Chocolate Box Experience

The same people who brought you the wildly successful Tour de Chocolat have created a new event that will entertain, educate and make you a real chocolate “snob”! We’re calling this fun morning The Chocolate Box Experience!

Your experience begins at 9:00 at Chocolate Box, our temple to the Cacao Gods. One of our expert staff will greet you with possibly the world’s best hot chocolate from Seattle’s own Chocolat Vitale, good even on summer mornings. We then begin with a short overview of how and where cacao is grown, along with lessons on the right way to eat fine chocolate. Your “snob” training has begun!

You’re then placed on a luxury van for a short and scenic ride to a chocolate factory tour at Theo Chocolates in Fremont, the country's only bean-to-bar, organic and fair trade chocolate factory. Willy Wonka would be proud! Your factory tour is wonderfully educational and full of samples of most of Theo’s world-famous bars.

After your factory tour, your van transports you back to Chocolate Box via another scenic route around Lake union (your out of town visitors will love the unique Seattle sights). The fun has just begun! Now you get to make your own chocolate treats as we show you how to melt chocolate and properly dip fun things to make yummy confections … like pretzels, oreos, or fruit.

Once you’ve licked all that mouth-watering chocolate off your fingers, it’s time to learn how to make a genache courtesy of Julian Rose, head chocolatier at Moonstruck Chocolates of Portland. Through the magic of video, Julian welcomes you to his private test kitchen and teaches you the critical subtleties of making the perfect truffle. We then get a private look into the very secretive Moonstruck factory to see how they make their magical and delicious confections … followed by samples of their creativity. Yum!

Your experience ends with a thank-you bag of chocolate samples from our store as well as a generous shopping coupon … a coupon that’s also good at our sister store next door, Simply Seattle, the best place in town for souvenirs and gifts that scream “Seattle”!

TOUR DATES AND TIMES:
Tours begin at 9:00am sharp every Friday and Saturday at Chocolate Box, 108 Pine Street, near the Pike Place Market. Please be on time as we keep a very tight schedule for the tours. Our tours should last from 2 1/2 to 3 hours depending on traffic.
The same people who brought you the wildly successful Tour de Chocolat have created a new event that will entertain, educate and make you a real chocolate “snob”! We’re calling this fun morning The Chocolate Box Experience!

WANT TO SPEND THE WHOLE DAY WITH CHOCOLATE AND WINE?
We also offer a wonderful afternoon tour of Seattle's own "wine region" with the URBAN WINE TOUR presented by the Wine Bar at Chocolate Box! Now you can buy a combo ticket to the Chocolate Box Experience and the Urban Wine Tour for only $95 ... a $108 value!

RESTRICTIONS/CANCELLATION POLICY:
Because our tours generally sell out, in order to receive a refund for cancellation, we need to hear from you at least 48 hours in advance. If you must cancel after that deadline, we will reschedule you to another tour in the future as space allows. If we can sell your seat after the cancellation deadline, we'll be happy to refund your ticket price.

The Chocolate Box Experience and their chocolatier partners require that tour participants be at least 10 years of age. Children between the ages of 10 and 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Please note that we may have to cancel the tour from time to time due to lack of adequate ticket sales or inclement weather. We won't cancel tours until 5:00PM the night before your tour, but feel free to call the information line to check if you tour is still on before then.

Thanks for your cooperation! We look forward to seeing you at our next Chocolate Box Experience!