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Chocolate Workshop: Craft Your Own Sweet Art
4.6
39 Ratings
Santa Barbara
Immerse yourself in the world of chocolate at Menchaca Chocolates. Join our custom chocolate bark workshop and explore the art of chocolate making while designing your own unique product. Don’t miss the chance to tour Mr. Menchaca’s micro-batch chocolate factory!
Immerse yourself in the world of chocolate at Menchaca Chocolates. Join our custom chocolate bark workshop and explore the art of chocolate making while designing your own unique product. Don’t miss the chance to tour Mr. Menchaca’s micro-batch chocolate factory!
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Menchaca Chocolates - Everything needed to create unique chocolate bars and innovative packaging with a custom design is provided. Participants will take home their creations, wrapped in foil and sealed in a wooden container (either a box or tile). There’s nothing more special than being able to say, “I made this!” The finest chocolates are…
- Menchaca Chocolates - Everything needed to create unique chocolate bars and innovative packaging with a custom design is provided. Participants will take home their creations, wrapped in foil and sealed in a wooden container (either a box or tile). There’s nothing more special than being able to say, “I made this!” The finest chocolates are crafted using the highest quality ingredients, with ethically sourced, direct trade, and organic beans. Options include 60% dark, 40% milk (oat milk) which is dairy/gluten/soy-free, and a White VEGAN craft chocolate. Choose from various box styles, freshly poured fluid chocolate, and numerous inclusions like nuts, dried fruits, seasonings, and salts. Get creative by designing a symmetrical pattern, landscape, or even a face using candied ginger, blueberries, and pretzel sticks, for example! The chocolate-making experience takes place in our factory, offering a glimpse into the workings of a small craft chocolate business. It’s a fantastic activity for all age groups or a romantic evening with someone special. Feel free to bring your own beverages, along with glasses and an opener if desired. Large parties are encouraged to book in advance and call ahead.
What's Included
- Mr. Menchaca’s Micro Batch Chocolate Factory Tour
- Chocolate Samples
- 14 oz Chocolate filled wooden Tile (Tray)
- Mr. Menchaca’s Micro Batch Chocolate Factory Tour
- Chocolate Samples
- 14 oz Chocolate filled wooden Tile (Tray)
What's Not Included
- Any Extra pre-packaged Shop Chocolate that you’d like to purchase separately (optional)
- Any Extra pre-packaged Shop Chocolate that you’d like to purchase separately (optional)
Meal Options
- Chilled Cacao Husk Tea
- Chilled Cacao Husk Tea
Additional Information
At Menchaca Chocolates, we view ourselves as pioneers continually reshaping an ancient bean discovered 150 miles away from the equator. We believe that to fully appreciate this enchanting bean, one must engage all their senses: taste, touch, smell, sound and visual changes. Our Chocolate & Art workshops were created for this purpose. Here, you can…
At Menchaca Chocolates, we view ourselves as pioneers continually reshaping an ancient bean discovered 150 miles away from the equator. We believe that to fully appreciate this enchanting bean, one must engage all their senses: taste, touch, smell, sound and visual changes. Our Chocolate & Art workshops were created for this purpose. Here, you can discover the potential of chocolate, create a customised chocolate product, and if you wish, design a label or box to package it. Additionally, you can gain insight into our production process during Mr. Menchaca’s Micro-batch Chocolate Factory Tour!
Location
Menchaca Chocolates
State Street
Once you've entered El Mercado, go half way in and we are on the lower level to the right. In the corner and slightly under ground!!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(39 Ratings)
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Rachelpeart
Feb 1, 2026
Book This! - Highly recommend this experience! Went with my husband for our anniversary and we had such a great time creating our signature chocolate bars and creating our own wrapper designs. This is a warm, personal and great thing to do with a fantastic local business. Don’t miss buying some chocolate covered mangos while you’re there!
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Quest32715315323
Dec 27, 2025
Chocolate 🍫 making with hubby - Absolutely amazing and fun, so glad we did it! Exceeded our expectations by 100%
Friendly and fun environment, the hosts are great 😊
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Gabriela_p
Oct 18, 2025
Fun activity - We had a great time! Decorating our boxes plus trying different chocolates and being able to make ours was super fun! Everyone was super friendly!
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Christa_w
Oct 6, 2025
Discover Yourself - It is not a tour.
It is an interactive art experience & chocolate 🍫 bar making. Therapeutic & FUN!!!
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Shaninei
Sep 27, 2025
Sweet outing with friends - We had such a wonderful time at this shop! Three of us ladies came for a friends’ outing, and it was the perfect experience from start to finish. We each got to make our own set of three chocolate bars, choosing from four types of chocolate and mixing in our favorite additions like nuts, dried fruit, and spices. It was so much fun to get creative and customize each bar.
Afterward, we decorated the small box that would hold our chocolates, and the shop had an incredible variety of supplies to choose from—inks, acrylic paint pens, gel pens, stamps, stencils, washi tape, wood cutouts, and more. It really brought out everyone’s creativity, and we loved making our boxes as unique as our chocolates.
Aprons were provided, which made it easy to relax and dive into the fun, and the owners were absolutely delightful—so welcoming, helpful, and kind. We truly enjoyed every minute of this experience and would highly recommend it for a girls’ day out or any creative outing with friends!
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David_g
Sep 21, 2025
Date with the wife - Wonderful time. The host were very welcoming. They had all the essentials and the candy bars were so yummy.
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355coric
Sep 6, 2025
Fantastic experience! - What a fantastic experience! Came here with my mom and we had a blast. From welcoming hosts, to fun music, to delicious chocolate, to relaxing arts and crafts, we loved every moment of our experience here! Would highly recommend this activity for a few hours for locals and visitors alike!
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Rebecca
Aug 31, 2025
Perfect combo of chocolate and crafts! - We weren’t too sure what to expect when initially booking this during our trip to Santa Barbara, but it turned out to be quite the highlight! One of us loves chocolate and the other loves arts+crafts, so this was a great combo. Most of the time is spent decorating the box you’ll use for your chocolate once’s it’s ready, which doesn’t really take that long and there are so many options and supplies for decorating that you can easily spend a lot of time - they have a great setup outdoors in the shade with great music playing. We were worried this would be some drawn-out tutorial about how chocolate is made, but were pleasantly surprised that we simply got to sample some chocolate, choose the flavors we wanted, adorn it with different toppings, and then wrap it when we were done decorating our boxes.
It was convenient walking distance from our hotel, but also had plenty of parking right there if you end up driving. It’s so convenient that if we had more time we’d be tempted to go back for another session - this was a great way to start off the day, just make sure you have a plan for what to do with your chocolate afterwards so that it doesn’t melt sitting in your car!
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Brigittes950
Oct 11, 2025
Mixed reviews - We were expecting more information about how the chocolate is made. The experience is more of decorating the box than how chocolates are made. We were rushed on the only part where chocolates were prepared… so it is more craft activity than chocolate making class
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Elizabeth_m
Feb 14, 2026
Disappointed - This is not a chocolate making class. You don’t actually get any instructions about th chocolate making process. This is an elementary school art class, decorating cheap wooden boxes, with paint markers, (the kind you get at Michael’s). The only portion of this class the involves you in the chocolate process is sprinkling topping on top of melted chocolate that the shop has melted, and poured for you into molds.
Save your $. Don’t take this class.
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