Annual Inn to Inn Cookie & Candy Tour
MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY, NH. September 19, 2007. "C" is not only for Christmas but also for cookies and candy in Mt. Washington Valley. When innkeepers from the Country Inns in the White Mountains wish their guests sweet dreams on the second weekend in December they can guarantee that visions of sugar plums and holiday cookies will dance in their heads. December 8-9, 2007 is the weekend the Country Inns in the White Mountains assure holiday revelers the ultimate in sweet dreams at the 11th Annual Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie and Candy Tour(R) held from 11 am to 4 pm each day. Tour participants will not only tour inns decked in all their holiday finery offering signature holiday cookies and candies, but once again this year they'll be treated to a display of handmade gingerbread sculptures, collector's ornaments and recipe collections from each inn. Chosen by editors of New Hampshire Magazine as "The Best Sugar High", proceeds from the event will benefit area nonprofit associations.
Each of the seventeen inns on the 11th Annual Inn to Inn Cookie & Candy Tour(R) will feature original holiday cookies, along with exquisite decorations offering tour goers the bonus of taking home holiday decorating ideas as well as sumptuous cookies and candies for themselves. The participating inns have developed original recipes for everything from sweet to savory holiday treats, with each inn featuring new recipes for this year's tour. Additionally, launched last year, all tour participants will receive a keepsake brass collectors ornament, intended to be the second in a collection of Cookie Tour ornaments to be distributed in years hereafter. To top it off, tour goers will take home recipes for the treats featured on the tour, creating a keepsake collection of tested holiday cookies and candy recipes to use at home.
Last year, the Country Inns in the White Mountains started a new Cookie Tour tradition. Local businesses were recruited to create Gingerbread sculptures, and the results were exquisite. Once again, in 2007, the Country Inns in the White Mountains will recruit local businesses to sponsor handmade gingerbread sculptures in honor of their favorite non-profit organization. Businesses who participate will either internally create these sculptures or recruit artists, school groups, chefs or bakers to construct their gingerbread sculpture for the contest. Tour goers will then vote for their favorite, and the winning sculptures will receive $500, $350 or $250 donations for the non-profit organization the sculpture represents. Additionally, after the tour, the gingerbread structures will be auctioned off, with proceeds to benefit the non-profit organization for each sculpture.
Tour goers will also have the opportunity to win a $250 gift certificate for a getaway at the participating inn of their choice. Simply visit all the inns on the tour, and drop the entry at the last inn to qualify for the getaway. Those visiting every inn will also qualify for their brass keepsake ornament, adding a little scavenger-hunt fun to the event.
The tour stretches from Harts Location, to Tamworth, NH and over to Fryeburg, ME, with seventeen inns opening their doors to those in search of a great sugar high. No inn is more than fifteen minutes from the next, with many much closer. Tickets are $25 for the two day tour, however day-tickets are limited to those available after Cookie Tour lodging packages are sold. Each participating inn will offer two tickets (a $50 value) with their cookie tour package, including a two-night stay and breakfast for two each day. Some inns have added dinners and cookie baking classes to their packages. Tour tickets are available in advance by reserving a lodging packages from participating inns, and this is the best way to secure a ticket for a weekend of cookie, candy and gingerbread fun. Those not wishing to reserve an overnight package may purchase tickets on the day of the event at select inns along the way and are encouraged to arrive at the start of the tour, as tickets sell out quickly.
Those interested in booking the Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie & Candy Tour(R) package may make reservations at the inn of their choice. To learn more about the tour and the inns' lodging packages, call 877-854-6535 visit www.countryinnsinthewhitemountains.com.
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