Kakaw Museo del Cacao y Chocolateria Cultural — Attraction in Chiapas

One of the best experiences while my visit to San Cristobal de las Casas. The experience of create my own chocolate bar was incredible, for $300 pesos you have the opportunity to create your own bar and they explain you all the process and everything about cacao. Our experience was incredible, the guy who was our teacher he answer all our questions, he explained us everything from the cacao process to the chocolate creation, they’re super prepared about the topic and if you have the time is an amazing class!!! So worthy!!!! They’re cacao it’s amazing also, súper top quality!! Before they were closer to the center and soon they told us they’re going to change one block but not far at all and it’s a good activity and the museum...

I highly recommend the experience, coming from someone who isn't even that big of a chocolate fan! There are tours on the hour every hour (50 pesos) with (at the time of writing: April 2024) tours in English offered at 13:00 and 18:00. You learn about the process of making chocolate as well as the history of it in the region, which was all really interesting.

I really enjoyed my tour which was led by Rubi who was happy to answer any and all questions. The tour concludes with some chocolate tasting (drinks and also solid chocolate) and finally you can buy some, if you like, but there's no obligation.

There is also a workshop experience you can do where you make your own chocolate, but I...

We signed up for a chocolate bar-making class and thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience. It was very interesting to learn about the history and process of chocolate-making, and the part of the class where we made our own chocolate bars was an eye-opener. From selecting and roasting the beans, to peeling off the outer skin, grinding, adding sugar, cooking the mixture and forming the bars, it was very hands-on and a lot of fun. The best part, of course, was sampling the many types of chocolate! After taking this class, I'm thinking that chocolate bars made from really good chocolate should probably be a lot more...