Cacao‑to‑Chocolate Educational Workshops & Learning Activities

Lab Cocoa’s educational chocolate activities introduce young people to the real journey from cacao to chocolate through fun, hands‑on learning. Each workshop blends chocolate‑making with curriculum‑linked topics in History, Science, Geography, Maths, English, Art, and PSHE, helping students explore culture, trade, plant biology, and the science behind chocolate production.

Our workshops are available in‑studio, in schools and organisations, or delivered virtually, making chocolate education accessible to learners everywhere.

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Lab Cocoa Studio Workshops
(Small Groups & Home‑Educated Learners)

Our studio‑based educational workshops offer an immersive, hands‑on cacao‑to‑chocolate experience in the heart of Lab Cocoa. Designed for small groups, home‑educated learners, and students who benefit from a quieter environment, these sessions can be delivered as a single workshop or over multiple one‑hour lessons.

Workshops are adapted to suit age and ability while covering key curriculum areas. Students explore:

Explore: Where cacao comes from, how it grows, and the machines used to turn beans into chocolate. Students also practise real chocolatier techniques to create their own chocolate piece.
Learn: How cacao is processed into chocolate, examine raw cacao, and see freshly made chocolate.
Taste: Sample four different chocolates using sensory skills — smell, taste, compare, and discuss.
Create: Make chocolate moulds, use edible paints, and design a chocolate creation to take home.

These sessions are perfect for learners who thrive in small groups, enjoy hands‑on activities.

Workshops included hand outs, visual aids, and chocolate samples to taste.
Duration 60 - 120 mins
Cost from £9.00 - £22.50 per person

Aztec are the first recorded people

to make a drink using Cacao Seeds

School & Organisation Educational Workshops

Our school‑based cacao‑to‑chocolate workshops bring the full Lab Cocoa experience directly into the classroom. These sessions are designed to support curriculum learning while giving students a memorable, sensory, chocolate‑filled experience.

Each workshop includes:

Explore: Discover where cacao comes from, how it grows, and how it becomes chocolate.
Learn: Travel through 5,000 years of cacao history — from the ancient Mayans and Aztecs to modern‑day chocolate bars.
Taste: Sample four chocolates using sensory learning, followed by group discussion and flavour exploration.
Create: Students decorate a chocolate creation using edible paints and design their own wrapper to complete their masterpiece.

These workshops are ideal for schools, youth groups, community organisations, and educational settings looking for an engaging, curriculum‑linked activity.

W orkshops provide hand outs, visual aids, and raw and chocolate samples to taste.

Duration 60 - 120 mins
Cost from £8.50 to £18.50 per person

In 1709 Queen Anne spend

£50 on drinking chocolate in

one month, £5000 in todays money!

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Cacao‑to‑Chocolate Workshops (Zoom Classroom Sessions)

Our virtual educational workshops bring the cacao-to-chocolate journey to classrooms anywhere in the world. Delivered via Zoom, these sessions follow the same curriculum-linked structure as our in-person workshops - with all materials provided in advance through our Cacao Educational Kits.

Each kit includes:

Raw cacao - Chocolate samples - Sample card - Brushes - Chocolate creations - Edible paints

Lab Cocoa wrapper - Educational handouts.

Workshop learning includes:

Explore: Where cacao comes from and how it becomes chocolate.
Learn: The history of cacao, ancient civilisations, and how chocolate has evolved.
Taste: Guided tasting of four chocolates using sensory skills.
Create: Decorate chocolate creations and design a wrapper to complete the activity.

These virtual workshops are perfect for schools outside the region, international groups, home-educators, and classrooms wanting a flexible, interactive learning experience.

Workshops provide hand outs, visual aids, and raw and chocolate samples to taste.

Duration 60 - 120 mins
Cost from £9.50 per person

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grows different coloured fruits,

Cacao Pods!

Trace’s session accompanied and added value to our geography unit of learning which was based around Fairtrade chocolate. It was amazing to observe the way in which Trace made our in class learning come to light, which made our learning more insightful.

The children learned about the origins of chocolate; where it comes from, how it gets to our country, how it’s made. This added a deeper sense of understanding for our children as we were able to trace the chocolate’s journey from origin to shelf. This allowed the learning to be more relatable to the children and they could much easily envisage the journey. - NORTH SOMERCOTES Cof E SCHOOL