Chocolate Kingdom

After seeing Chocolate Kingdom advertised on Groupon, I thought it’d be interesting to take a day trip and boy was I right.
Unfortunately, when I went to purchase the Groupon online tickets weren’t up for sale anymore so I had to end up paying full price for the tour. If you can’t utilize the Groupon, the tour
in addition to the price of making your own candy bar gets to be a little expensive.
But, what I can say though is that while the tour is a little cheesy, it is very informative about the process of how chocolate is produced from the beans to the bar and everything in between.
As a Food Science major I was surprised with how much I wasn’t aware of about the history of chocolate; especially at the end when they speak about how their white chocolate is made-​fascinating! There was even a video tidbit with the tour guide (shoutout to the tour guide Chris) and cartoon characters to keep the kids interested. So I would recommend this tour for families looking to beat the heat with chocolate treats!
I also advise you to purchase the candy bar with the tour as they make it in front of you, and all their chocolate is of wonderful quality! Especially the dark chocolate, and I usually am not a fan of dark chocolate. The sugar covered cocoa beans are a great addictive snack as well. So crunchy, savory, and not overly sweet.
I’ll definitely be back to purchase more chocolate from them because while the tour is a little pricey, stopping by the chocolate itself is more than worth it!

We had a great time at Chocolate Kingdom. It was educational, interactive and great for all ages. Every time my 2 year old started to fuss, the dragon came on and taught her something great. Adam was a fantastic teacher, and the chocolate samples along the way were delicious and creative.

Really fun experience. We had a few hours to kill in the area and decided to give it a try.
Definitely make your own chocolate bar! Super yummy and makes for a great souvenir.

Friendly staff, fun and affordable interactive tour (Adam was awesome :), plus amazing chocolate. Highly recommended!

We took the tour which was fun and interactive. Our guide Derrian explained the history and the process of how chocolate is grown and manufactured. At the end of the tour you can design you own chocolate bar.

So first off I like to leave honest reviews and full detail. I have been to this location three years in a row and combined have spent a lot of money.
The chocolate is really good and I had thought the customer service was good as well. However I bought seven specialty chocolate bars yesterday, one of them I didn’t realize must of had a pinhole in the plastic in the seal and wasn’t sealed right as moisture got in and the chocolate had condensation and started to have issues in the cooler (as chocolate melts in the heat). The other six bars were perfectly fine. So I know it wasn’t anything I did or an error I made as they were all together. Simply, the one that wasn’t sealed right leaked.
I went back to the location and told them the situation and they told me that once you leave the store they’re no longer held responsible. This is absolutely ridiculous. If I went to Walmart or any other store to buy an item if it’s defective and I realize it’s defective it’s their responsibility to exchange it. They wouldn’t even do any sort of discount for me or compensate me in anyway. They sealed their chocolate incorrectly and made an error and we’re not taking responsibility for their own product or actions. Also the owner is the one who said it was a no go to exchange or refund.
The owner says it was not his responsibility. This is not how you do business considering I run my own business for 16 years. It’s sad to know that returning customers for four years in a row are compensated for a two dollar chocolate due to their own error. On this principle alone I cannot recommend this business. It’s an absolute poor business decision to not support the customers that are coming into your location. Especially with an unopened chocolate that was sealed them properly that’s not my fault. I will not be returning here and I highly recommend everybody to check the chocolate that they buy.
Update: Now the owner says I didn’t have the receipt when I clearly did. My brother was with me and can confirm this. The lady at the counter said a receipt didn’t matter. I offered to bring the chocolate in. I was polite and was not rude. It’s unfortunate as an owner that you would attempt to play yourself as the victim. It’s totally false. Take responsibility for your product.

Before the hotel, this was the first place the family and I stopped after riding 13 hours from DC. Groupon had discounted the entrance fee to the tour; we were ready! After learning all about chocolate (history, the process of the cacao plant, how to win the heart of a chocolate princess), they made specialized chocolate bars, then tried to eat them directly!
We had a great time, learned a lot, and enjoyed the wonderful adventure. Thanks Aileen!
Oh, by the way, when you answer the chocolate questions, you get a sticker! We all have one

Great fun place to go while in Orlando, that’s not ur «typical» Orlando tourist attraction. Received lots of samples (yummm). Learned lots of interesting information. And even got to make my own chocolate bar (I chose dark chocolate x cayenne pepper x cranberries= deliciousness). Staff was very friendly & well versed in chocolate facts/​history.

The most wonderful time ever, Adam was great… The chocolate was delicious and this tour was very informing…

Fun, interesting and informative tour. Tasty, too. We were six people between 7 – 50 yo and we all enjoyed it. We made our own chocolate bars at the end of the tour.
Perfect way to start our non-​parks Orlando weekend!

