Thank you very much for an amazing trip. The children loved it and are still talking about it. We have had lots of parents commenting on how they could not stop their children talking about it all evening.
Make your own chocolate in Hawkshead
A sweet shop, a coffee shop, and a workshop where children make three chocolates and take every one of them home.
How much, how long, what age
- £22
- per child or adult
- 30–40min
- a session
- 3+
- minimum age
- Everything you make, plus your apron and hair net
- you take home
Open today 9am to 5pm. Workshops run on the hour. Checking the Hawkshead weather for you.
Things to do nearbyWho's coming?
What happens in a session
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Apron and hair net on
Everyone making chocolate gets an apron and a hair net, and both are yours to keep. Children can come on their own or with a grown-up.
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Make three chocolate creations
Using white and milk chocolate, you choose your own toppings and decorations. Our team is on hand to help everyone.
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Take it all home
Everything you make is yours to take home. A session lasts 30 to 40 minutes.
Design your bar
Pick your chocolate. Pick three toppings. Give it a name. Then come and make it for real.
Your bar
Pick a chocolate, choose three toppings, name your bar and take a picture of it home. It works in the browser with nothing to install.
Things to do nearby
Make chocolate in the morning, then make a day of it. Hawkshead is surrounded by some of the best of the Lake District.
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Hawkshead village A car-free centre of cobbled streets, courtyards and whitewashed cottages under Lakeland slate. We are right in the middle of it. -
Grizedale Forest Walking and cycling trails, sculptures in the woods, and Go Ape zip lines through the Douglas firs. Just south of the village. -
Brantwood John Ruskin's former home on the shore of Coniston Water. A historic house, museum and arts centre with plenty for families. -
Hill Top Beatrix Potter's house at Near Sawrey, 3.2 km from Hawkshead, where she wrote many of her books.
What people say
I would just like to say how much we enjoyed our trip yesterday. The staff were excellent with the children, everything was well organised, it was heaven with chocolate and coffee!! A brilliant day. Thank you.
Find us
Main Street, HawksheadCumbria, LA22 0NT
There's no parking directly outside, but we're a short walk from Hawkshead's main car park.