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chocolate, Chocolate bar, Chocolate Lab, Easter, Hershey, Hershey PA, PA, Pennsylvania
Did you have enough chocolate the past weekend? I know, one can never have enough chocolate.
That’s why I am bringing you this post not too long after Easter ;-)
Last Friday, we went to visit a place I have been longing to visit for a some time. We went to “the sweetest place on earth.”
We went to Hershey, PA, where Hershey chocolate is made. The entire town is built and living around the brand and the chocolate. But I’ll post about this later.
Today, I concentrate on the Chocolate Lab. What is the Chocolate Lab? It is a laboratory inside the Hersey Story Museum, when you can experiment making chocolate products.
There are different experiences to try and we chose the “Build a Bar” program. It’s a 45-minute experience in which you build your own chocolate bar.
The 45 minutes are divided into 3 parts. The first one is for a little history on Milton S. Hershey. The second one is the building of the bar itself.
You get a little mold to build your bar.
Then comes the chocolate. You can lick the spoon at the end if you want ;-)
After pouring some chocolate into the mold, you add the ingredients you want to put in your bar. I added mini marshmallows, and cute sugar flowers.
Then you add some more chocolate.
My husband put white chocolate chips and rice krispies, with some chocolate nibs in his.
While the bars are put in a fridge to solidify, we learn a little about chocolate.
Did you know that a cacao pod is a fruit, and it contains just enough beans to make a 5-oz Hershey chocolate bar?
Then comes the time to go: chocolate bars are ready… Look at this! But no eating just yet. We wrap them to take home.
We thanked our lovely hosts and said goodbye.
We savored the bars at home. They were VERY good. And I’m sure all the fun making them added to the taste!
Hershey is a very interesting place to visit and I’ll post more later about it. If you have the occasion to visit, it’s plenty of fun guaranteed!
catchatcaren said:
you are never going to believe this. I DEFINITELY need to “step away from the computer!!” I have pets on my mind TOO MUCH! When I saw the title of this post, I thought you were writing about a Chocolate LABRADOR RETRIEVER NAMED HERSHEY!! OMD!!!
This WAS delicious-looking though! I love Hershey! :)
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Carine said:
Ahahah! I can understand that. Sometimes I have to stop myself from signing “purrs” ;-)
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Herman said:
I need chocolate… NOW!!
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Carine said:
You should be able to find some good one not to far from where you are ;-)
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pamasaurus said:
Your chocolate bar looks AWESOME!!
I used to work for Hershey as assistant food and beverage manager for the Hershey Lodge. I miss waking up to the smell of chocolate, haha.
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Carine said:
Thank you!
At one point, in the town, the air filled with the perfume of chocolate. Ah! Felt good :-)
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RMW said:
My uncle worked in the lab at the Rowntree chocolate factory in England (REALLY fantastic chocolate) and consequently could not tolerate the smell or taste of chococlate as he was so sick of it… so anybody who has a fantasy about being a chocolate taster, be careful what you wish for!
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Carine said:
Well, I can imagine that. I knew a couple of bakers in France who couldn’t eat any kind of pastry anymore.
Thankfully for us chocoholic customers, we have people who will never get tired of making chocolate, the Hersheys, the Hermes, the Neuhauses… just to name the first three to come to mind :-)
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yummychunklet said:
I want to go to the Hershey chocolate spa!
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Carine said:
Eheh!
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YellowCable said:
Thank you for sharing the cacao pod picture (I have never seen it before) and the information about it. No wonder why chocolate is expensive.
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Carine said:
That was really interesting. I was surprised too, that so much was needed for so little chocolate. And yes, no wonder chocolate is expensive :-/
Thanks for your visit :-)
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sliceoflondonlife said:
I would make a fruit and nut version. I love fruit and nut. Sooooo much – I’m drooling at the thought. I have to get off this blog now!
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