Food and Wine presents:

Menchaca Chocolate Workshop

& Tasting Experience

Explore a family-owned, small batch, chocolate factory located half way underground in the corner of El Mercado shopping center on North State where you will create your own Chocolate Bars and paint a wooden box in which to put them!  

First you'll pour your choice of Dark, Milk and White chocolate into the bar molds. Then you'll top your chocolate from a choice of 25 inclusions (nuts, dried fruit, peppermint, marsh mellows, goji berries, seasonings etc.) 

While the Chocolate is setting up you can paint, stain, stamp, stencil and washi tape your box using all the Art supplies in our ART BAR located out side in the Paseo. 

These chocolate boxes are always a great Mother's Day or birthday gift for someone you love-- including yourself!

Join us on Thursday June 4th from 11am-1pm. 

You will create two 6" chocolate bars and a keepsake box. 

We will need at least 10 participants to qualify for that pricing, but we can likely add extra people so definitely put your name on the waitlist if the event is full when you sign up!

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MAY 20th!

*Afterwards, we may decide to have lunch at the La Palapa restaurant which is right next door. If so, each person would pay their share of whatever they order.

What Makes Menchaca Chocolates Amazing?

VEGAN - ORGANIC - MICRO BATCH - SINGLE ORIGIN
Milk chocolate (40% Cacao)
White Chocolate

Strawberry White Chocolate

THE PROCESS

Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Makers - seven types of VEGAN Chocolate:

Dark chocolate (60, 70, 80, & 90% Cacao)

BEANS & INGREDIENTS

Certified Direct Trade beans from Cahabon, Guatemala, & Costa Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

For our dark chocolate lovers, premium ingredients are used which include organic cane sugar, naturally deodorized cacao butter, and a pinch of non-GMO Sunflower Lecithin.

To keep our chocolate vegan-friendly (and create a rich creaminess), we add oat milk powder to our milk, white, and strawberry flavors.

Crafting fine chocolate means we can experiment with each bean's origin, adjusting roasting profiles and showcasing regional farms in our small batches. We don't use any bulk fillers, stabilizers, or preservatives. The process involves roasting, cracking, winnowing, followed by blending, tempering, and molding the liquid chocolate.

Our passion extends to our packaging, featuring original artwork on labels and hand-painted boxes. Handmade is a rarity these days, but it's what drives our passion, and we hope you can taste it in every bite.