I love chocolate, it’s one of life’s great pleasures. So when I had the opportunity to take a chocolate cooking class whilst I was in Cusco I couldn’t say no.
Choco Museo is located two blocks from Plaza de Armas in central Cusco. A museum, cooking school, shop and cafe all in one, Choco Museo is a great place to visit even if you aren’t going to take a class.
The day before I had booked the Bean to Bar Chocolate Workshop. Choco Museo runs three cooking classes a day and they fill up quickly so definitely book in advance. Our class consisted of eight people, all tourists from around the world.
We learned so many things about the history of chocolate making in Peru, the process from bean collection to drying to cooking and were able to have a lot of hands-on fun. We drank hot chocolate, both with and without milk (perfect for vegan me!) and were able to taste the chocolate through every step.
We were involved in every step of the chocolate making from stirring the roasting beans, to grinding them into a paste, to making the chocolates themselves.
The two hour class flew by! Our teacher spoke fluently in both English and Spanish and infused a lot of laughter and fun into the class.
As well as learning all about the process and getting to create the chocolate mixture ourselves, we were given moulds and flavours to create our own chocolates to take home with us.
After a couple of hours chilling time (perfect for us to go and eat some lunch) we returned to Choco Museo to collect our delicious hand-made chocolates.
The Choco Museo cooking class was great fun. Classes run everyday at 11am, 1:30pm and 4pm and cost S/.75 per person (approximately USD$20). If you’re looking something fun to do whilst in Cusco, I thoroughly recommend you check it out.
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