Charleston Ghost Tour: Dessert with Death Experience
4.5
17 Ratings
Charleston
Experience the Charleston Ghost Tour: Dessert with Death, a unique 1.5-hour ghost tour with no walking involved. Indulge in 5 local dessert pairings while your guide chronicles Charleston's dark past. Rated PG-13.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- 46 State St - Join us in our historic State Street headquarters for an evening of morbid delights! We’ve paired some of Charleston’s most chilling stories with local desserts to evoke an elegantly spooky experience. Relax in the refinement of our private 19th-century dining room, while we serve up a 5-course dessert menu, designed to reflect the city’s most famous tales of murder and melancholy.
Your host for the evening will recount the tales that have haunted Charleston for centuries, from the city’s most famous serial killer to the restless souls that continue to stroll the nearby alley. Our honored guests need only soak up the ghoulish ambiance… and survive a supernatural sugar rush!
Private events are available upon request.
Please note:
- Thematic attire is welcomed!
- This event is BYOB
- Rated PG-13 for some language, demon nudity, & scary elements
Looking for a more wicked evening of sweets & screams? Check out Charleston Culinary Tours’ website for our newest event, Death is a Drag. Available for a limited time so book today!
What's Included
- 1 cocktail
- Snacks
What's Not Included
- Guide gratuity
Meal Options
- Locally-made desserts
Additional Information
Experience an exclusive 90-minute ghost tour along with dessert, requiring ZERO walking!
Enjoy 5 local dessert matchings in a discrete 19th-century dining room as your enthralling guide narrates Charleston’s eerie and difficult history, invoking the chilling remnants still perceptible in present times.
Dessert with Death welcomes you to bring your own booze!
Private gatherings can be arranged upon request. It’s an EXCELLENT choice for a bachelorette party!
Rated PG-13 due to certain language, demonic nudity, and frightening aspects
Location
46 State St
State Street
This event is **BYOB**.
Doors open **15 minutes** prior to the event. Please plan to arrive within this timeframe.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(17 Ratings)
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Wrgates26
Mar 18, 2024
Must experience - This was a tour that I personally feel EVERYONE needs to experience. The host Jeremy is beyond amazing and fun. His presentstion is top notch, informative, and FUN!!! The desserts are awesome. I have done this tour twice and you never get the same stories twice. Please if you're visiting Charleston check this out!!!
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Tess_d
Dec 31, 2023
Desserts with Death! - We absolutely loved desserts with death. The stories were awesome and the desserts even better. Our host was fantastic and it was a worth while experience.
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Mmelindas415
Jul 16, 2023
Ghostly Sweets and Stories - My son and I did two different evenings with Charleston Culinary Tours. The Pints, Pubs, and Taprooms crawl tour was so informative with the historical facts shared and the guide, Coby, was a wealth of knowledge and had a fun personality. Our next evening was the Dessert with Death. The guide shared ghost stories and lots of visuals with his storytelling of Charleston’s last 350+ years. The desserts were tasty, but we enjoyed the haunted history much more. Both of our guides the two evenings were amazing, very personable, they kept it fun, light, and certainly didn’t short us on the incredible history of Charleston. These two evenings were the highlights of our visit and we are already planning our return.
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Shannon_h
Jul 16, 2023
Do it! - We had so much fun! Jeremy had lots of awesome stories and historical facts to make our night extra spooky! Plus, delicious desserts!
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Kalwat1021
Jun 25, 2023
Death is a Drag was a kill! - We did “death is a drag” with Kira and had the best time. She was amazing and an amazing storyteller. It wasn’t what we were expecting at all and I’m so glad we did it. The desserts were so yummy but I’m most pleased with all of the history we learned. Would totally recommend Kira!
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S8216gvcarolw
Jun 19, 2023
Yummie and Informational - Desserts were so yummie. The Sugar Bakery is the bomb! The history and stories were very informational.
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Christineel1303
Dec 20, 2022
Death is a drag QUEEN and we will be back! - While death might be a drag, it's certainly entertaining! Kira and team salvaged what would've been a disaster of a night (we had another tour cancel without informing us), and ended up being one of the highlights of our 5 year anniversary trip.
Kira is hilarious and full of knowledge about Charleston, it's history, and why there's so many ghost stories. The desserts are delicious, the jokes are fantastic, and the entity messing with the technology certainly sets the mood too.
If you're in for a laugh and a tasty treat + a whole lot of sass, this is the experience for you.
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David_b
Apr 3, 2023
Good story telling but deserts needed work - We enjoyed the space, the story content and the presentation. The slides helped visualize along with the history. The host really knew the history and has a passion for it. The deserts could have been a little more elevated or at least one of them for the cost. The small cookies and Benne wafers were enjoyable to start. The Earle grey tea donut needed better presentation with just some powdered sugar. There was a small ice cream drink which was the best out of all of them. The final one was forgettable. There should have been one pie or cake slice for the money spent. Nice china and crystal would have elevated it nicely (they used plastic plates and cups). They did offer some complimentary left over alcoholic drinks which was quite nice of them. Overall we enjoyed it but felt the price didn’t match the food provided
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Brian
Nov 6, 2022
Bad PowerPoint with good snacks - We’ve had many laughs regarding how bad this was in the days following, but obviously that was not the intent. First of all I don’t think the presenter was sober. Second, it was a PowerPoint presentation, and the images had descriptions like “this isn’t her, but I think she probably looked like this“ and “this is a picture of a purple dress I found on the Internet.” I understand that he used to do this presentation in drag, which would’ve made it so much more fun and interesting. Regardless, we still chuckle about it, and the snacks they gave us were good.
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Cmarz457
Jun 21, 2023
Don’t waste time or money - Would not recommend, it was not what expected, thought it would be more dramatic. We only received 3 desserts, Byrds cookies, a 7 layer bar and a raspberry lemon cupcake that was so sweet you couldn’t eat it. The drink was good but other than that wouldn’t waste the time or money.
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