Choco-Story Paris - Musée du Chocolat — Attraction in Paris

This is a really small museum and it would not have been on my radar at all but it popped up on my maps and it looked like the perfect thing for my 8 year old daughter. She loved it!

They offer two different options, just a walkthrough of the museum at €15 adult, €9 for a child or the €40 per person for the chocolate workshop experience. €40 seemed pretty steep but my daughter needed something just for her after a week of traveling and it was well worth it. During the chocolate experience you get to dip different candies in melted chocolate and decorate them as well as create 4 separate chocolate bars. You walk away with at least €20 worth of chocolate, and the experience is a lot of fun especially for the young ones.

The museum itself has some interesting information about the cultural roots of chocolate cultivation in ancient Mexico, acknowledgment of the colonial ties to chocolate cultivation and exportation, and some curious chocolate carved art pieces to look at. There are some free samples distributed throughout the museum too.

They provided an activity book for my daughter to fill out and it took her at least 1.5 hours to find all the information. I think that if I just walked through the museum myself, it would have been a 30 minute...

I need to edit this now that they went to the workshop DO NOT COME HERE! The animal leading the workshop manhandled my 8 year old daughter!!!

I cannot recommend going to this museum and chocolate-making workshop if you have kids. Their website is unclear about what to do with children younger than seven. The site mentioned that kids under seven couldn't participate in the workshop, but when we arrived after paying for two adults and one child, they did not allow us to enter because of our 1-year-old, who was actually sleeping at the time. Did they think he was going to steal some chocolate? He can't even walk!

After they explained the situation, we asked if they would refund one of the adult tickets since we were not able to participate, but they refused. To add insult to injury, they were extremely rude and seemed to relish the fact that we had thrown €40 into the garbage. On its own, the museum, which my 1-year-old was able to enter, is not worth 15 euros. So, in short, do not waste your time...

This museum was a surprisingly good find. The museum has several parts starting with the ancient Aztec and Mayan history of chocolate and ending with a virtual demonstration by modern French chocolatiers. There's even a room with chocolate sculptures of the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.

There are samples throughout the museum corresponding to the type of chocolate you're learning about at that moment including a taste of what you see the chocolatiers make in the virtual demonstration.

For 3 extra euros at the end they also give you a cup of delicious hot chocolate that you can customize with several flavors. I tried the spicy hot chocolate (in the style of how chocolate was originally drunk).

The gift shop appropriately has a wide selection of chocolate in all different styles and from many countries.

If you're a fan of chocolate and want to learn more about both its history and modern ways it's prepared then I'd really recommend a visit to...