This was a informational tour. Chis was a great guide. He was very enthusiastic. The chocolate was all very good. I didn’t care for the carmel bars, but everything else was very good. The carmel squares were awesome.

A fun and interactive family activity.
Our tour guides name was Jodie and she was really nice and very clear on her information. I like how she was friendly in getting everyone on the tour involved.
The chocolate here is amazing and you get to try various chocolate things while completing the quest, i definitely recommend this place while on vacation in Orlando.

This place smells like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, if I knew what that smelled like! The rich chocolate fumes racing through my nostrils was enough for me to drop $ 25 in this place. I even satisfied my breakfast hunger by scarfing down chocolate treat, after chocolate treat. NOM NOM NOM.

Awesome place to visit! Delicious chocolate and lots of good information regarding chocolate.

A really fun activity to get out of the heat for a bit! As soon as we stepped in it smelled decadent and I knew it was going to be a good time.
I’m giving it 5 stars based on the $ 10 groupon price. If you buy the groupon, be careful because you actually have to wait 24 hours after purchase to use it! We didn’t buy the groupon but at the museum they honored the $ 10 admission price. It probably wouldn’t have been worth it to go for the regular $ 17 ticket price.
Our tour guide Megan was extremely friendly, knowledgable, and enthusiastic! We learned a ton about how chocolate is made and its history! It was very interesting and the samples were so tasty. The white and milk chocolate they let us sample were probably the best I’ve had! I’m picky because I don’t like when chocolate is overly sweet.
There were no children on our tour but everyone still seemed to enjoy it a lot. I can imagine kids would have a lot of fun too!

Yummie yummie!!! What an awesome tour. Educational, low tech and a fun tour guide. This dovetailed beautifully with my daughters history lessons at school about the Aztecans and Spanish invasion. We had samples of everything and a custom made chocolate bar to take home. Thank you Kaylea and crew!

Fun little way to kill an hour, especially if you like chocolate. Kaylea was an excellent tour guide, and she made learning about chocolate’s origins and history fun and exciting. The chocolate samples throughout the tour were interesting and tasty. The chocolate making process was the highlight of the tour. Although it isn’t hands-​on, it was interesting. This was a great tour for kids and adults alike.

This was a fun tour. Our guide, Robert, was super funny and nice. The cashier at the front was also really nice. The kids loved the story and Robert made it really exciting and interesting for the kids. The place is small and mostly for kids entertainment (I was expecting a bigger place though) but I feel it was worth it as they give you samples to taste at every stop and involve the people in the crowd.
We went on a Wednesday afternoon and we were the only group on the tour but it was definitely fun.

Yummy samples and our infant had a lot to see… and sampled some…
If you arrive a bit late, you can still catch the tour… We arrived in time and saw the whole into video. The tour guide was great and friendly. :)

The stars don’t lie, this is a gem in the obscure-​strip-​mall-​behind-​the-​Pizza-​Hut.
We were the first customers in the chocolate factory, along with two other ladies. While the tour is really kid-​oriented, and we were four fully-​grown adults, our docent (?) led us through the whole story line without even a hint of sarcasm or patronizing. The prince, in an effort to impress a princess who lives in a chocolate kingdom in a chocolate castle, learns all about the history of cocoa and how it’s made, with the help of his marshmallow-​eating dragon of course.
The tour’s plot-​line might have been a bit cheesy, but there was plenty of tour-​fed chocolate to make up for that:
* Candied roasted cocoa beans to give us a sense of how bitter cocoa is before it’s processed.
* Moctezuma ceremonial beverage, except not exactly since it was watered down greatly and then mixed with chili powder so it didn’t have the «kick» that the Aztecan emperor craved several times a day.
* Milk chocolate-​covered marshmallow to reward us for our clever way of sneaking a pet dragon into a castle made entirely of chocolate.
* Coco bean nibs from the shelling machine.
* Coco liquor which tasted quite a lot like bakers chocolate, and is indeed the stuff of baking history.
* 72% chocolate from the mixer which was a little dark for the boyfriend but perfectly delectable to me!
* And finally, two pair of chocolate shoes in dark milk and white chocolate — tiny, like the size of a small pill box.
If I were going back to Orlando/​Kisssimmee area and I had friends with nothing to do, I would suggest burning an hour or so at this place.
At the very end, you could buy a chocolate bar with all of your favorite ingredients added. It was discounted from $ 10 if you took the tour.
You don’t have to take the tour in order to get your own specially-​designed chocolate bar, so I would highly suggest that if you are strapped for cash and you’re looking to do something romantic.
They have dark, milk and white chocolate to choose from and a plethora of mix flavors including marshmallows, peanut butter chips, chili powder, pretzels, cashews, bacon, carmel, M&Ms, Almonds, Rice Krispies, peanuts, coffee and of course, mint. :)