Allo! Chocolat — Attraction in Waukesha

Wonderful! Arranged a girl scout program here with our 2nd and 3rd grade Brownie troop. There is a variety of scout programs to choose from- we chose the one that earns the girls their official Senses badge. All of the Allo Chocolat staff I talked to was friendly and helpful. They have 3 program teachers with different hours, so it was fairly easy to coordinate a time to meet. Since our drive there was 30-40 minutes (depending on traffic), our teacher (Susan) said she would be flexible in our start time. Since we had never been there before, she emailed us directions and detailed information on where to park and where the classroom was (it's around the corner from their storefront). Thanks to that information, we found it easily.

Susan was a fantastic teacher and the chocolate was wonderful. (She let us leaders sample it too). After the girls compared and contrasted the different kinds of chocolate, the girls hand-dipped a variety of sweet and salty foods in 3 different kinds of chocolate, choosing which items they wanted to dip in each kind of chocolate. The girls were thrilled. In addition to what the girls sampled there, each girl came home with a sealed bag of the treats that they had made.

I would definitely recommend the programs here. They are not only for scouting troops. You can pull together 10 people (the minimum) or more and have a unique birthday party, girl's night, after-work social event, etc. Or you can just buy something in their store- even though I have my favorite kids, everything...

I had a really strange interaction today that I hope isn’t the new norm. I took my daughter into the shop today to pick out a valentines treat for her brother. It was the middle of the afternoon and it was just us and the lady behind the counter. She asked if we needed help while we were browsing, so she seemed helpful. My daughter ended up choose a $.95 chocolate and a few other things along with a few things I chose. Unfortunately, she accidentally dropped the $.95 chocolate and it broke. I motioned for her to grab a new one since it was a shape and she mistakenly left the broken one in the box. I immediately grabbed it and showed the lady that she dropped it and she snapped at my daughter and told her not to do things like that and proceeded to flat out ignore everything my daughter said. She wouldn't even look at her when she was CLEARLY being spoken to. I paid my $25+ for a tiny amount of things and left. So awkward. I want to support local and have recommended Allo Chocolate to many friends in the past. What a weird way to treat a child that made a mistake, apologized and attempted innocent...

More than just a chocolate shop! This adorable shop has tons of candy, homemade chocolate treats and more! We especially love the selection of gluten free treats, including homemade chocolate covered pretzels. They also have fresh ice cream and were happy to check (and show) ingredient lists to accommodate our gluten free diet. Highly recommend and will definitely return!

Unrelated, but we attended a fun chocolate "workshop" here with my daughter's Girl Scout troop years ago. The girls still talk about it as they all loved it! I'd also recommend this workshop if it's still...