Tours/Santa Barbara/Make your own Chocolate Bars & Chocolate Box
Viator · group up to 20 pax

Make your own Chocolate Bars & Chocolate Box

4.6(48)Santa Barbara1 hour
VIATOR4.7(35)TRIPADVISOR4.4(13)

Description

Here at Menchaca Chocolates we'd like to think we are adventurers continuing to re-define an ancient Pod found 150 miles from the equator. So we decided that to truly understand this magical bean you have to experience it through all your senses: taste, touch, smell, cracking and visual transformation. We developed these Chocolate & Art Workshops to do just that. You will get to know the possibilities and have a chance to make a custom unique Chocolate product and if you choose, design a label or Box to package it in. You can also learn exactly how we make our chocolate in Mr. Menchaca's Micro- batch Chocolate Factory Tour!

Tour Options

Chocolate Bar & Box Making
  • Duration: 2 hours Samples of our chocolates : We pour three types of Chocolate during our Workshops and you'll get a chance to sample them before you choice your own.

Highlights

A variety of wooden Box styles to choose from.
Chocolate Samples
40 different Toppings to drop into fluid chocolate
Hot or Cold Cacao Husk tea
10 oz. of fluid Chocolate (60% Dark, Oat Milk, & a white craft choclate
Lots of Art Supplies at The Art Bar

What's included

Included
A variety of wooden Box styles to choose from.
Chocolate Samples
40 different Toppings to drop into fluid chocolate
Hot or Cold Cacao Husk tea
10 oz. of fluid Chocolate (60% Dark, Oat Milk, & a white craft choclate
Lots of Art Supplies at The Art Bar
Not included
Any Extra pre-packaged Shop Chocolate that you'd like to purchase separately (optional)

Traveller Ratings

4.6
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Important Information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Reviews(48)

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jabfreeman
July 11, 2026
Art and chocolate together

A unique and fun experience—both creating the chocolate bars and decorating the box. I look forward to sampling my chocolate creations.

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MamaMia796
July 11, 2026
Pretty costly for amount of candy!

It was fun. We got to decorate the boxes that was the most fun. The candy we just put in toppings over the top soit wasn't really learning how to make the candy. And it was pretty costly. I would've rather paid $30 less. i've melted more chocolate in my day at home.

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Scott_J
July 4, 2026
Making chocolate

Fun, crafty event. Good time for couples. Small kids might struggle with the activity. A good way to spend a couple hours.

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E5761ONjosec
July 4, 2026
Amazingy great

Great fun. Learned about chocolate

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scottjP6468FN
June 21, 2026
Underwhelming

Art supplies were in poor condition (dry pens, broken tips, unorganized). Chocolate making process did not meet my expectations.

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Antonio_V
May 16, 2026
Better than See’s Candies

To quote my girlfriend, “better than See’s Candies.”. Very fun activity!m and delicious chocolate! Owners/Guides are very helpful, kind, and friendly!

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jadesR3345IB
April 27, 2026
Gotta Go to Menchaca Chocolates

A very fun and creative process. My husband and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary here before continuing up to Yosemite. All staff were very friendly and polite. Easily recommend.

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Sara_D
April 26, 2026
This place is so much...

This place is so much fun. People are nice, helpful and fun. I would recommend it to any group of people.

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Catherine_E
March 28, 2026
A Must Do in Santa Barbara!

This was an amazing family activity along our California road trip! The owners were adorable, and so wonderful to chat with. We had fun painting our boxes with the variety of art supplies, and had fun tasting and making the chocolate bars. It was a memory we will all cherish, and one of our highlights along our Spring Break Road Trip! Please go if you’re in the area, we left with smiles on our face and hearts full!

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Elizabeth_M
February 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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