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The 15 Best Chocolate Tastings in the USA

26 tours  ·  from $15 a head

The 15 best chocolate tastings in the USA you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.

Lahaina: Maui Ku'ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour and Tasting - Walking among more than 20 acres of cacao trees
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Lahaina: Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour and Tasting

1.Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour and Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,103 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $99Our pick

At Ku’ia Estate, your guide takes you from the Lahaina factory to a 20-acre cacao farm in the West Maui foothills. Learn how pods are grown and harvested, then sample nine chocolates in a treehouse. Guides such as Mandy, Steph, Brandy, and Shawn are known for lively, detailed explanations.

“Informative tour on farming cacao trees on Maui and the making of chocolate. Chocolate tasting included. Our tour guide, Steph was very knowledgeable.”

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Princeville Botanical Gardens Tour and Chocolate Tasting Ticket - Starting at the upper terraces
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Princeville Botanical Gardens Tour and Chocolate Tasting Ticket

2.Princeville Botanical Gardens Tour and Chocolate Tasting Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 774 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $126

Walk Princeville Botanical Gardens with a guide such as Troy, Lauren, Zoe, or Heidi, tasting tropical fruit, honey, cacao nibs, and at least five single-origin chocolates. Expect terraces, creek beds, stairs, hills, loose gravel, shade, and rain-or-shine conditions. Walking sticks, umbrellas, and bug spray are provided.

“The guides are fantastic! I loved the interactive experience of walking through the Botanical Gardens (walking sticks and umbrellas provided), being able to sample the fruits and chocolate, as well as learning about the history of the gardens.”

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Kauai Chocolate Farm Tasting Tour - Walking through the botanical gardens
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Kauai Chocolate Farm Tasting Tour

3.Kauai Chocolate Farm Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 666 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $145

Spend about three hours at Lydgate Farms with guides such as Sheri, Mason, Jess, and Jenna. Walk through cacao and botanical gardens, taste rare cacao fruit, tropical produce, honey, vanilla, macadamia nuts, and dark chocolate, and learn how Hawaiian cacao becomes chocolate.

“It is three hours long and that is 3 hours of facts and lectures about chocolate. Which is great but sometimes the facts were incorrect and I found the comment of poor farmers using rudimentary tools to be offensive. There’s no need to discuss economic status of people who work the fields. Moreover last I checked Aztecs are from mesoamerica, modern day Mexico extending down to Guatemala. So the origins of chocolate should be fact checked. Otherwise the tour was accessible. Limited walking and lots of sitting down. Lots of chocolate to eat. And some fruits. Chatty tour guide. Unique products Ultimately this tour was not for us. But it…”

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Nashville's Goo Goo Chocolate Tasting & Candy Making Class - The tasting flight and the Lil Goo sample
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Nashville’s Goo Goo Chocolate Tasting & Candy Making Class

4.Nashville’s Goo Goo Chocolate Tasting & Candy Making Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 247 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $55

At Goo Goo Chocolate Co. in downtown Nashville, you’ll taste classic candies, learn how the 1912 Goo Goo Cluster became an American original, and create your own premium cluster from included ingredients. The one-hour class welcomes families and adults, with lively instructors such as Rayna, RK, Brenna, and Sophia.

“This was a great one hour activity that all 7 of us enjoyed. We made our own Goo Goo cluster and got to pick out the ingredients we wanted. The leader of the activity was fun, informative and happy to take group and individual pictures.”

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Lahaina: Maui Ku'ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour & Tasting - Riding into the West Maui foothills
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Lahaina: Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour & Tasting

5.Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour & Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 137 reviews · 1h 30m · from $99

Spend 90 minutes touring Maui Ku’ia Estate’s private cacao farm and chocolate factory. Ride 10 minutes from Lahaina to the 20-acre grove, learn how cacao is grown and harvested, then taste nine award-winning chocolates with a cocoa drink in a scenic treehouse.

“Excellent tour! Fascinating history, it's really only just getting started. Tours are a new thing they are doing, and so every tourist who comes through and sees their magnificent farm and operation contributes to the growth of the business and their conservation minded mission.”

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Craft Chocolate Tasting and Farm Experience on the Big Island - Reaching Honolii Orchards from Hilo
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Craft Chocolate Tasting and Farm Experience on the Big Island

6.Craft Chocolate Tasting and Farm Experience on the Big Island

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 95 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $135

Spend 3.5 hours at Honolii Orchards near Hilo with Wrenn, Colin, and Jude, touring cacao trees, tasting fresh cacao fruit, juice, tea, and 10 to 12 Hawaiian craft chocolates, then learning how farm conditions shape flavor.

“Did the Cacao tour. Guides were super friendly, knowledgeable, and clearly very passionate. It was also great to hear the good relationships they have with other cacao farmers in Hawaii. We sampled 10 different chocolates, which were all fantastic. Cacao tea, fresh cacao pulp right out of the pod, cacao pulp juice, apple bananas, and fresh lychee. This experience was so much more than I imagined. Definitely worth it and highly recommend. Went with my 10yo and she absolutely loved it as well! We learned everything from seedling planting, grafting, lifespan, dealing with disease or low production, learning different varieties, life cycle of pods, harvesting, fermenting, drying, roasting, and g...”

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Seattle: Chocolate Tour with Tastings - Starting at Dahlia Bakery
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Seattle: Chocolate Tour with Tastings

7.Seattle: Chocolate Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 76 reviews · 2h 15m · from $85

Spend 135 minutes tasting chocolate, pastries, ice cream, cheesecake, and other treats around Pike Place Market. Guides such as Ivy, Will, Woody, and Jade explain Seattle’s food culture and chocolate traditions. The route covers less than a mile and works well for curious eaters, with advance notice for dietary needs.

