Chocolate Tour: Make Your Own Bar

Discover the art of chocolate making in Panama with a joyful and educational class. Make your own chocolate bar and taste delicious Panamanian cocoa products. Perfect for family, friends, and couples!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Casa Dawson - During your visit to the chocolate factory, you will learn the cocoa process, how it becomes chocolate, make your own chocolate bar and taste our products. A fun experience that you cannot miss.
What's Included
  • Drink pairing
  • Chocolate tasting
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
Meal Options
  • seasonal chocolates
Additional Information

We want to share with visitors our passion for Panamanian cocoa and chocolate. A super fun and educational experience that you can enjoy with your family, friends and partner. Not only will you learn how chocolate is made, but you will be able to make your own chocolate bar and try our products. An experience that you will take as a memory in your heart.

  • Not recommended for travelers with stair climbing problems
Location
Nomé Chocolate
Calle 11 Oeste
Our new location is on Av. Central España in Casa Dawson, next to the Luigi Cocina Povera restaurant in the Hotel La Compañía but the street behind the hotel next to the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Santa María la Antigua. If you use UBER, write: SAN JOSE 3108 and leave it at the site.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Courteney
Jan 17, 2026
Delightful Experience - My husband and I enjoyed this experience very much. I would definitely recommend it! At the end we experimented with the various percentages of caco and asked them to make hot chocolate with each one. That was on our own pocketbook but it was fun.
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Alaina_c
Dec 14, 2025
Do this tour if you have a sweet tooth! - Such a fun class, there was a small group and it felt personalized for a bunch of strangers. The history and watching her explain in the upstairs of the cute shop, with being able to taste the ingredients before we made our own chocolate bar. We were able to pick our toppings of either nuts, dried fruit, or both. They cook and wrap it the same day, and as they set downstairs they gave us a champagne and let us try a few of their chocolates from the shop downstairs. Some were spicy, sweet, or boozy. Really awesome tour that lasted about 1-1 1/2 hours, located right in downtown Casco Viejo so it’s easy walking distance from most hotels if you’re in the area.
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Salvatore_g
Dec 6, 2025
We had a 6 PM appointment... - We had a 6 PM appointment on Saturday night. we booked it on viatour. They do not have a 6 PM experience there. When we got there at 5:50 they were closing up. Juan greeted us at the store. We showed them our booking reservations and he was surprised that they were showing 6 PM bookings. He was very nice and accommodated us. We had our own private experience. Rolando was the one who gave us our experience there. They were so accommodating. it couldn’t have been any better. I couldn’t thank them enough for letting us come in and experiencing it.
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Silvia_f
Dec 2, 2025
Rolando was an amazing... - Rolando was an amazing guide! The experience takes us through the chocolate making steps, everyone gets to make their own choco bar and there’s a cool tasting at the end! Wouldn’t recommend more!
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Philecia_m
Nov 23, 2025
My family had an amazing... - My family had an amazing time during the experience. Our group included kids, 5 and 10, and it was enjoyable for everyone. Overall great experience!
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Crysta_b
Nov 22, 2025
Chocolate class - This was such a fun experience to participate in. I got to try chocolate, learn the history of the coco bean and get the interactive experience with our helpful instructor. Everything was super delicious and definitely a memorable experience. I was very happy to go home with my own chocolate bar .
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Laurence7022qi
Jan 4, 2026
Nome experience - I’m not a huge chocolate lover, but the flavors were fantastic. They didn’t let us go into where they make the chocolate like the pictures show
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Latasha_j
Jan 16, 2026
Not a private experience. Great guide, learned a lot! - My partner & I did a chocolate tour on 1/15 and I want to be clear the guide was absolutely amazing!! However, this was not a private tour as advertised and says within the description. On top of this, the person was recording (herself, but it’s small so of course we were in it) the entire time on two devices. It was really distracting so I felt like I couldn’t relax/enjoy the full process. I would not have booked if this wasn’t sold as a private tour. Guide 10/10. Overall experience 5/10. In addition, the tour states it’s around 1hr 15 mins. The full chocolate making and tasting took a little less than 40 mins. All the staff were super kind so I do really want to emphasize that, but tour wasn’t as advertised.
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Aurelie_g
Jan 15, 2026
We were very disappointed... - We were very disappointed by our experience. We had booked a cocoa making and tasting workshop at this establishment via Viator. When we arrived on time, and even ten minutes in advance, we were informed that the group had grown too large (18 people) to welcome us. We were then asked to come back two hours later, making sure that the group would then be reduced to five participants. After waiting two hours, we returned at the agreed time, only to find that the activity would still be done with a group of about 20 people. The staff were cold and without any understanding of our frustration, just redirecting us to Viator in case of dissatisfaction. The space is clearly too small to accommodate such large groups, making the experience impersonal, unnecessarily long and difficult to justify in terms of the asking price. We sincerely hope that Nomé will reconsider its practices to provide an experience that meets the expectations of its customers in the future.
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Anne_g
Dec 29, 2025
Skip it -- impossible to hear - Don't bother. It's impossible to hear. The room is open to the ground floor and there is so much background noise from the ground floor that the demonstrator is inaudible.
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From $45
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).