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6 Best Chocolate-Making Workshops in Singapore (2026)

Compare 6 hands-on chocolate-making workshops in Singapore, from bean-to-bar sessions to truffle and bonbon classes for groups, dates and team events.

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Amir Wahab
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Making chocolate yourself is one of the more satisfying things to do in Singapore, whether you want to understand how a cacao bean becomes a bar or simply decorate truffles with friends. The six operators below each run workshops for the public or for private groups, and each describes its format on its own pages or booking listing. We have noted the style of session, the venue area and how you book, but not prices or dates, because those change. Read the entries, decide whether you want bean-to-bar depth or a relaxed truffle session, then check the operator's page for current availability before you commit.

1. Lemuel Chocolate

Lemuel Chocolate is a Singapore bean-to-bar maker that runs a factory-cafe at The Star Vista. Its homepage lists what an experience can involve: hands-on decoration of a chocolate bar, a bean sorting and roasting tour, cracking and winnowing beans, learning how grinding and melangers work, and visiting a real cacao tree to see its flowers, pods and fruit. A tasting platter with cacao husk tea, a 72% dark chocolate tablet and single-origin gelato is also listed. The site explains the path from sorting through roasting, winnowing, grinding, ageing, tempering and moulding. Classes are requested through an enquiry form on its workshops page, and the cafe, which it says is walk-in only, is a handy way to taste the chocolate before booking.

Buona Vista (The Star Vista)
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2. Fossa Chocolate

Fossa Chocolate is a Singapore bean-to-bar brand, and its workshops page offers guided appreciation sessions alongside hands-on truffle making. The page says the appreciation sessions teach you to tell good chocolate from the mediocre and to taste how single-origin chocolates made from cacao grown in different places differ, while in the truffle sessions its chocolate makers guide you through making your own from quality ingredients. Fossa describes the workshops as customisable and lists corporate events, hen's nights, team bonding, birthday parties and private bookings as typical occasions. Booking is through an enquiry form that asks for group size, preferred dates and whether you already have a venue in mind, so it suits groups planning ahead rather than solo drop-ins.

Island-wide (private bookings)
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3. Janice Wong (2am:dessertbar)

Janice Wong's confectionery brand lists three chocolate workshops in a Workshops collection on its online shop, held at its 2am:dessertbar in Holland Village: a bar-making session, a bar-painting session and a chocolate tasting session. The painting workshop page describes an introduction to the bean-to-bar process, painting a bar of its Pure Bean To Bar chocolate with edible paints, tasting a selection of handcrafted bonbons and taking home two 40g personalised bars. It gives a duration of 45 minutes to an hour and room for up to 20 people, with dated evening slots shown through October and early November. The page also notes that sessions start on time and late arrivals are not waited for, so allow extra travel time.

4. Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie

Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie keeps a dedicated workshops collection on its site, with sessions run from its Dempsey Hill factory. The collection lists a chocolate tour and tasting, a DIY bar-making workshop, a limited-edition build-your-own chocolate race car session and a bon bon making session paired with brunch. The bon bon page describes learning the origins of chocolate and the bean-to-bar journey, seeing how bon bon shells are made, practising filling and knocking techniques, designing your own bon bons and taking home a box of up to 16, depending on size and group. Its corporates page also offers private bookings and team events at the factory. Check each product page for current dates and who the session suits.

5. AnjaliChocolat

AnjaliChocolat, a chocolatier that says it was established in 2014, runs workshops at its chocolate studio near Dempsey Hill. Its workshops page sets out hands-on sessions for chocolate truffles, moulded bonbons and customised chocolate bars, plus a chocolate appreciation and tasting session and a wine and chocolate pairing. Each listing states a duration, a venue and minimum and maximum group sizes, which signals that the sessions are built mainly for groups, private events and corporate team bonding rather than single walk-in places. Its FAQ says the workshops are primarily designed for adults, while welcoming keen teenagers aged 16 and above. Because minimum numbers apply, confirm the current formats with the studio before you plan a date.

6. D'Open Kitchen

D'Open Kitchen is a cooking studio near Raffles Place that describes itself as halal-friendly, and its blog features chocolate-making workshops among the experiences it hosts. The article says guests shape, fill and decorate truffles or hand-finished chocolates with guidance, then box them up to take home, and that because everything is halal-sourced a whole group can take part. It describes sessions of around two hours at the studio with ingredients and cleanup handled, pitched at birthdays, date nights and team treats. To book, you tell the studio your group size and occasion and it sends a quote. It is a cooking-class operator rather than a chocolate brand, so it suits celebrations more than a deep study of cacao.

How to choose

  • Decide between bean-to-bar and truffle or bonbon sessions. Bean-to-bar workshops, such as those Lemuel Chocolate describes, follow the cacao bean through roasting, grinding and moulding, while truffle and bonbon classes focus on filling, shaping and decorating. Pick the one that matches whether you want to learn the process or simply enjoy making treats.
  • Check the group requirements before you fall for a format. Several operators build sessions around private groups, with minimum or maximum numbers, enquiry forms and quotes rather than open booking. If you are coming alone or as a couple, look for operators that list individual dated slots on a booking page, as Janice Wong's shop does.
  • Look at what you take home and how long you stay. Operators describe different outcomes, from two small bars to a box of up to sixteen bonbons, and sessions range from under an hour to several hours. Compare the stated duration and take-home items against your plans, rather than assuming one chocolate workshop matches another.
  • Ask about dietary needs and who can attend. D'Open Kitchen says its chocolate is halal-sourced, and AnjaliChocolat says its workshops are designed mainly for adults with teenagers from 16 welcome. Operators publish their own age and ingredient notes, so read them or message the studio about allergies, children and religious requirements before booking.
  • Confirm the venue, dates and booking method on the operator's own page. Studios can move, and schedules, formats and group sizes change through the year. Treat this guide as a shortlist, then read the current workshop or product page, and contact the operator directly if anything about the session is unclear.
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Amir Wahab

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Amir Wahab is the founder and editor of LocalRank, an independent Singapore rankings and local guides publication.

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