Visit a little factory in Santa Barbara for a chocolate-making experience. Enjoy designing your very own chocolate bar with a large selection of toppings and hand paint a wooden box to put them in.

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Join a chocolate-making workshop in Santa Barbara. Venture into El Mercado to a chocolate shop hidden in a corner, halfway underground. Upon entering, hang your belongings, put on an apron, and make your way to the factory area.

Find a variety of chocolate bar molds, a choice of 30 inclusions, and 3 chocolates – 60% dark, oat milk, and a flavored white (strawberry, mango, and lemon flavors). After designing your chocolate bar, pick the size of your wooden box and head over to The Art Bar to further your creativity.

Allow the chocolate to harden while you add personal touches to the box. Paint, stain, stencil, stamp, and detail your wooden boxes with stickers, transfers, and washi tape to your heart’s desire.

Finish off by removing the chocolate from its mold, wrapping it in foil or biodegradable cello bags, and putting it in its newly created wooden box.
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Highlights
Indulge in the healthiest, highest-quality craft chocolate with vegan options
Unleash your creativity as you learn how to make and temper chocolate bars
Spend quality time getting crafty with a wooden art box to store chocolates
Experience what it is like to work in a micro-batch craft chocolate factory
Learn about flavor profiles of single origin cacao beans from all over the world

Includes
Chocolate tour/talk by the chocolate maker
Smocks, tongs, molds, and outdoor seating
Choice of dark, milk, and/or white craft chocolate (depending on option selected)
Choice of 30 toppings to put on your chocolate
Wooden box to paint and embellish
Art table with art supplies
Samples of Menchaca’s Chocolates to taste
Cacao Husk Tea taster cup
Any additional Menchaca Chocolates from the shop
Seasonal specialty drinks

 

 

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