Step into our Valencia Street factory for a rare opportunity to work directly with the tools and techniques of a Dandelion chocolate maker. Led by Chef Stephen Durfee, this immersive, four-day workshop brings you into the full process, from sorting and roasting cacao to tempering and molding finished bars. Along the way, you’ll learn how flavor is shaped through each stage of production. By the end, you’ll leave with chocolate you’ve made yourself and a deeper understanding of the craft behind every bar.

Follow simple steps to craft your very own batch of single-origin, two-ingredient chocolate, using our cocoa nibs and organic sugar. Our Educators offer hands-on instruction, while explaining the science and mechanics behind exceptional chocolate making. You'll leave with an appreciation of the chocolate maker's art, along with your just-made chocolate to share with friends and family.

Our truffle-making class is a fun, interactive activity to enjoy with family, friends, or teammates. Learn the process of blending creamy ganache using our two-ingredient chocolate, then hand-roll your ganache into truffles. We supply all necessary materials to make a generous truffle batch — simply arrive ready to plunge your hands in chocolate.

We worked with Bay Area tea expert Jody Beavers from Tap Twice Tea to curate this guided exploration of tea and single-origin dark chocolate. Taste through a pairing of teas paired with bites of single-origin dark chocolate, ending with dessert. We will explore production processes and flavor development of both.

In this class, we offer the opportunity to craft your own confections! If you’ve taken our Truffle-Making Class, you’ve learned how to blend a creamy ganache using two-ingredient chocolate. Now, take it a step further, and shape melted, tempered chocolate into silky, buttery, chocolate caramel-filled bonbons. We’ll demonstrate cooking the caramel, and supply all necessary materials to make a generous batch of bonbons — simply arrive ready to plunge your hands in chocolate.

After all of our chocolate makers have gone home, the factory is mostly quiet, humming only with the running of overnight machines. Join a member of our team at this intriguing time, when we have the freedom to explore and learn about chocolate in an intimate group. End your tour with a dessert demonstration, and enjoy a sweet surprise freshly made by a chef!

Contains: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, eggs

Step inside our chocolate factory for a behind-the-scenes walk-through and a guided tasting of our single-origin chocolate. Then enjoy a relaxed, hands-on activity where you’ll customize perfectly tempered chocolate with a curated selection of seasonal toppings. Designed to be social and engaging without requiring a lot of effort, this experience offers an approachable way to learn about the chocolate-making process. You’ll leave with a one-of-a-kind creation that’s entirely your own.

Note: Some toppings include allergens

Make your own single-origin brownies at our chocolate factory. Chef Stephen Durfee brings you this special guided baking experience. He will take you through the process of mixing and baking single-origin dark chocolate brownies, giving the option between different origins of our chocolate. This hands-on class is the perfect activity for groups and families, designed for beginners and chocolate lovers.

In our Chocolate Making class, we learn about bean-to-bar chocolate production from dried cocoa beans to melted, refined chocolate. Our Tempering class teaches you what comes next — the process of tempering chocolate to create a smooth, shiny, delicious chocolate bar with a perfect, snappy crystal structure. Our Educators will guide you through the mechanics of tempering two-ingredient chocolate, and the process of foiling and wrapping a Dandelion chocolate bar.

In addition, you will prepare chocolate mendiants from tempered chocolate. You will leave class with 28 finished mediants, as well as three full-sized finished chocolate bars — hand-wrapped in gold foil and custom-patterned paper, with your own blank label.

Taste your way through a flight of five distinctive chocolate bars, featuring a range of the flavor notes — from fudgy to fruity — that may be found in chocolate made of well-fermented cocoa beans. Expand and refine your palate as you learn specialized techniques and specific vocabulary to identify tasting notes in chocolate. You'll depart with knowledge that will enliven any future chocolate adventure.

This class is one of our favorites — interactive and engaging, with light, fun content. It is a perfect introduction to single-origin, two-ingredient craft chocolate. We explore many of the common ingredients used in craft chocolate bars, tasting each component individually, and learning about its' purpose. For a delicious finale, you will participate in a blind taste test of a variety of chocolate bars from other makers, and try to guess which ingredients are present.