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Make your own Mayan Chocolate from scratch!

Discover the Bean to Bar Chocolate Making Process inside our little great Chocolate Factory in Cozumel

Watch & Learn

Discover the Bean to Bar Chocolate Making process inside our little great chocolate factory located off the beaten path in the beautiful Island of Cozumel Mèxico.

History

Learn the origin of Cacao and the over five thousand years history behind, Discover the tools and ingredients used by Mayans to make the sacred beverage: “chocolhaa” (hot cocoa).

Craft your own chocolate

Live the experience of grinding cacao beans with an authentic chocolate mill to craft your drinking chocolate mix to take back home.

Taste

All along the tour you will try the different flavors of the Cacao during its process (Rosted cacao beans, cacao paste and our product line) and the Mayan drink made with the original ingredients.

TOUR INCLUDES

History of Cacao (Origins and trajectory until our time).

Explanation about the Chocolate-making Process (from the tree to the bar).

Discover and taste the Mayan drink made in a traditional way in front of you with cacao beans and the original ingredients.

View our Chocolate making kitchens through windows.

Cacao in the world nowadays (varieties and production).

Make your own Chocolate Mexican disc from scratch (from the bean) to take home.

Kaokao’s several chocolate samples.

Free Wifi
Purified Water

TOUR DETAILS

Place:

Grinding room (at Kaokao Factory)

Duration:

Approximately 90 minutes

Tour Times:

9 a.m. / 11 a.m. / 1 p.m.

Frequency:

MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT

Maximum Capacity:

12 People

IMPORTANT

“ Cozumel does not observe Daylight Saving Time: we do not move our clock! "

Cozumel runs in LOCAL TIME Cruise ships may differ please check with your cruise line before you get off the ship.

This tour is not recommended for children under the age of 8 due to potential behavioral issues. However, children under 8 are still accepted, with the regular fee applying.

We appreciate you arrive about 15 minutes before the tour hour you have booked, in order to give you a better service.
Every tour starts exactly on the hour (9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m.).

BOOKING

We are a small bean to bar chocolate factory and our space is limited so we must request online reservations with a deposit in order to provide you the best service.

