36th Annual Chokecherry Festival

September 6th 2025

Print Entry Form to deliver with your Culinary Contest Entry

CATEGORIES:

• Appetizer

• Sauce / Salad Dressing

• Main Dish

• Jelly & Jam

• Syrup

•Cake, any shape/size

• Cupcakes

• Cookies

• Pie

•Dessert, other

•Yeast breads

• Quick breads

• Beverage with Alcohol

• Beverage without Alcohol

• Non-Food Product or craft

• Miscellaneous

•Youth Division (12 and under)

• Commercial Product

Download Entry Form

REQUIREMENTS:

Register your entry Saturday Sept. 6th between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. at the Lewistown Art Center. Judging will take place at 10:00 a.m.

All entries must include the recipe EXCEPT those submitted in the “Commercial Product” category. Recipes will be retained by the Lewistown Art Center for possible publication and publicity. Entry must be the sole work of the exhibitor. One entry per form, but you may enter as many categories as you want!

• Please provide sufficient quantity for three judges plus public sampling (Half-pint or larger jars, 6+ main dish servings, 12+ side/dessert/beverage serving, etc)

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will be recognized in each category. Presentation of your product will be considered as well as the taste.

Special awards will be given for BEST PRESENTATION and BEST OF SHOW.

Sampling and viewing for the public will commence after the judging, at Noon.

Please pick up dishes and utensils after 2:00 p.m.

Memories from the 35th Annual Chokecherry Festival

  • Chokecherry Culinary Contest

    A fantastic turn out of delicious treats made by those of all ages and experience. Thank you to our judges Cody Burch, Kassia Madrid,Annie Dunnington and Angel Bell.

    Winners list below

  • Hands-On Art for All

    Thank you to everyone visited our booth and made a piece of pipe cleaner art. We were impressed by the talent and creativity of our artists.

    View a gallery of the art left for us to enjoy below


September 7, 2024
Chokecherry Culinary Contest Winners

  • Best in Show: Mary Callahan Baumstark for her Chokecherry Mule

  • First Place for Beverage with Alcohol: Mary Callahan Baumstark for her Chokecherry Mule

  • Best Presentation: Jerry Carpenter for her Choke Trail Cookies

  • First Place for Cookies: Jerry Carpenter for her Choke Trail Cookies

  • Syrup Category - First Place: Linda Stiff for her Chokecherry Syrup

  • First Place for Beverage without Alcohol: Black Brew Coffee Shop for their Chokecherry Lotus

  • First Place for Beverage with Alcohol (Commercial): Hidden Legend Winery for their Wild Chokecherry Mead

  • First Place for Main Dish: Josh Wright for his Getting’ Porky Chokecherry Burrito

  • First Place for Appetizer: Reilly Neill for her Chokecherry Roast Beef and Onion Pinwheels

  • First Place for Yeast Breads: Black Brew Coffee Shop for their Chokecherry Cinnamon Rolls

  • First Place for Dessert (Other): Mary Kraus for her Chocolate Mousse with Chokecherry Sauce

  • First Place for Miscellaneous: Linda Stiff for her Chokecherry Beet Pickles

  • First Place in the Youth Division: Ruby Sullivan for her Chokecherry & Blackberry Ice Cream

Hands-on Art for All.

Pipe Cleaner Sculptures.