Belgium · WORKSHOPS
The 15 best workshops & classes you can book right now, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Hands-on Belgian chocolate making in Brussels. Taste cacao origins, hold a pod, then make truffles, mendiants, and a custom bar.
“Patricia - head guide and chocolatier was fantastic. Super inviting and very friendly. Appreciated the history she provided from the bean to bar process. She was a highlight of our trip!”
Make personalized chocolates at Choco-Story Brussels, then tour the cocoa museum with tastings and a multi-language audio guide.
“Lovely staff, great value for money! Excellent location Great experience all round”
Bruges waffle-making workshop with beer tasting. Mix beer into batter, bake Belgian waffles, then enjoy them with toppings and 3 local beers.
“Educational, fun, practical and tasty! Good choice of beers too.”
Brussels workshop where you temper Belgian chocolate, make pralines and mendiants, taste your batch, and take home 30+ homemade treats.
“We really enjoyed this workshop. Great experience and a lot of chocolate. It looks like I got a new hobby ;) Cannot wait to expand on the skils I learned when I get back home.”
Chocolate plus city sights in Brussels. A small group walk to Grand Place, tastings at top shops, and a hands-on workshop souvenir.
“Emen was our guide for the walking tour workshop. He was excellent and incredibly knowledgeable not only of the history of chocolate but of Brussels itself and took the time to show us some hidden gems within the city. The chocolates we tried were varied and all delicious.”
Make Belgian pralines and mendiants in Bruges. Learn tempering, fill chocolates, and take home 35+ pieces in a box.
“Great way to learn about chocolate and the process of making it.. Very enjoyable and you get to take home all that you made.”
In Bruges, learn to temper Belgian pralines and mendiants in 150 minutes, then take home 30+ handmade chocolates.
“Very enjoyable, enthusiastic teacher. Good quality ingredients. Chocolates were delicious 😊”
Make Brussels waffles from scratch, then eat as many as you want with unlimited toppings and a free drink, in about 2 hours.
“my wife loved the practical aspects, she just wished you had given certificates for them to show off her achievement and brag to her friends”
Hands-on bean-to-bar Belgian chocolate workshop in Brussels, with cacao tastings, marble tempering, and take-home mendiants, truffles, and bars.
“It was fun, interesting, delicious, easy, and the perfect amount of time. We got free aprons, got to box up our own handmade chocolate creations, our instructor Patrica was so knowledgeable and engaging! She made the whole class fun and really thought us the intricacies of chocolate making! The tour was located in a really convenient area, easily accessible to other popular areas of Brussels. I’ve been on a lot of tours in several countries and this was one of my favorites.”
Taste 3 Belgian beers, bake waffles using beer batter, and leave with a recipe in a small English-speaking Bruges workshop.
“Very good event. It was well organized and the host was extremely good at what he does. The perfect mix of beer and waffles in Bruges.”
Hands-on 2.5-hour Brussels workshop where you make Belgian pralines and mendiants, sip hot chocolate, and take home 30+ chocolates.
“Lots of fun learning how to make the chocolate, and I learned some great trivia about chocolate itself!”
Bruges chocolate workshop and Choco-Story museum entry. Make lollipops and mendiants, taste chocolate, then explore the history of chocolate.
“The chocolate making was great fun and well organised. I went with my husband and 18 year old daughter who has special needs and we were hands on drawing and making shapes with 3 different types of chocolate that we then got to take home. Would definitely recommend as an activity.”
Brussels chocolate truffle workshop with Belgian hot chocolate and take-home truffles. Hands-on 90 minutes, English guide, $54.
“Very nice atmosphere, high quality ingredients and good equipment.”
Brussels beer-and-waffle workshop: taste 3 Belgian beers, learn beer-battered waffle technique, make unlimited Brussels waffles, take the recipe home.
“Loved this activity! Easy to follow recipe and instructions for the waffles and great history of each beer tasting. Great activity idea in pairs! Made plenty of waffles with yummy toppings”
Brussels chocolate workshop and guided walk through Grand Place and Manneken Pis, with 10 tastings and homemade Belgian pralines.
“Beni made this tour an amazing experience, she was extremely friendly and accommodating with our group; and made sure we fit in everything we wanted to do in our short time in Brussels. She was also just really fun to hang out with. The chocolate was also amazing!”
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