{"id":12158,"date":"2019-09-10T08:04:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=12158"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:54:43","slug":"all-you-need-to-know-about-the-chocolate-and-candy-festival-in-budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-chocolate-and-candy-festival-in-budapest\/","title":{"rendered":"All you need to know about the chocolate and candy festival in Budapest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\">If you\u2019re <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/6-tips-to-plan-your-budapest-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#0693e3\">visiting Budapest<\/span><\/a><\/strong> early this September, then head over to the beautiful city of H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, cause the annual event of Chocolate and Candy Festival awaits to offer you a chocolicious treat! The three-day event will be taking place on 13th Friday and run till 15th Sunday September at the Szent Istv\u00e1n Square in front of the Basilica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\">This summer will draw your attention to the city of H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely in Hungary which is well-known for its rich culture and glorious past. Just like in other countries, sweets have a prominent place in today\u2019s Hungarian gastronomy. The Budapest&#8217;s annual Chocolate and Candy Festival promises to be a<br>sweet event that will offer you a chance to experience culinary odysseys from different parts of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\">The Szent Istv\u00e1n Square will turn into a sugar heaven for the annual Sweet Days Festival with confectioners from all over the world flock into the most colourful city of Budapest to share their sweet creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-1024x516.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate and Candy Festival\" class=\"wp-image-41642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\">The Chocolate and Candy Festival in H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, Hungary, you will find all kinds of chocolates, fruits, seeds, coffee, vanilla, sugary syrups, honey, fine wines and sweet nectar drinks at the festival with<br>loads of fun workshops to keep the little ones entertained as well as\u00a0 chocolate making sessions for adults, where you can take part in with locals to try &#8216;sweet&#8217; recipes and more surprises. Be there after sunset to experience the most of your sweet day with live concerts accompanied by drinks and fine wines. All with beautiful views of the baroque buildings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\">The best part is you can walk in free, cause the festival is open to public. Where you\u2019ll be able to try all kinds of tasty treats, from chocolates and cakes to pastries. Though you&#8217;ll need to pay to taste the<br>chocolates or if you want to take part in the various workshops and tastings to be found!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-2-1024x516.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate and Candy Festival\" class=\"wp-image-41644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-2-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-2-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-2-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chocolate-and-Candy-Festival-2.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\">If chocolate doesn\u2019t appeal you, there\u2019s still plenty to explore in Hungary. In fact, the city is renowned for its art nouveau buildings and its medieval architecture. Also, the museums and cathedral can also make for brilliant ways to while away for hours. Make sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/flight-deals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#0693e3\">book your flight<\/span><\/strong><\/a> with Travel Center UK, which will offer you an incredible deal to get you there just for a reasonable price including flights and accommodation. So, leave time on the itinerary to wander around the picturesque streets in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/holidays-to-budapest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#0693e3\">Budapest<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Comment below if you need more information about the event?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re visiting Budapest early this September, then head over to the beautiful city of H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, cause the annual event of Chocolate and Candy Festival awaits to offer you a chocolicious treat! The three-day event will be taking place on 13th Friday and run till 15th Sunday September at the Szent Istv\u00e1n Square in front [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":41640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[696,695],"tags":[833],"class_list":["post-12158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seasonal-events","category-travel-insider","tag-budapest-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41645,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12158\/revisions\/41645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}