tasting and talking to the people about what they made and how they did it, and the food I bought was something special to share with friends who couldn't make it (this time). I like supporting local small business people, and am willing to pay them more than I pay Nestles and I left with some good chocolate too! read more