Chocolate
Making Class
Follow cacao from the fruit to the finished bar, taste every stage, and make a chocolate bar that goes home with you.
From cacao fruit to your own bar
Chocolate, from the fruit to your hands
A hands-on workshop that follows cacao through the whole process, from the fruit to the finished bar, with a tasting at every stage and a bar you make yourself.
You taste the cacao pulp, the raw seeds, the dried and the roasted ones, a cup of cascara tea, the nibs, and chocolate bars with different cacao percentages.
Then you make your own: a pure bar of cacao nibs and panela, poured by you, with a whole table of Peruvian superfoods to make it yours. Maca, quinoa, goldenberries, sacha inchi, kiwicha, aguaymanto, canihua, coca flour, roasted tarwi and more, all of it coming directly from Peruvian farmers and native communities.
And between tastings there are stories: where chocolate comes from, the rituals built around it, its spiritual side and its long connection to love. It is a warm, hands-on table where kids are welcome and photos are part of the fun, and the bar you make goes home with you.
What you'll love
Why you'll love this
The whole process
Follow cacao from the fruit to the bar in your hand, one stage at a time.
A tasting at every stage
Cacao pulp, raw seeds, dried and roasted seeds, cascara tea, nibs and bars with different cacao percentages.
Your bar, your superfoods
Make a pure bar of cacao nibs and panela, then add maca, quinoa, sacha inchi, kiwicha and more, straight from Peruvian farmers.
History, ritual and love
Discover the spiritual side of chocolate, the rituals built around it and why it has always been tied to love.
How the workshop unfolds
What you'll experience
It begins with the fruit itself: you taste the cacao pulp, and then the seeds it holds.
From there you follow the seed through its whole transformation: raw, dried, roasted, brewed as cascara tea, cracked into nibs, and finally tasted as finished bars with different cacao percentages, one after another.
Then the table becomes a workshop. You make your own pure bar with cacao nibs and panela and top it with the Peruvian superfoods you like best, while the conversation turns to the history of chocolate, its rituals and the reason it has always been tied to love. When your bar sets, it is yours to take home.
Good to know
A kid friendly table where photos are welcome from start to finish. Every ingredient comes directly from Peruvian farmers and native communities, and the chocolate you make goes home with you.
In a nutshell
Highlights
- The full chocolate making process, from cacao fruit to finished bar
- Tastings of cacao pulp, raw seeds, dried and roasted seeds, cascara tea and nibs
- A comparison of chocolate bars with different cacao percentages
- Your own pure bar of cacao nibs and panela, made and topped by you
- Peruvian superfoods to add: maca, quinoa, sacha inchi, kiwicha, coca flour and more
- A kid friendly table, photos allowed, and the chocolate you made to take home
What's included
- The full chocolate making process, from cacao fruit to finished bar
- Tastings of cacao pulp, raw seeds, dried and roasted seeds, cascara tea, nibs and chocolate bars with different cacao percentages
- Making your own pure chocolate bar with cacao nibs and panela
- Peruvian superfoods to add to your bar: maca, quinoa, goldenberries, sacha inchi, kiwicha, aguaymanto, canihua, coca flour, roasted tarwi and more
- The history and the spiritual side of chocolate, its rituals and its connection to love
- The chocolate you made, to take home with you
Important information
This is a hands-on workshop that works beautifully with children, and photos are welcome throughout. All the ingredients come directly from Peruvian farmers and native communities, and the chocolate you make is yours to take home.
Anything else you want to know? What to bring, coming with kids or anything else about the workshop: tell us what matters to you and we will answer personally, usually within a few hours.
Talk to a localTraveling with little ones, or is there something we should know before we start? Tell us when we talk: every Huallata experience is shaped person by person.
Booking, the human way
Book this experience
Booking is personal: message us on WhatsApp, we plan the details together and confirm everything in writing.
Ready to make your own chocolate?
Tell us when you'll be in Arequipa. Soon you could be pouring your own bar and choosing the Peruvian superfoods that go on top.