While in Sheffield (2014), my friend Anya and I were always on the look-out for trips/activities organized by the Students Union. One of the trips we went on was to a Chocolate Factory in Castleton - just a few hours away from Sheffield. There were just four of us on the trip. It wasn't a simple - hop out of the van, walk into a chocolate factory experience. It was quite a journey - around two hours of walking up and down the hills! Our guide Sally told us a lot about the history of the hills - about the wars that were fought there, oh we even spent some time looking for sea shells, as well as precious "Blue Johns" at the bottom of rocks (#feelingArchaeologists).
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| a pony! |
All that walking helped burn calories, thus allowing me eat loottsss of chocolate without feeling guilty!
Welcome to CocoaDance! Chocolatier David started by telling us about his chocolate business with his wife, and then gave us lessons on cocoa! He showed us different beans (ekkk they're all bitter), and also taught us some math (calculating ratio of ingredients).
Oh and before all of that, he welcomed us with a special treat!
Chocolate drink in edible chocolate cups and saucers!
After that, he brought out some chocolate moulds and showed us how it's done. At the bottom of the mould, we put some sprinkles, M&Ms, even wrote letters with white chocolate...then filled the mould with milk chocolate. Put in the fridge for a few minutes. We made lots of chocolates - each of us had the chance of making our own chocolate with different moulds.
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| Cocoa lessons |
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| Me dipping/coating a jelly candy in milk chocolate |
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| of course - FARZ hehe |
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| the moulds, before filling them with chocolate |
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| After we removed the chocolate from the moulds. Our yummy creations! |
