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ClassBento money-back guarantee
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $500. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Taste bold chocolate and laugh out loud with 100% cacao in this cacao tasting in LA.
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1.5 hours
Echo Park
1 to 24 guests
$35
What you'll do
Ready for some hardcore chocolate and hardcore laughs? Join comedian Antonia Lassar for an entertaining and delicious 100% cacao tasting experience in LA. In this one-of-a-kind chocolate tasting class, you’ll sample ten different 100% cacao bars — the boldest expressions of chocolate — from different origins around the globe.With Antonia’s hosting and guiding the journey, this cacao tasting is perfect for an immersive date idea, a fun outing with friends, or if you’re seeking unique experiences in LA. Reset your palate in a fun, unexpected way and deepen your appreciation for craft chocolate! About the host Antonia Lassar is a stand-up comedian in the real world and craft chocolate connoisseur in her bedroom. Like all obsessive nerds, one day Antonia thought it would be cool to research craft chocolate, and now five years later, she's an amateur expert. Her comedy has been featured by Netflix Is a Joke, UCB, and JFL.
What you'll get
Includes a 90-minute guided tasting of 10 different chocolates, a coupon for a future Daily Tasting, and a bar to take home
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly, no experience required.
What to bring
All materials provided
Location
The Chocolate Dispensary, 1605 Grafton Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026
The shop is on the corner of Echo Park Avenue and Grafton Street. Street parking only.
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Recent reviews of Dark Cacao Tasting
- 5/5 from Maleah Grover-McKay, attended Mar 2026: For all chocolate lovers, if you don't know about the Chocolate Dispensary, you are truly missing out! The have daily tastings of 8 different chocolates with a theme. Their French Chocolate is out of this world. Sign up for their emails to learn about events like these; they've also had tea and wine with chocolate pairings.
- 4/5 from Sarah Cohen, attended Mar 2026: Great host, awesome shop with so much passion! There wasn't a comedy element so a bit confusing in description - but a fun time!
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It’s summer 2023. Inspired by LA’s vibrant sidewalk vendor-scene of hot dog, fruit, and ice cream carts, Dale wonders aloud if we can do that… but with chocolate. A random date night soon after, we found ourselves at the legendary Jitlada, and over Pad Thai and green curry, The Chocolate Dispensary – name, tagline, the play on cannabis language, tasting café, etc – downloaded to us both. Within a few weeks, we had a deck and business plan, and on May 15th, 2024, we got the keys to our space. We opened the retail shop three weeks later, and our café debuted in December 2024.We currently carry about 850 products from 100 or so craft chocolate makers and chocolatiers from around the globe. Kala speaks with as many of them as she possibly can to ensure the transparency of the supply chain. Our café serves pour-over coffee (including decaf!), French drinking chocolate, 100% cacao, hot (and iced!) chocolate, daily tasting plates, cacao cold brew, gelato, and pastries. We also host maker tastings in store and private events both at our shop and offsite.
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