12th Annual Chocolate Show

Trick or treat! Halloween rolled out all weekend with choco goodies galore.

Trick or treat! Halloween rolled out all weekend at the 12th Annual Chocolate Show, a three-day expo at the Metropolitan Pavilion that kicked off on Friday. This year's event featured a mini-fashion show of Halloween-inspired chocolate costumes (a dead Marie-Antoinette! A wicked witch!) and, of course, a ton of chocolate, from bite-size samples to chocolate drinks and chocolate beauty products at the new Beauty Pavilion. Although the sweets were in full abudance, the event itself had a decidely more low-key vibe than blowouts from seasons past. Has the recession hit the sweetest of industries? Or was everyone maxed out from all those Halloween treats?