Chocolate Factory Visits: Germany, Ukraine, UK, USA

Here's my latest discovery in chocolate factories:
http://www.chocolatemuseum-cologne.com

GERMANY
Chocolate Museum, Cologne

UK

• Burnsville, Birmingham. https://www.cadburyworld.co.uk . Must book.
• York
• Several chocolate exhibitions in London throughout the year. See my previous posts.
• Speciality shops all over London, some offering children's parties or events where you can learn to make chocolates. 

• Also huge ranges of chocolates in many supermarkets and newsagents, especially at Christmas and Easter. Also try Marks and Spencer mixed chocolate biscuits including some with coloured foil covers. And chocolate oranges (chocolate shape with segments).
  
  
  
  Chocolate and wine pairing event at the Wine Society, once a year. (See my previous post.)

SWITZERLAND
Alprose - museum, factory and shop. Highly recommended. See my post.

BELGIUM

UKRAINE
Chocolate Factory, Lviv
Chocolate, Kiev (sounds more like a shop - see TripAdvisor)

USA
Hershey shop, New York (Huge shop had a couple of animated models when I was there)

GRENADA
May 13-22 2016.
Annual chocolate festival.
grenadachocolatefest.com

DIY Home made chocolate
If you can't get to a chocolate factory, see the videos on how to use a balloon to make a chocolate dessert at home. A UK newspaper tried this out. (It works, but buy several balloons first and mind you don't make a mess.) The alternative is a chocolate pudding half-cooked so that the uncooked centre oozes out when you cut it.

You can also buy moulds to melt chocolate into oblongs and triangles to make a chocolate house.

(Post being written - come back later.)
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer,