Chocolataire

Chocolate fountain being used at a social function

A chocolataire is a type of social gathering^[1] which ranges from large events (such as fund raising and invitation only) to smaller functions (similar in structure to informal tea parties), in which all food and drink are composed of or contain some form of chocolate.^[2] Considered obsolete by some,^[3] this entertainment was at its peak popularity around the turn of the 20th century^[4] (the process for making milk chocolate having been brought to market in 1875), and was seen as a novel alternative to the other forms of social gathering at the time.

^ Maud C. Cooke, Social Life: Or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society, Containing the Rules of Etiquette for All Occasions, p.296, 1896.
^ Jill Foulston, The Virago Book of the Joy of Shopping, p.84, 2007. (ISBN 184408275X, 9781844082759)
^ Judith Martin, Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium, p.453, 1990. (ISBN 067172228X, 9780671722289)
^ Lynne Sorrel Marks, Lynne Marks, Revivals and Roller Rinks: Religion, Leisure, and Identity in Late-nineteenth-century Small-town Ontario, p.99, 1996 (ISBN 0802078001, ISBN 978-0-8020-7800-1)

[1] Maud C. Cooke, Social Life: Or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society, Containing the Rules of Etiquette for All Occasions, p.296, 1896.

[2] Jill Foulston, The Virago Book of the Joy of Shopping, p.84, 2007. (ISBN 184408275X, 9781844082759)

[3] Judith Martin, Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium, p.453, 1990. (ISBN 067172228X, 9780671722289)

[4] Lynne Sorrel Marks, Lynne Marks, Revivals and Roller Rinks: Religion, Leisure, and Identity in Late-nineteenth-century Small-town Ontario, p.99, 1996 (ISBN 0802078001, ISBN 978-0-8020-7800-1)

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