Brussels: Bean-to-Bar Belgian Chocolate Workshop & Tastings
Overview
Our staff are genuine artisan chocolate makers, certified by the Federal Belgian Government.
In our boutiques, you can discover everything our chocolatiers create by hand, a showcase of creativity, craftsmanship, and passion.
We are the only certified artisan chocolate maker in the city of Brussels, and the only one not using industrial chocolate in our workshops. All the chocolate you’ll work with is crafted from premium cacao, fully traceable, and sourced through a 100% ethical and sustainable supply chain, meaning no deforestation, no child labor, and fair income for farmers.
In fact, 33% of the ticket price you pay for the workshop goes directly to support cacao farmers, ensuring them a decent and dignified living.
We are independent and proudly authentic, not part of any industrial group. During your visit, you’ll also have the opportunity to see our bean-to-bar machinery and receive explanations directly from our chocolate makers.
What's Included
- Glass of champagne (if VIP upgrade option selected).
- Taste several premium cacao origins from different countries and the cacao pod juice (mucilage).
- Embroidered apron with our logo (if VIP upgrade option selected).
- Organic cacao from small farmers. 100% traceable origin.
- Handcraft your own chocolate bar, mendiants, and truffles then pack them in a gift box to take home.
- Enjoy 20% off our entire chocolate collection in-store.
- Hold a fresh cacao pod in your hands and taste raw cacao beans straight from the fruit.
- Apron, unless VIP upgrade option selected
Meeting Location
Pl. de la Justice 5
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Go beyond ordinary chocolate workshops and immerse yourself in the authentic world of Belgian chocolate making. Led by certified artisan chocolatiers, officially recognized by the Belgian Federal Government, this is a rare opportunity to discover how chocolate is truly crafted from bean to bar.
Unlike most chocolate workshops, where participants simply melt ready-made industrial chocolate, you'll step inside a real bean-to-bar chocolate factory. We are the only ones in Brussels who transform cacao beans into chocolate. Chocolate making is our profession, not just our demonstration.
During this immersive 90-minute experience, you'll create your own delicious chocolates: elegant mendiants, silky handmade truffles and a personalized chocolate bar, beautifully packaged to take home.
Your journey begins at the cacao plantation: You will taste ingredients that very few people ever experience: fresh cacao pulp with its surprising tropical fruit notes, raw cacao beans, pure cacao mass and several single-origin chocolates that reveal the unique personality of their origins.
The workshop takes place in our modern Chocolate Academy in the heart of Brussels and is conducted in English.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not suitable for severe food allergy
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 60 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Glass of champagne (if VIP upgrade option selected).
- Taste several premium cacao origins from different countries and the cacao pod juice (mucilage).
- Embroidered apron with our logo (if VIP upgrade option selected).
- Organic cacao from small farmers. 100% traceable origin.
- Handcraft your own chocolate bar, mendiants, and truffles then pack them in a gift box to take home.
- Enjoy 20% off our entire chocolate collection in-store.
- Hold a fresh cacao pod in your hands and taste raw cacao beans straight from the fruit.
- Apron, unless VIP upgrade option selected.
The minimum age to participate is 6. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Brussels: Bean-to-Bar Belgian Chocolate Workshop & Tastings is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not suitable for severe food allergy
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Brussels: Bean-to-Bar Belgian Chocolate Workshop & Tastings will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Glass of champagne (if VIP upgrade option selected).
- Taste several premium cacao origins from different countries and the cacao pod juice (mucilage).
- Embroidered apron with our logo (if VIP upgrade option selected).
- Organic cacao from small farmers. 100% traceable origin.
- Handcraft your own chocolate bar, mendiants, and truffles then pack them in a gift box to take home.
- Enjoy 20% off our entire chocolate collection in-store.
- Hold a fresh cacao pod in your hands and taste raw cacao beans straight from the fruit.
- Apron, unless VIP upgrade option selected
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not suitable for severe food allergy
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 60 travelers
