Group Excursions: Chocolate

“Who thought there would be a healthy chocolate heaven?”

The path to high-quality chocolate starts in the rainforest, long before it happily ends up in our mouths. But how are the bitter cocoa beans transformed into Läderach’s sweet works of art?

Participants will can taste four of our chocolates, which three were award and drink a hot or cold beverage of their choice. The history of the chocolate factory and its chocolates will be explained to them by a passionate guide.

Chocolate-making workshop

Create exquisite chocolates with the finest truffle and praline fillings or even make your own chocolate bars and figures from yummy Swiss chocolate. miniSchoggi makes all this – and much more – possible.

Experience an adventure of the pleasurable kind in the “World of Indulgence” exhibition at the Läckerli Huus. The "Läckerli" biscuits are the real Basel speciality. Alex, the baker’s boy, takes you along on an enticing voyage of discovery.

Create exquisite chocolates with the finest truffle and praline fillings or even make your own chocolate bars and figures from yummy Swiss chocolate. miniSchoggi makes all this – and much more – possible.

In the Chocolate Laboratory® at the Funky Chocolat Club in Interlaken, guests will be supplied with aprons, chef hats and all the ingredients. Professional chocolatiers will share the techniques, tips and tricks of tempering of chocolate, melting, pouring and filling molds.

An unusual way to enjoy chocolate: as they hike through the Lavaux area, guests learn more about the history of everyone’s favourite sweet temptation and savour the delights of Grand Cru pralines.

Chocolat Stella SA stands out with its production of traditional chocolate without sugar and with organic chocolate. They create various unique specialties like the famous "Moretti" and other confectionery without added sugar.

“Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth is lying.” (Graffiti scrawled on a wall ). Every Swiss child would agree: their favourite afternoon snack has always been bread and chocolate. During the more than 400 years since Columbus became the first European to see cocoa beans, Switzerland has come to the forefront of chocolate manufacturing worldwide. Swiss chocolatiers have created such delights as truffles, pralines, cakes, and mousses (enough to make a Swiss child forget about the bread ) … Swiss chocolate is great on its own, or with an espresso, a sweet wine, whisky or a Cognac, and on any conceivable occasion. For more on the subject, see: www.chocosuisse.ch

This confectionery has been carefully pouring sweet chocolate creations, hand-decorating truffles, and garnishing its cakes, patisserie and confectionery with loving care since 1920.

For many chocolate aficionados the Gottlieber wafer rolls and Gottlieber products are the finest treats. They are part of the culinary legacy of Switzerland. The exquisite Gottlieber art of baking is cherished and continuously refined in this family-run business.

On this guided tour, the experts from “Geneva Food Tour” present a selection of award-winning Geneva chocolate creations.