Chocolate Tasting and Truffle Making Workshop

Step into the world of chocolate with this chocolate tasting and truffle making workshop in San Francisco!



2 hours Location Haight-Ashbury Class size 1 to 10 (public classes), 5 to 50   $99

Arrive and Settle In

Arrive and Settle In

Welcome! Settle in, get comfortable, and start with tea and chocolate stories before your tasting.


Indulge in Decadent Chocolates You'll love

Indulge in Decadent Chocolates You'll Love

Explore single-origin chocolates from around the world, highlighting their unique flavors, exploring the chocolate-making process, and how they are connected to a cacao farmer.


Watch a Truffle Making Demo

Watch a Truffle Making Demo

Let us take the lead in teaching you how to make delicious chocolate truffles like you've never had before. Don't worry, you'll leave with the recipe so you can recreate whenever you'd like!


Create Your Very Own Truffles

Create Your Very Own Truffles

Dive into truffle making! Guided by a professional chocolatier, you will go through the process of rolling truffles with various fillings and coatings for you to customize. Aprons are provided.


It's a Wrap!

It's a Wrap

Pack your truffles into gift boxes to take home and give to a loved one, or keep all to yourself (we won't tell). Happy tasting!


Craft decadent truffles with a professional chocolatier with this chocolate-making workshop in San Francisco that can also travel to you. This hands-on class begins with a welcoming cup of tea and a journey into chocolate stories, where you’ll explore how cacao is grown, harvested, and transformed, connecting each bite to the farmers and regions that make it possible. Indulge in delicious chocolate and leave with handmade truffles to gift or keep all to yourself (no judgment here!).
This chocolate-making workshop is perfect as a gift for sweet tooths, foodies, as an extra sweet date night idea, or for those seeking fun things to do in San Francisco.

Please note: Public dates for this class require at least 4 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we may cancel the session; if that happens, we'll inform you and let you choose between a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.

Upcoming dates for Chocolate Tasting and Truffle Making Workshop

Times are Los Angeles time. Dates and prices as of 14 Nov 2026, 4:16pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

9 upcoming dates between 22 Nov 2026 and 20 Dec 2026.

  • Sun, Nov 22 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Wed, Nov 25 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Fri, Nov 27 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Sat, Nov 28 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Sun, Nov 29 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Sat, Dec 5 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Sat, Dec 12 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Sat, Dec 19 2026, 3pm-5pm
  • Sun, Dec 20 2026, 3pm-5pm
What you'll get
  • Their own rolled truffles
  • Recipes to recreate
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly, no experience required!
What to bring
All materials provided, including chocolates, aprons, and recipes to remake your truffles at home.
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or bachelorette party.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mom, Xmas gift or gift for couples.


FAQ

Can you cater for dietary requirements?
Yes, we can cater for vegan, gluten free and dairy free. Let us know your requirements before or after booking. If you have a food allergy or need a strictly gluten-free meal for coeliac disease, please message us before booking.
Location

Haight-Ashbury, CA

Exact location is masked for privacy. You'll automatically get the specific address after booking.

Your teacher can also travel within 30 miles of Haight-Ashbury, to a venue of your choice for a private class.

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Recent reviews of Chocolate Tasting and Truffle Making Workshop

  • 5/5 from Shyvee Shi, attended Oct 2026: I had such a fun time at this class! The studio was really neat and interesting, and I learned so much about chocolate — from tasting it properly to actually making some truffles myself! Best part: I got to bring home the truffles I made, and they turned out great. Highly recommend for anyone curious about chocolate making, even as a total beginner.
  • 5/5 from Janette Maurer, attended Oct 2026: We had a fantastic time with our instructor Kirsten and the workshop, it was a perfect way for our company to enjoy a commradery and have a fun and oh so sweet team building experience. Really enjoyed the "story" of specialty chocoloate and its making along with the tastings, which totally awakended our senses to the different chocolate flavors of various countries. The truffle making was really fun and perfect for teams of 3 persons. Will recommend!
  • 4/5 from Ankita Sancheti, attended Oct 2026: Great experience.
  • 5/5 from Shirin Belur, attended Sep 2026: We took the chocolate tasting and truffle making class as a team building activity and everyone loved it. We learned a lot about each other and had a blast making truffles. It was the perfect way to strengthen the bond of our team while having fun. Highly recommend.
  • 5/5 from Natalia Zaitseva, attended Aug 2026: The instructor Kristin was great, she has so much knowledge of chocolate and the ethics around it. She taught us well! Cozy atmosphere and great tea! Definitely reccomend:)
  • 5/5 from Paula Rivers, attended Aug 2026: I went with my 25 year old. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience! We appreciated that the host first shared some background on chocolate production and had us do tastings before the truffle preparation. Our group was all ages and she skillfully managed our initial communal table before we broke up into small groups. Overall, our host was knowledge, friendly and created a great relaxed environment. Highly recommend!
  • 5/5 from Jonathan Holman, attended Aug 2026: Super good teacher. Friendly, articulate, passionate about chocolate and deeply knowledgeable. Understands sourcing, ecological issues, differences by terroir, and of course recipes and taste. Lovely setting in her home. A great family or adult class. You learn, you taste, you take a bunch home. Highly recommended.
  • 5/5 from Spencer, attended Jun 2026: This class was so much fun. Kirsten's depth of knowledge was a wonderful part of the experience as we did a chocolate tasting covering different sources and methods. Then we went hands on and made truffles. The whole process was lite, fun, and we learned so much. The to-go containers of truffles we made were delicioius. I'll be trying my hand at flavored truffles, using the recipies and knowlege from this class. Highly recommend!
  • 5/5 from Jurgen, attended Mar 2026: This was an amazing experience, the team loved it, really a great team building activity and Kirsten is an awesome host! Highly recommended!
  • 5/5 from Christine Liu, attended Mar 2026: Kirsten is a fantastic instructor! She brought us through an entire journey to learn about chocolate making! It really shows that she is very passionate about chocolate! It was also very fun to learn how to make truffles and we even got recipes to bring home to try ourselves!
  • 5/5 from Denisse Andrade, attended Feb 2026: Super fun class! Started with a hot chocolate tasting which was amazing, followed by more chocolate tasting before moving to the kitchen for truffle making. Tons of truffles to take home of different flavors! The teacher was engaging, clearly loves to make and talk about chocolate which made the experience so much better!
Your teacher

Kiki's Cocoa
Kiki's Cocoa

4.9 (11)

When Kirsten “Kiki” Ritschel moved from Hamburg to the US, she found herself disappointed in the quality of available chocolates — and hell hath no fury like a German denied good chocolate. So she decided to do it herself, combining culinary acumen with graphic design chops to create her own confectionery for carefully crafted chocolates.
Over two decades, she helped grow San Francisco’s small food makers. Now, she runs Kiki’s Cocoa, crafting ethically sourced, beautifully designed chocolates. Sharing this dream with curious tasters through hands-on workshops brings her joy.

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