Hot Date: September 29, for DallasChocolate.org’s Chocolate Festival. Tickets Available Now.

<strong>Sander Wolf is passionate about chocolate. He loves the stuff, writes about the stuff, dreams of the stuff.

In fact, he loves the good stuff more way more than you do. How do I know that? Because Sander Wolf founded and continues to run the annual Dallas Chocolate Festival and Conference. This year, the day-long Willie WonkaFest is September 29, and tickets are on sale here.

“This year will have the most chocolatiers and chocolate makers yet — 15 so far,” Wolf told me. “With the money raised from last year’s Conference we were able to fund a one year scholarship for a pasty student at Collin College. Hopefully, we’ll be able to do that again after this year’s event.”

This year’s conference includes chocolate makers Tejas Chocolate (Houston), Rogue Chocolatier (Boston), Barry Callebaut USA.  Dallas chocolatiers Chocolate Secrets, Wiseman House, Dr. Sue’s Chocolate, CocoAndré Chocolatier, Oh Brownie (hi Iris!), The Dark Chocolate Bakery, Pure Chocolate Desserts by Zach (hi Zach!), Toffee Treats, Elegantly Chocolate, Nib Chocolates, Collin College, and Sublime Chocolate will be sampling their chocolates at the event.

Wolf writes, “The Chocolate Conference & Festival 2012 has two main components, the Festival and Conference, that take place in adjoining rooms of the Addison Conference Centre. The Festival is a room of wall-to-wall chocolate where attendees will meet and sample chocolates from participating chocolatiers and chocolate makers. In the Conference area, attendees can brush up on their chocolate knowledge and enjoy classes throughout the day about the making, use, and history of fine chocolate. The event begins with the Chocolatierʼs Roundtable — an open discussion with all participating local chocolatiers. Adrienne Newman (Madame Cocoa) will be returning this year as the Conference’s engaging mistress of ceremonies. Both the Conference & Festival are included in the price of admission.