Do you like chocolate? Then the Chocolate Ball Museum is for you!
The chocolate museum called "Choco-Story Paris" invites you to a delicious and unique experience where you can learn about cocoa!
Paris Chocolate Museum
See more than 1,000 objects related to chocolate at the Chocolate Museum in Paris (Le Musee Gourmand du Chocolat), and understand and learn about everything related to the cocoa bean.
The tour includes live demonstrations of chocolate making and more importantly - tasting.
Many children's activities to keep the little ones happy, including a treasure hunt in the museum.
The 2,789 square feet (850 square meters) of museum exhibits and demonstrations can be explored and tell the 4,000-year history of the cocoa bean in all its forms, from the Olmecs, Mayans and Aztecs.
Learn about the important role cocoa played in ancient cultures, including how cocoa was used in mystical rituals.
Fast forward to the 1500s, when the Aztec emperor Montezuma introduced cacao to Europe. Christopher Columbus was the first European to taste the chocolate drink, but he didn't like it and therefore paid little attention to chocolate. Fortunately, he was not the last European to try it.
See the transformation of the chocolate trade as the chocolate manufacturing process became more efficient during the modern era. Watch virtual demonstrations to discover the secret behind the shiny outer coat that makes the chocolate treats so appealing, and taste some of the chocolate products made on site.
Enjoy the milky flavors of Costa Rican chocolate, the melt-in-the-mouth fruit of Peruvian chocolate, the sweet scents of Monoato cocoa beans, and more. Don't feel too guilty about indulging; You will learn that chocolate has many health benefits. Afterwards, browse the museum shop for books, souvenirs and chocolate-related products.
Chocolate workshop in Paris with a professional French chocolatier
After understanding the world of cocoa at the Paris Chocolate Museum with authentic artifacts and exhibits, it's time to practice your skills in a chocolate-making workshop with a master chocolatier. Afterwards, you can take your handmade creations home to gift to friends/family, or eat them for yourself.
Some more recommendations about the chocolate museum - the cocoa story
You can walk around the museum and see how chocolate is made, all kinds of models/objects made of chocolate and you can eat chocolate and at the end get a short and quick explanation of how pralines are made
It's very cheap to enter - a really cheap ticket (keep in mind that the place is relatively small, but the chocolate workshop is really, really recommended and worth it)
There is all you can eat
At the end of the museum is a quality chocolate shop
In short, really recommended
As of 2020, the chocolatier speaks Hebrew!!
Important things to know
Address: 28 Bd de Bonne Nouvelle, 75010 Paris
Activity time:
Wednesday 10:00–18:00
Thursday 10:00–18:00
Friday 10:00–18:00
Saturday 10:00–18:00
Sunday 10:00–18:00
Monday 10:00–18:00
Tuesday 10:00–18:00
