Updated on November 29, 2022 by pierre

Chocolate Tasting in Brussels

While it is obvious to everyone that to better appreciate wine and develop your palate, you have to taste it regularly (in moderation!) and vary the grape varieties; few people think of doing the same with chocolate! And yet, what a pleasure to admire the shine of a praline, to bite into it and let it melt in your mouth to savor the full range of tastes and smells it releases.
Here are three options for tasting very good Belgian chocolate in Brussels.

1. Take part in a workshop with Laurent Gerbaud

Each Saturday, Laurent Gerbaud's chocolate factory invites you to put on your master's apron chocolatier brussels. For 2 hours you go first create your own beggars then taste different pralines; creations by Monsieur Gerbaud. For only 35€ you will educate your palate to the different flavors and textures of chocolate. What better understand chocolate and above all, better know which chocolates please your taste buds the most!
Registration (compulsory) is done by contacting the chocolate factory directly by e-mail or telephone.
Register now for the Laurent Gerbaud chocolate tasting in Brussels.

2. Treat yourself to a tasting box at Marcolini

To develop your palate with the many pleasures of chocolate, we strongly recommend a box from the "Malline" collection (a portmanteau word made up of "trunk" and "praline") from Pierre Marcolini. These boxes contain thirty chocolates all different and also contain an explanatory booklet informing you about the flavors and the uniqueness of each of the pralines.

In the evening, calm after dinner, play the game: choose a praline, observe its color and shine, then bite into it and let it melt in your mouth. Eyes closed, let yourself be carried away by this tasting and have fun guessing what it contains before reading the answer in the small explanatory booklet.

3. Fall for Darcis fingers

In the shop of Maitre d ' chocolatier brussels by Jean-Philippe Darcis (near the Grand Place), make yourself comfortable in the tea room at the end of the shop to taste the 100% dark chocolate ganache “fingers”. These 8 small colored sticks come from all over the world : Santo Domingo, Grenada, Venezuela, Mexico, Sao Thomé, Madagascar, Tanzania, Honduras. No added flavors fingers from Darcis will show you how much the origin of the chocolate influences its taste and texture. Some fingers have a more tart taste, others more bitter or even sweeter. 8 fingers for take a chocolate world tour without leaving Brussels !
Learn more about tasting chocolate fingers from Darcis in Brussels.

4. The NEHAUS Outlet store at the ERASME factory

What could be more interesting than being able to taste chocolates until you are more hungry? Did you know that in Brussels, next to the ERASME Metro, was the NEHAUS chocolate factory? Once there, you can buy chocolates in bulk, by the kilo… and even taste them at will… Follow the guide, the NEHAUS outlet store is explained here