Advancing the educational, scientific, and cultural programs of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science by raising funds and generating community support.
Chocolate Fantasy
2025 Winners
Sculpture Winners
1st Place
Kristine Mills & Adrienne Toubbeh
Girl's Night Out
2nd Place
Cake Ingenuity - Joe & Amber Torres
Breaking Chocolate
3rd Place
Santa Fe Community College - Jack Hargraves & Sandra Nitschke
The Smashing Voyagers
People's Choice
Navajo Technical University - Walter Cloud & Lorena Giesbrecht
Flying Solo
Bonbon Winners
1st Place
Navajo Technical University - Walter Cloud & Lorena Giesbrecht
2nd Place
DebbieRae's Cakes & Treats - Yvonne Maes, Debra Maestas, and Marisa Maes
3rd Place
Cameron Owens & Monica Saavedra
People's Choice
Raquela Trujillo
A special THANK YOU to our presenting sponsor, KPMG who has partnered with Chocolate Fantasy for 29 years!
KPMG Presents
Lights, Camera, Action:
A Red Carpet Chocolate Fantasy
The 33rd Annual Chocolate Fantasy
The 33rd Annual Chocolate Fantasy, presented by KPMG was held on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
Thank you to all the attendees, sponsors, and volunteers who helped make this event a fabulous success. We look forward to seeing you again at Chocolate Fantasy next year!
This gala fundraiser benefits the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation, and supports our mission of advancing the educational, scientific, and cultural programs of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
Support Chocolate Fantasy
Sponsorships
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for Chocolate Fantasy in 2026, please contact kkinney@naturalhistoryfoundation.org.
Donations
Donations are always welcome to help support our efforts. Please consider a contribution to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation. To donate now, use the button below.
Chocolate Fantasy Auction
If you would like to donate an item for next year's auction please contact kkinney@naturalhistoryfoundation.org
Chocolatiers
Sculpture & Bonbons
Breadhead Bakery - Stephanie Valerio & Brian Lipps
Fram's Desserts - Michael Fram
Heavenly Chocolates - Dolores Aragon & Ali Maes
Tatsuki Hewson & Tracy Aragon
Navajo Technical University - Sheila Begay & Melvina Jones
Navajo Technical University - Walter Cloud & Lorena Giesbrecht
Cameron Owens & Monica Saavedra
Sandia Resort & Casino - Alfonso B. White, Jaden Ortiz,
Michelle Lente, Megan Vallo, and Carlos Diaz Campos
Fawn Saicawalo
Santa Fe Community College - Jack Hargraves & Sandra Nitschke
Snow Heights Productions - Austin Phillip
Sculpture Only
Ashley Briand, Tori Briand, & Stephanie Briand
Cake Ingenuity - Joe & Amber Torres
Kristine Mills & Adrienne Toubbeh
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) - Culinary Program
James Yoo, Eamon Quigley, & Cody Limaby
Bonbons
DebbieRae's Cakes & Treats - Yvonne Maes, Debra Maestas, and Marisa Maes
Darren Maes & Sierra Hanson
Ms. Bea's Sweet Treats - Malina Sangre, Kaylynn Gallegos, and Arienne Tenorio
Jamie Semarge, Emma Wolverton, and Myra Williams
Shamrock Foods USA - Dan Gilpatrick and Rodney Estrada
Raquela Trujillo
Joseph G. Valles
Judges
Charity Teague
Charity Teague is the owner of Charity Teague Confections in San Antonio,
Texas. She specializes in small batch, hand-painted artisan chocolate and
crafted bars. She’s an award-winning Pastry Chef and Chocolatier, attending
Culinary School in New Mexico. She’s furthered her studies with the French
Pastry School in Chicago, and Melissa Coppel Chocolate and Pastry School
in Las Vegas. She’s competed locally and nationally, winning Best Dessert
Course, People’s Choice, Best in Show, and is a two-time winner of the
Chocolate Fantasy competition.
Charity uses colorful cocoa butter to hand paint each bon bon and focuses
on using local and organic ingredients. She continues to widen the eyes of
chocolate lovers with her innovation and artful execution of her crafted
chocolate bars.
Kim Rothrock
Kim Rothrock is the East Account Manager for the Blommer Chocolate Company, who is the largest bean to bar chocolate manufacturer in North America, and the maker of Founder’s Reserve fine chocolate couvertures.
Kim has been a buyer for Balducci’s and Dean & LeLuca specialty food retailers in New York City, built a pastry & chocolate ingredient division for Chefswarehouse, a leading national specialty foodservice importer-distributor, spent four years as a consultant to a chocolate-focused marketing & innovation company, and been a key account manager with ADM Cocoa International, and Cargill Cocoa North America.
She has also been a Pastry Chef, holds a BA in Fine Arts, and is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC. She has completed professional confectionery courses at European chocolate manufacturers in France and Spain.
Paul Edward
Since he can remember as a small boy, Chef Paul Edward was involved with Chocolate and Pastry. He worked in family-run pastry shops then moved into the hotel industry, including San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis, Four Seasons Clift Hotel, and Sheraton Palace; Atlanta’s Ritz Carlton Buckhead; and Beverly Hills’ La Bel Age Hotel and Peninsula Beverly Hills.
Paul trained at various institutions in Europe and Asia and he has been invited guest faculty at many culinary facilities here in the United States.
Currently, Paul runs R&D at Chef Rubber, a manufacturer and distributor of specialty items for World Pastry Champions, Artisan Chefs and Confectioners, and consults on many new innovative products for companies throughout the world.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Director Level Sponsor
Partnering with Chocolate Fantasy for 29 years.
Studio Executive
Level Sponsors
Executive Producer Level Sponsors
Cinematographer Level Sponsors
Production Designer Level Sponsors
The Cool Kids
Screenwriter Level Sponsors
Brett & Linda Cooper
Cinema Legends: Debbie & David Dozier & Friends
Girard & Vi Flores Tighe
Dr. Angela Gallegos-Macias
Rachel, Billy, & London Gupton
Kenneth Mike Logan
Bob & Sally Lowder
Jim Mayo/Tau Technologies
Claire Nelson & Edward McPherson
