The 2nd annual Seattle Chocolate Salon is Sunday, July 12th, at Bell Harbor Conference Center. What's a Chocolate Salon? Basically, it's ALL THE DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE YOU CAN EAT!

Over 30 chocolatiers and wineries will be there, sharing their goods, and for the $20 ticket price, you have access to sample as much of it as you'd like. There will also be recipe demonstrations, chef talks, and awards given in categories like "Best Truffle," "Most Delicious Ingredient Combinations," and "Most Artistic Designs."

The participants include Theo Chocolate, Intrigue Chocolates, Oh! Chocolate, Posh Chocolate, Crave Chocolate, Forte Chocolates, Divine Chocolate, Carter's Chocolates, Chocolopolis, Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolates, La Chatelaine Chocolat Co., Eat Chocolates, Choffy, the Chocolate Traveler, William Dean Chocolates, Xocai Healthy Chocolate, and Marco Polo Designs' Chocolate Jewelry.

Tickets are on sale through seattlechocolatesalon.com, but we have a pair of tickets to give away! One lucky Slog reader, and their very lucky date, will get to go to the Chocolate Salon and indulge in delicious truffle after delicious truffle for absolutely free.

To enter, just tell us in 50 words or less why you deserve the tickets. Send your mini-essay to chow@thestranger.com with Free Chocolate in the subject line. The top 5-10 entries will be put up on Slog later this week for a reader vote.

Also: Since you probably just skimmed that above list of participants, let me just point out again that there's a company called CHUBBY CHIPMUNK HAND-DIPPED CHOCOLATES. And their truffles look giant and amazing.

Good luck!

Image from last year's Chocolate Salon via TasteTV on flickr.