Chocolate history workshop Ghent
Chocolate history workshop Ghent
10 meals
Delve into chocolate's rich heritage in Ghent! Craft chocolate from cacao beans and taste historic recipes in a workshop celebrating the legacy of Belgian sweets. Uncover flavors of the past.
10 meals
Experience Details
Ever wanted to make your own chocolate? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll grind cacao beans into chocolate, just like the Maya and Aztecs once did. Create your own chocolate bar and discover the pure flavours of cacao. As you work, you’ll also dive into the fascinating history of Belgian chocolate - from ancient chocolate drinks to the first bonbons.
During this workshop, you’ll:
• Taste a chocolate drink recipe dating back 5,000 years
• Transform cacao beans into chocolate yourself
• Recreate a 17th-century hot chocolate recipe
• Indulge in chocolate delicacies enjoyed by historical figures across centuries
• Discover chocolate’s origins as medicine
• Enjoy chocolate bonbons, including the iconic seashells
Please note: This is not a chocolate-making class focused on techniques like tempering, melting, or shaping chocolate into truffles or bonbons. Instead, participants will create chocolate from scratch by grinding cacao beans.
What You Get
Good To Know
- Due to the fact that our shop is located in a historical building, it is not easily accessible by wheelchair. If you use a wheelchair or you have any other support needs, contact us beforehand so we can look together what we can do to make this experience accessible for you.
- For this activity, we only welcome children aged 12 and older. The reason is that participants will be making their own chocolate by manually grinding cacao beans, which requires a certain amount of physical strength.
- This activity takes place in a chocolate shop. The tasting room temperature is around 18°C to maintain the quality of the chocolate. We would advise to bring a sweater if you are easily cold.
- This activity requires “normal” strength in your hands and wrists. If you experience reduced strength (for example due to rheumatism or arthritis) grinding the beans may be challenging.
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Service animals allowed
What You’ll Experience
Meeting & Pickup
Meeting PointChocolade Ambassade: Handcrafted Belgian Chocolate, Kraanlei, Oost-Vlaanderen Vlaams Gewest, Belgium, BE, 9000
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End PointThis experience ends at the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
We LOVED this experience. My teens are still talking about their experience. History and Bean to Bar!
My boyfriend gave me the workshop as a gift for my birthday and what a nice surprise! We had a 2h workshop in small group (we were 5 in total) by Liu. He explained the history of chocolate, we made...read more
Absolutely LOVED it! Learned so much about chocolate and really enjoyed trying the different parts of the Cacao.
This experience was amazing! Our tour guide was really knowledgeable and friendly. It was great to see how much effort goes into making a chocolate bar.
We made a bar of chocolate from scratch by hand! A fabulous experience. We learned the history of chocolate, tried original drinking chocolate, made chocolate tea, flavoured our own drinking choc...read more