“This was wonderful and delicious!! Ivy was knowledgeable and very friendly. Loved it!!”

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Oahu: Chocolate Farm Tour with Tasting - Kamananui Cacao - Arriving near Waialua and Haleiwa
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Oahu: Chocolate Farm Tour with Tasting – Kamananui Cacao

8.Oahu: Chocolate Farm Tour with Tasting – Kamananui Cacao

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · 1h 30m · from $93

Walk through Kamananui Cacao Orchards near Haleiwa with guides such as Katie, Katy, Kristy, and Dan. You’ll see cacao growing, learn how pods are harvested and processed, taste fresh cacao fruit, and sample many Hawaiian chocolates. Allow 90 minutes, plus time for the farm road and check-in.

“The tour was amazing! The guide was extremely well versed in the entire process of cacao farming, the associated trees that help in the strong growth and fruiting of the cacao trees, and the final process of storing, drying and baking of the cacao seeds to send to the processing plant in Manoa. Overall, very informative tour and delicious chocolate to try at the end.”

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Craft Chocolate Tasting - The Factory Machines Make the Process Clear
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Craft Chocolate Tasting

9.Craft Chocolate Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $35

At River-Sea Chocolates in Chantilly, you’ll taste five house-made chocolate bars, learn how cocoa becomes bean-to-bar chocolate, and see the factory’s production machines. The one-hour English tour costs $35.99, welcomes small groups of up to 10, and is best suited to adults.

“Great experience. Delicious chocolate!. I would do it again! I loved the salty caramel and got some great history about chocolate”

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New York City: 2-Hour Chocolate Tasting Tour - See’s brings familiar American candy
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New York City: 2-Hour Chocolate Tasting Tour

10.2-Hour Chocolate Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 28 reviews · 2 hours · from $90

Meet your guide at Washington Square Arch for a two-hour Manhattan walk with seven chocolate tastings. Expect truffles, caramels, bark, fudge, and unusual flavors at shops including See’s, Varsano’s, Lilac, Venchi, and Xocolatti. Guides speak English, French, Spanish, or Italian.

“The tour was wonderful! My 80+-year-old parents and 22-year-old niece loved it as well. Vince, our tour guide, is knowledgeable and pleasant. This was my second time on the tour, and it was just as enjoyable the second time as the first. The only drawback was the lack of communication from the providing company, Best Tours. It was a frustrating experience that is still ongoing. However, the tour itself is wonderful.”

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St. Augustine Distillery: A Bourbon & Chocolate Pairing - Starting with the spirit before the chocolate
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St. Augustine Distillery: A Bourbon & Chocolate Pairing

11.St. Augustine Distillery: A Bourbon & Chocolate Pairing

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 26 reviews · from $28

Join an English-speaking guide at St. Augustine Distillery for a 30-minute bourbon and chocolate tasting. You’ll compare bourbon with and without chocolate, learn to use a tasting wheel, and explore how food changes the spirit’s flavor. Bring a passport or ID, and note that all participants must be 21 or older.

“Melody was incredible. My husband and I were impressed by her knowledge and passion for the spirits we sampled. We highly recommend this tour.”

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Nashville: Whiskey or Wine and Chocolate Pairing Experience - How the 45-minute tasting unfolds
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Nashville: Whiskey or Wine and Chocolate Pairing Experience

12.Whiskey or Wine and Chocolate Pairing Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 22 reviews · 45 min · from $40

At Nashville Barrel Co., choose a spirits flight of Bourbon, Rye, and Agave or four wines, two reds and two whites, each paired with chocolate. A host such as Justin guides the 45-minute tasting, explains production, and answers questions in English.

“Justin was echt een aardige kerel. Het was heel gezellig en interessant.”

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Chocolate and Wine Pairing in Chantilly - What bean-to-bar means here
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Chocolate and Wine Pairing in Chantilly

13.Chocolate and Wine Pairing in Chantilly

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $65

At River-Sea Chocolates in Chantilly, you’ll taste five house-made chocolate bars with three wines from local vineyards. A guide such as Eli explains bean-to-bar chocolate, leads the tasting, and shows the machines used to make each small batch. The one-hour visit is limited to 10 people.

“The difference between just the wine and the wine with the chocolate was amazing! Everything about this experience was fantastic, from the wines to the chocolate to our hostess! Will go again for sure!”

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New York City: 2-Hour Chocolate Tasting Tour - See’s brings familiar American candy
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New York City: 2-Hour Chocolate Tasting Tour

14.2-Hour Chocolate Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 21 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $90

Meet at Washington Square Arch at 2:00 pm for a two-hour Greenwich Village walk built around chocolate. Your guide leads you to about six tasting stops, including See's Candies, with samples ranging from hot chocolate and ice cream to Japanese and Mexican sweets. Private groups can set the pace.

“Vince was the BEST tour guide! His enthusiasm and ability to tell history via storytelling is phenomenal! His interactions with not only is, but others in the community demonstrated his genuine love for people and this city. He is a true gem. THANK YOU VINCE!”

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Seattle: Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Pairing Tour - Wine and food pairings that encourage curiosity
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Seattle: Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Pairing Tour

15.Seattle: Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Pairing Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 17 reviews · 2h 30m · from $119

Meet your English-speaking guide outside Seleušs Chocolates for a small-group walk through Seattle’s wine, cheese, and chocolate scene. Taste changing pairings at several stops, visit Pike Place Market, and explore Washington wines with guides such as Maia or Will.

“The wine was so good! The stops along the way were sooo good! Delicious wine, cheese and chocolate. Highly recommend 😊. Our good, Maia was phenomenal”

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