TOUR PRICE

$ 30 US dollars per person

(minimum age recommended 12 years old)
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Book with only $10 usd deposit per person.
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Excellent
Based on 350 reviews
Jennifer Keller
Jennifer Keller
2024-03-18
So much fun! Highly recommend and request Nancy as your chocolate educator. She's wonderful. We plan to return.
DougJeannie Swain
DougJeannie Swain
2024-03-16
Fun, educational tour we did as a family. Liked the hands on part of grinding the beans & making our own chocolate bars, as well as sampling many variations of chocolate. Nancy was a terrific guide. Highly recommend.
Christine McKelvey
Christine McKelvey
2024-03-13
Our cruise ship cancelled our chocolate making tour so we did it on our own. It was really in-depth and entertaining. Nancy was our guide and she was wonderful! She made an AMAZING chocolate drink for us from scratch. We were also able to taste dozens of samples and then make our own chocolate! The gift shop was great afterwards to pick up our favorites. Highly recommend.
Lynn Nadeau-Aube
Lynn Nadeau-Aube
2024-03-11
What a great experience!! The staff is very welcoming. Our tour guide, Jafet was interesting, informative and knowlegable on the making of chocolat. From the bean to the finish product. You get to taste all different type of chocolates that they make including hazelnut, milk chocolat, white chocolate, 70%, cactus, cafe, dark, etc. And you even get to make your own chocolat. The class last about 90 minutes. I highly recommend this tour. It is well worth it if you like chocolates !!
Christine Cullins
Christine Cullins
2024-03-11
Booked this activity for our group of 10 while staying at Cozumel Palace. Booking process was very easy as was paying off the balance once we arrived on-site for our tour. Staff very friendly and excited about our visit. Nancie was our hostess for the 2 hour experience and she was very personable and helpful which made it even more enjoyable. Would highly recommend this activity.
Jennifer Lavanadowska
Jennifer Lavanadowska
2024-03-11
This was the best excursion we did on our cruise! Nancy, our tour guide, was fantastic and the chocolate is wonderful. We booked this excursion on our own and the Chocolate Kaokao group made it very easy. We will do this tour again and have been recommending it to friends! We love supporting small local artisans and businesses!
Rob Breda
Rob Breda
2024-03-10
We did this "tour" as a group of 4. It is more of a lesson in chocolate making than a tour, but it was extremely informative and fun. We were given dozens of small samples of different types of chocolate. The process of making it was very interesting and we left with the batch we made, nicely packaged. Recommended for chocolate lovers who have never made it themselves.
Donna Bockisch
Donna Bockisch
2024-03-10
This was one of the best chocolate tours we have done. After a brief introduction to chocolate we sampled many chocolates from milk to dark to white to spicy. Then we made our own chocolate disc starting from the cocoa bean. The tour was so much fun and the chocolate was so good. I highly recommend this tour next time you are in Cozumel.
Sergey M
Sergey M
2024-03-10
Very knowledgeable and lots of fun tour.
Nate Ashby
Nate Ashby
2024-03-10
Very fun tour and workshop on chocolate making. Worth doing while in Cozumel.
Excellent
Based on 1004 reviews
RovingReporter2016
RovingReporter2016
2024-03-21
Very Informative! It was a lot of fun to learn how the Mayans made chocolate. Nancy, our excellent guide took us through the entire process of making chocolate from bean to disk in a very hands-on experience. We were able to sample many varieties of chocolate made with beans that are produced on Mexico's mainland. We were also able to watch the employees producing chocolate bars in a workroom.
14jkc
14jkc
2024-03-17
Need to do this again This experience was even better than expected! Nancy was a wonderful educator and made it so fun. So many samples too! This was really interesting and very hands-on. We intend to do it again on a future trip. The building looks like everything else on the outside, but once you get inside and see the trees growing inside it's just gorgeous. It's a bit far from the main part of town, but it is walkable if you're up to it in the heat. The taxi there was expensive so we braved the hot sun on the way back and stopped in a couple of stores to get some AC.
Theresa C
Theresa C
2024-02-24
Interesting, informative, and delicious! I'm so glad that we took a chance on this wonderful tour with Jafet. He was a perfect guide -- knowledgeable about the history of cacao trees (and we got to see one), the use of the cacao bean, and the process by which different types of chocolate are made. This was interactive (we got to taste and to make different kinds of chocolate) and fun. He was down-to-earth, personable, and real. No tourist-y patter, just wonderful conversation and hands-on learning that left us with a deep appreciation for the history of the cacao and the extensive process that creates a bar of chocolate or a drink. This is worth the taxi ride.
csserious2
csserious2
2023-12-14
Fun and learn! Hidden in a narrow alley, the chocolate factory not only shows you how to make chocolate but shares the rich Mayan culture about their life. They make and sell various types of chocolates, including hazelnut, white and stevia based no sugar variety. The people over there are super nice. The chocolate class lasts about 90 minutes without much of a walk that might of help to a challenged person. Costs $30 and they take visa no Amex. Lot of places in Cozumel do not accept plastic. Highly recommended if you are looking to do something away from the beach.
moonbeam24
moonbeam24
2023-12-11
Not worth it This tour was part of the City Highlights tour. I didn’t think this was even worth the stop. You received a 5 minute demonstration of how they grind beans and make chocolate and then go to the shop to purchase their products. The chocolate seemed pricey although they had many flavours you could taste test. I did buy some pure vanilla for a decent price.
Nikki B
Nikki B
2023-12-03
Fun experience-would recommend Was a lot of fun. Got to try chocolate in various stages of the process, make our chocolate, make a chocolate drink, and learn a little about the Mayan culture. Our guide was fantastic. Would definitely recommend
Rhonda A
Rhonda A
2023-11-27
Must do in Cozumel- so fun! Loved this tour. Was recommended by our tour guide from Mystic Snorkel and we are grateful she did! History of chocolate making, 12-15 bites of different types of chocolate , make your own disk to bring home and making hot chocolate as the finale. Nancy led the tour and she was an absolute delight as well as very knowledgeable. Tour takes 90 minutes and is $30 per person. Sign up ahead. Ninety minutes sounds like a lot but it flew by. Great last tour before heading home. Highly recommend!
M N
M N
2023-11-14
Make your own chocolate! Jafet was our guide for this chocolate-making experience and he was wonderful! We got to taste so many different chocolates (spicy chocolate and cactus chocolates were the favorites for my family)! Jafet taught us so much about chocolate and then helped us make our own cocoa discs (personalized to our taste!) to take home as souvenirs! Highly recommend!
Fred R
Fred R
2023-10-04
A chocolate lovers must visit! Visited KaoKao Chocolates to do a 2-hour tour and hands-on chocolate making demonstration. Had a great time learning about its history and how chocolate is harvested, processed, and made into the stuff we all love. Our guide, Nancy, was awesome explaining the different types of chocolate and providing samples for us to taste. Made two discs of chocolate to take home (along with all the other items I bought from the gift-shop). Highly recommended if you have some time in Cozumel.
Mike C
Mike C
2023-05-25
Amazing Activity Amazing customer service, book with confidence! This is a great activity to do on Cozumel! Highly recommend!

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1.a Bis Sur entre 80 y 85 Ave. Sur
Col. Flores Magón
C.P. 77670
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México.

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