Make chocolate bonbons in La Fortuna: Farm to finished piece
Roast cocoa beans, grind them, and shape your own bonbons
Make chocolate bonbons at Eden Chocolate Tour in La Fortuna, a hands-on class where you roast and grind cocoa beans, watch the conching and refining process, then craft your own finished pieces. The tour runs about an hour and 45 minutes on an organic farm with a live guide in English or Spanish, and includes a tasting of the chocolate you help make.
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Step-by-step itinerary
Chocolate plantation and making tour
- Visit organic cocoa plantation
- See cocoa flowers and trees
- Observe fermentation and drying process
- Roast and grind cocoa beans
- Learn conching and refining process
- Make your own chocolate bonbons
The experience
The morning or afternoon starts on the organic cocoa plantation where you see the cocoa flowers and trees growing, then watch the fermentation and sun-drying process that turns fresh pods into usable beans. This is not a lecture. You're standing in the actual rows where the crop grows, so the scale and the work involved become real before you touch anything.
The second half moves into the ranch workspace where the actual making begins. You roast the dried beans, grind them into paste, and watch the conching and refining steps that transform rough cocoa into smooth chocolate. A live guide walks you through each stage in English or Spanish, so you understand what is happening and why the timing and temperature matter. Then you hand-craft your own bonbons: shaping, filling and finishing pieces you've made from beans you roasted yourself an hour earlier.
The whole experience runs about an hour and 45 minutes and wraps with a tasting of the chocolate, so you taste what you've built. The farm is wheelchair accessible, and children can attend if accompanied by an adult. Public transportation options are nearby if you don't have a rental car.
What’s included
- Live guide in English or Spanish.
- full access to the organic cocoa farm and ranch workspace.
- roasting, grinding and bonbon-making instruction.
- chocolate tasting at the end.
- the bonbons you make to take with you.
Before you book
Prices and times updated 6 days ago
Operated by Eden Chocolate Tour
Is this one for you?The class asks for a moderate level of activity (you're on your feet roasting and grinding, working with your hands through the whole process), so it suits an afternoon when you have energy and want to make something tangible rather than watch a demonstration. Book it if you land in La Fortuna with a free few hours and want to leave with chocolate you built yourself.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English and Spanish.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (12 to 17 years); Child (5 to 11 years); Infant (under 5): free.
What exactly do I make during this class?
You roast cocoa beans, grind them into chocolate paste, and hand-craft your own bonbons by shaping and finishing pieces. You take home the bonbons you make.
Do I need any chocolate-making experience to join?
No experience is required. The guide teaches each step from roasting the raw beans onward, so beginners work through the whole process alongside anyone with prior knowledge.
What's included in the price?
The tour includes the live guide, full access to the organic farm and the ranch workspace, and a tasting of chocolate at the end. You keep the bonbons you make.
How long does the whole thing take?
The tour runs about an hour and 45 minutes from start to finish, covering the plantation walk, the roasting and grinding, and the bonbon-making and tasting.
Make chocolate bonbons in La Fortuna: Farm to finished piece
1h 45m · EN · ES
from US$ 39.55 per person
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