Save the Date: October 18, 2025
3 Ways to Participate: Compete – Eat & Vote – Sponsor
Compete in the Chocolate Baking Challenge: Anyone and everyone is invited to impress our judges in the Chocolate Challenge—featuring five delicious categories: Cakes/Cupcake, Cookies/Bars, Candies, Anything Goes, Cooking by Kids (ages 12 & under).
Entry Fee: $5 per category
Prizes: Cash prizes for 1st place in each category, plus a Best of Show Prize Winner! Each entry gets a tasting ticket.
Bring two entries per category: One for the judges and one for our public tasting and your recipe to the IGA Building Saturday, 9 – 11a. Let chocolate be your inspiration—and may the best treat win!
Eat & Vote: Chocolate Lovers—This One’s For You! Taste the Chocolate Challenge.
For just $15 (get a $10 off coupon here), you’ll get a treat box to fill with as many challenge entries as you want—plus 5 voting tickets to choose your favorite Sweet Owen non-profit guest chocolate dish.
Support local bakers, sample incredible creations, and cast your vote for the sweetest non-profit champion!
Five (5) Sweet Owen non-profit organizations will be featured at the tasting looking for your votes on their chocolate dish – so they can win bragging rights of the Best of Sweet Owen.
Tasting and Judging will be from 1:00p to 2:00p with award ceremony at 2:30p at the IGA Building, 60 S Main St. in Spencer. Come hungry. Leave happy.
Sponsor: A Sweet Way to Help
Support the sweetest event of the year while getting your name in front of chocolate-loving attendees! Sponsorships help us fund prizes, supplies, and promote this community favorite.
Choose your level of chocolatey goodness:
- $20 – Truffle Taster. Perfect for those who want to sample sponsorship—your name listed at the event and online.
- $40 – Cocoa Contributor. Includes Truffle Taster perks + shout-out on social media.
- $60 – Brownie Benefactor. Includes Cocoa Contributor perks + your logo on event signage.
- $100 – Chocolate Champion. Includes Brownie Benefactor perks + prime logo placement, special thanks during awards, and the sweet satisfaction of knowing you made this event even better!
Ready to sponsor? Contact Debby Jordan 812.829.7762 or Joy Flynn 812.327.6052 and join us in making the Chocolate Challenge a delicious success!