Chocolate Manufactory Tasting Journey at York Cocoa Works
York, England
- 45 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Learn the art of making (and tasting!) chocolate from an expert during this fun tasting experience. Watch chocolate being made, and sample chocolates of different strengths and flavor notes made with cocoa beans from around the world. Once you’re done, enjoy great discounts in the shop and café.
- Learn about chocolate making from bean to bar (or truffle) with an expert
- Taste chocolates made with different beans and discover the varying flavors
- Includes discounts on chocolates from the store—great gifting option
- Numbers are capped at just eight travelers, ensuring an intimate experience
Sample Menu
Dessert
Chocolate Tasting Samples
Our Chocolate Tasting samples demonstrate the range of our chocolate making process.
What's Included
- SnacksChocolate Tasting Samples
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- York Cocoa WorksThe, Cocoa Works, 10 Castlegate, York YO1 9RN, UK
Join us at the York Cocoa Works reception to explore our Chocolate Manufactory.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 12 hours of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Special Dietary Requirements are catered for
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Jane_B
The Cocoa Works includes a shop, a cafe, lots of information about chocolate making and the workshop itself. There is also a classroom for larger groups. The guide was excellent and knowledgeable and related really well to my teen grandsons, with a mix of interesting facts and humour. The tasting was very good and we all learned a lot about the chocolate making process. Well worth a visit.
Reviews
4.1
based on 105 reviews
Rachel_H, Mar 2026
Such a good day out! Very engaging, well thought out structure of event. From learning about the different types of plants and how their taste varies, to actually tasting the difference even with the same proportions of other ingredients. Learned loads and makes me think differently about chocolate. Would go again and recommend it to everyone.
Jane_B, Mar 2026
The Cocoa Works includes a shop, a cafe, lots of information about chocolate making and the workshop itself. There is also a classroom for larger groups. The guide was excellent and knowledgeable and related really well to my teen grandsons, with a mix of interesting facts and humour. The tasting was very good and we all learned a lot about the chocolate making process. Well worth a visit.
Elizabeth_K, Feb 2026
The talk was really interesting & the guide very engaging & passionate . The tasting again was interesting , learning about the origin of chocolate & how the different flavours & depths are developed . Only 30mins in total but I guess it could be longer if the group was bigger & more questions asked, however for the price it was a nice way to spend a bit of time .
Krzysztof_M, Dec 2025
Greg is a knowledgeable, personable and extremely kind guide. We would recommend the experience to both children and adults alike.
Megan_Y, Dec 2025
This was an amazing experience!
Learnt so much in a really fun and memorable way
The tasting was really well guided and really interesting
George was a fantastic knowladgeable and freindly host and made it a fantastic experience.
Patricia_J, Dec 2025
We visited as a group of ladies on 4th December in an afternoon session and we were greeted by our tour guide George with a big smile and a very warm welcome to the York Cocoa Works. George excitedly explained the process of chocolate making and everything that goes into making the delicious chocolates we get to consume. We really enjoyed listening to him speak about the process, asking questions along the way and the most interesting thing we found is how lovingly George spoke of the process, despite the amount of times he's likely told this story. He still seems very passionate about the process and the story behind it which was lovely to see. We really enjoyed our experience and getting to taste chocolates made from cocoa from different countries makes your senses realise the different notes the cocoa beans can bring. It was educational and full and we absolutely loved our time there. At the end of the tour we also got 10% off in the shop/cafe so we all left armed with bags of chocolate of course!
Pat_J, Sep 2025
The tour was packed with information and our guide helped us through the hallmarks of the cocoa bean from the utilizing the chaf as a by product to explanations of the different forms and taste of the beans and the different parts of the whole pod. I was pleased to learn that the company sources directly from the farmers by quality, not quantity. Fun to learn and taste.
Paloma_C, Jun 2025
Lovely experience. The whole processing of making chocolates were detailed explained by our tour guide and the chocolates we tried were delicious!
Angela_B, Apr 2025
Interesting talk about chocolate and how it's made, ending with a tasting session, nice experience..
Lyndsey_M, Jan 2025
Very disappointing and overpriced, when we arrived we was taken outside in the cold to look through a window at machinery and listened to a member of staff talk about cocoa beans with some flip cards as a prompt. We had 2 children with us an 8 year old & 6 year old so they were absolutely freezing. After a while we finally went inside and we were sat down at a bench, we got to see and touch different cocoa beans from around the world. Then came the chocolate tasting, again highly disappointing as there was 5 tiny pieces of mainly dark chocolate, 1 milk which had different strengths of cocoa in as you can appreciate the children didn’t enjoy this part as it was too bitter for their taste buds.
I asked the manager if there was anything she could give them as an alternative maybe a bar of milk chocolate to takeaway and she gave us all a free milk chocolate truffle each. I think the whole experience was a complete waste of money, we were not even offered a drink to warm up after being stood in the cold for so long.
