Usher In The Holiday Season With Your Family At This Arkansas Town's First Hot Cocoa Crawl

Northwest Arkansas is already one of our favorite places to visit this season between Fayetteville's enchanting square and Roger's shopping (not to mention the restaurants at Bentonville). This year Springdale has added a new element to its festive holiday events - the Hot Cocoa Crawl!

The crawl will be happening on three different dates: Nov. 30th, Dec. 6th, and Dec. 13th, 2019. The date in November coincides with the city's traditional Christmas on the Creek. This event includes all sorts of family fun from photos with Santa, a winter market, and the lighting of the region's largest Christmas tree! In December you can crawl during the Caroling on the Creek event, which showcases choirs from all the local schools.

The only "ticket" you need to participate is one of the official Hot Cocoa Crawl mugs which are available at any of the participating businesses or through this site. The mugs are $4.

The following shops will be taking part in the inaugural crawl: Big Fish Vinyl Records & Uniques, Bike Rack Brewing Co Springdale​, Black Apple Crossing​, Cellar Door Store​, Dela Deville's Vintage​, Emma Ave. Bar & Tap​, The Groove Skate Shop, Lost & Found, Organic Creations at Country Gardens, Sammich Love​, Sire​, Shelby Lynn's Cake Shoppe, Springdale Chamber of Commerce​, The Odd Soul​, Whimsy Whoo Downtown, and the Downtown Beauty Lounge.

Each stop will have its own bit of magic too, like the decadent gingerbread mansion at Shelby Lynn's Cake Shoppe. Nearly every stop is family friendly but the participating bars will have spiked cocoa options as well. The Odd Soul will be ages 21+ after 8 pm and Emma Bar & Taproom is strictly 21+.

We're looking forward to this new tradition! One of the best parts of this Hot Cocoa Crawl (besides the hot cocoa of course) is that your mug will let you sip all three days of the event. Don't forget to get your crawl map right here.