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Touring The Chocolate Kingdom: My Kind of Palace!

April 19, 2014 by Beeb 2 Comments

Chocolate Kingdom

Tour and travel consideration provided by Experience Kissimmee.

When I looked at my itinerary for my first-ever Florida trip and saw a placed called Chocolate Kingdom on the list, I was all over it. A palace full of chocolate? Yes, please!

The Chocolate Kingdom is a chocolate factory & store that offers a tour showing how chocolate is made along with its history. We started off by watching a video featuring a prince and a dragon, who the guide “Talks” to via monitors throughout the tour. Here’s a castle made completely out of chocolate, with little edible figurines of our royal friends:

Chocolate castle

Our tour covered the origin of chocolate and went into detail about how it first came into use and how it is produced today.

Top cacao producing countries

The chocolate tree

Harvesting pods

History of chocolate

The travelling history of chocolate

Processing chocolate

After our little history lesson, we tried our hand at a marshmallow catapult. I never did get my marshmallow in the dragon’s mouth, but it was fun trying!

Marshmallow catapult

Next, we took a peek into how chocolate is made today:

Sorting and cleaning beans

Cocoa beans

Refining and conching

During the tour, you are given a variety of different samples to taste, including cacao nibs, a spicy chocolate drink similar to that consumed by the ancient Maya, and other sweet treats. Once our tour concluded, we also had the chance to try our hand at dipping marshmallows in chocolate:

Dipping marshmallows

After I dipped my hand into the chocolate vat, my latex glove was completely soaked in chocolate, and my friends were cracking up laughing when they noticed me licking all the chocolate off my glove before tossing it in the garbage. WELL! I couldn’t let all the chocolate go to waste! 😉 After we left, I noticed that during my marshmallow dipping, I had managed to cover the bottom of my dress in chocolate. What a chocolate fiend I must be!

Chocolate fashion

These chocolate dresses are way more fashionable than my dress covered in chocolate was. 😉

Chocolate wine

Once you finish the tour, you can create a custom chocolate bar or pick up another tasty treat in the gift shop. Chocolate wine? Yes, please!

For More Information:

Chocolate Kingdom
2858 Florida Plaza Boulevard
Kissimmee, Florida 34746
(407) 705-3475
Admission: $16.95 for adults, $12.95 for children aged 4-12.
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Comments

  1. Jennifer H says

    April 21, 2014 at 3:44 am

    Wow, I totally want to go there. I love chocolate! And it’s not too far from my home!

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  2. Sherrie W. says

    April 21, 2014 at 7:45 am

    This is awesome. It reminds me of my trip to the Hershey factory when I was a kid … except I don’t remember a chocolate castle! nice!

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