I do not recommend this to family’s with children as it’s not at all child friendly and certainly not worth £40 for a family of 4 for 40 mins of not a lot for your money.
Marieke_B, Nov 2024
Tasting was fun, not special. Just sat at a table with the group and guessed stuff about the chocolate together. Tour was smaller than expected. Everything only one hour total. Learnt how the chocolate making process went and learnt especially much about how to create flavour. And about how a small manufacturing business works/looks like. Nice not superb.
Paul_F, Nov 2024
Lovely chocolate of course, tasting talk very relaxed and interesting, even got attention of my.16 yr old Daughter
Zoe_L, Oct 2024
A brilliant little, very informative tour with some delicious chocolate tasting of course!! Sarah was fabulous, such a good tour host!!
Nathan_S, Sep 2024
Very welcoming, informative and all round brilliant. Loved every minute of it, from the history down to the tasting. Not to mention there’s 10% off in store for when you’ve finished :)
Susan_W, Aug 2024
Our guide was Matthew who was likeable, knowledgeable and made the whole time really accessible interesting and answered all our questions. We were instantly absorbed and attentive ( girls are 11 and 13) as he took us through the process from pod to chocolate and it was great to hold an actual coca pod as well as tasting each different intensity of chocolate. We stayed afterwards in the café area which was air conditioned with lovely comfortable chairs and sofas and very friendly staff. Would highly recommend it!
Tracy_B, Jun 2024
Great experience, small group and felt the tasting was tailored to you. Went through the whole manufacturing process. We were able to purchase chocolate at a discount as we did the tasting
Simon_S, May 2024
Visited here with family as treat for my Mum. Very enjoyable tour which explains full chocolate story from source to end product. Staff very knowledgeable and engaging. Able to buy products at end of tour and enjoyed hot chocolate drink.
Would highly recommend but don’t get tour mixed up with the one at Yorks Chocolate Story like we did as it’s an 8 min walk to this tour from the other tour.
Hollie_F, Feb 2024
This experience was absolutely fantastic. My tour was run by Jacob (I think that was his name) and he was very knowledgeable and explained all aspects of cocoa manufacturing and production in great detail but in ways that made it very easy to understand. The tasting experience was an absolute delight, the locations and types of cocoa bean were explained thoroughly and how to taste the chocolate using your palate and all your senses truly was fascinating. The downside was that the shop had no items that were advertised and most of the group left without making a purchase. It is what it is, because our guide really was brilliant. He made the experience worth it and I'd be delighted to return when I'm next in York.
Joan_J, Nov 2022
Very interesting tour if the factory and testing session .. really enjoyable and I would recommend .
Peny_P, Nov 2022
We learnt about how chocolate is made from seed to factory and had a sort tasting session. Worth the price.
Elizabeth_G, Jul 2022
A love day out with my 6 year old granddaughter. She loved finding out how chocolate was made and was very keen to ask questions. A lovely young lady shared her knowledge. The chocolate was tasty too
Geoffrey_W, Jun 2022
Very knowledgeable guide, a good all round experience with tasters and a discount on purchases. Enjoyable visit.
Ewa_S, Apr 2022
Fantastic Chocolate taste . Interesting story about chocolate manufacturers. Nice to try different tastes of chocolate
Miles_B, Apr 2022
The lady that presented the tour was wonderful and informative. The tour was very engaging and we got to taste a variety of the shops multicultural chocolates where the beans had been soured from around the world. Great experience and was able to buy some chocolates for our family in the shop with a 10% discount!
Victoria_W, Apr 2022
Excellent value for money. We were shown around the manufactory by a very knowledgeable and interesting guide and then went to a dedicated part of the cafe / shop for the tasting part. This was really interesting and the chocolate was lovely. The only thing that affected our experience was that a man with a very booming loud voice came into the shop and was so loud that we couldn't hear our guides explanations! None of the other staff approached him to ask him to lower his voice as a presentation was in progress, which I feel he would have accepted and quieted down. Our presenter did stop his explanation at one point as it was so loud. We still really enjoyed ourselves and would recommend the experience.
Nichola_A, Mar 2022
Our guide was very interesting learnt so much what a great place to visit very friendly the samples of chocolates were exceptional
DAVID_R, Feb 2022
The very knowledgeable and entertaining presenter name this experience even better than it would have been anyway. Delicious chocolate to sample.
Elaine_B, Feb 2022
The tasting was great and learned a lot the nice girl talked a bit too fast , if we were no English she would be difficult to follow . All in all a very good tour
David_N, Feb 2022
Very informative and good fun, had a few samples and learnt a lot about chocolate. Certainlr recommend for anyone young or not so young.
Sue_D, Feb 2022
The girl who did the talk was lovely and very knowledgeable. However it was very boring - was hoping to look round and see the people making the choc etc would not go again
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