Chocolate Making Workshop Cusco: Make Belgian Pralines

You'll make around 21 pralines and 10 mendiants in a single afternoon, choosing from local jams and organic nuts.

A two-and-a-half-hour chocolate workshop in Cusco where you learn to make Belgian-style pralines and mendiants using organic Chuncho cacao from the Sacred Valley, then take home a personalized box of your own creations. The class covers the history of chocolate, hands-on praline and mendiant making, ganache preparation, and a hot chocolate you'll learn to make yourself. Children from age 12 are welcome, and guides speak English, Spanish and French.

The Experience

You've got a free afternoon in Cusco and want to do something that doesn't feel like another museum. This workshop sits in the heart of the city and starts by walking you through chocolate's place in Peruvian culture before you touch anything. Then you move into the making itself: the workshop gives you the setup and the guidance, and you spend the next couple of hours building pralines and mendiants from scratch. The organic Chuncho cacao comes from the Sacred Valley, and the workshop sources it directly—that's the cacao you're working with, not a generic substitute.

The fillings are where it gets specific to Cusco. You choose from homemade local jams, a range of local and organic nuts, and other toppings the workshop has on hand. You'll make around 21 pralines and 10 mendiants, which means you're not rushing through a demo—you're actually building a collection. Partway through, you learn to make ganache, and you prepare a hot chocolate from scratch that you get to taste. By the end, everything you've made goes into a personalized box that you take home.

The class runs two and a half hours, which is long enough to learn the technique without feeling like a half-day commitment. Guides speak English, Spanish and French, and children from 12 onward can join. Bottled water is included, and the workshop is near public transportation if you're getting there on your own.

What’s included

• Two-and-a-half-hour hands-on class with live guide in English, Spanish or French.
• all ingredients for making around 21 pralines and 10 mendiants.
• ganache instruction.
• hot chocolate you prepare yourself.
• personalized box to take your chocolates home.
• bottled water.

Good to know

Pets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Cusco Chocolate Workshop

Is this one for you?The workshop runs two and a half hours of hands-on work, so you're standing and moving the whole time—book this if you have a free afternoon and want to spend it making something you'll actually eat, not watching someone else do it.

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Top questions

What's the difference between a praline and a mendiant?

A praline is a chocolate bonbon with a ganache or filling center, while a mendiant is a flat chocolate disk topped with nuts and dried fruit. In this workshop, you make both, choosing your own toppings for each type.

Do I need any chocolate-making experience to join this workshop?

No experience is necessary. The guide teaches you how to make ganache, form pralines, and assemble mendiants from the start, so beginners and anyone curious about chocolate can join.

Can I bring my 10-year-old to the workshop?

The workshop welcomes children from age 12 and up. Children younger than 12 are not included in this class.

What happens to the chocolates I make—do I take them home?

Yes, all the pralines and mendiants you make go into a personalized box that you take home to share with family and friends or keep for yourself.

Is the hot chocolate included, or do I pay extra for it?

The hot chocolate is included in the workshop. You learn to prepare it yourself during the class and get to taste it as part of the experience.

Where exactly in Cusco does the workshop take place?

The workshop is located in the heart of Cusco. Public transportation options are available nearby if you need to get there by bus or taxi.