Chocolatier for a day: raw bean to bar chocolate in Modica
Overview
Step into the world of artisan chocolate and enjoy a truly one-of-a-kind experience: a genuine bean-to-bar journey where you become the protagonist of cacao’s transformation.
In our laboratory in Modica, you’ll be guided on a sensory adventure that begins with raw cacao beans.
Get hands-on with every stage of production: select the finest cacao beans, breathe in their aromas as they develop during roasting, and discover how they slowly transform into cacao mass through traditional stone grinding.
Throughout the experience, you’ll taste cacao at its different stages, gaining a deep understanding of what makes the artisan bean-to-bar method so special.
Finally, create your own raw chocolate bar by choosing each ingredient, package it yourself, and take home an authentic reminder of your day as a chocolatier.
A perfect activity for chocolate lovers, curious minds, and anyone eager to discover what truly lies behind every artisan chocolate bar.
What's Included
- Selection of beans.
- Discover the origins and varieties of cocoa.
- Roasting, grinding and refining.
- Final packaging.
- Creation of your own bean-to-bar chocolate bar.
- Use of equipment and raw materials for the production of chocolate bars.
- Disposable gown, cap and gloves.
- Guided tastings throughout the process.
- Transfers to and from the laboratory are not included.
Meeting Location
Via Passo Gatta
36/A, 97015 Modica RG, Italy
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
Step into an artisanal chocolate laboratory in Modica, a city renowned worldwide for its chocolate-making tradition.
The experience begins with raw cacao beans. You’ll learn to recognize their aromas, origins, and quality, select the best beans, and witness the roasting process, when cacao develops intense and complex fragrances.
You’ll continue with grinding and refining, discovering how the beans turn into cacao mass and then into true artisan bean-to-bar chocolate. Along the way, you’ll taste cacao at different stages of processing, understanding the differences between artisanal methods and industrial production.
Finally, you’ll create your own personalized chocolate bar, choosing and adding ingredients to suit your taste and packaging it yourself. While waiting for the bar to set, you’ll take part in a guided tasting of all our artisan bean-to-bar chocolate lines, exploring aromatic profiles, cacao origins, and different cocoa percentages.
A delicious keepsake to take home and share with loved ones—or to enjoy on your own—capturing the full experience of being a chocolatier.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Children up to 13 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions 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).
- selection of beans.
- discover the origins and varieties of cocoa.
- roasting, grinding and refining.
- final packaging.
- creation of your own bean-to-bar chocolate bar.
- use of equipment and raw materials for the production of chocolate bars.
- disposable gown, cap and gloves.
- guided tastings throughout the process.
- transfers to and from the laboratory are not included.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..
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.
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Chocolatier for a day: raw bean to bar chocolate in Modica is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Chocolatier for a day: raw bean to bar chocolate in Modica will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. 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
- Selection of beans.
- Discover the origins and varieties of cocoa.
- Roasting, grinding and refining.
- Final packaging.
- Creation of your own bean-to-bar chocolate bar.
- Use of equipment and raw materials for the production of chocolate bars.
- Disposable gown, cap and gloves.
- Guided tastings throughout the process.
- Transfers to and from the laboratory are not included.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Children up to 13 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
