Cologne Chocolate museum

Cologne - This chocolate museum was a nice walking distance from the Wallraf Richartz Museum.

The Schokoladenmuseum

entrance to the chocolate factory

There were many tourist in this chocolate factory, so I paid 14.50euros for the entrance and walked up to the 2nd floor to start the museum walk. At the start of the museum walk, the front desk man will check your ticket and there was a bowl of chocolates - which he pointed go ahead but this German tourist lady gave me a stare when I took 2. I am not sure why German women are so curt, rude and unfriendly.

a short history of this museum

Then you enter the exhibition of the rain forest where cacao are grown. It was very humid and warm - like Singapore.

miniture rainforest

Then the cacao making process with the machinery.

mixing process

At the end there is a chocolate fountain and they will serve you one wafer dipped in the chocolate fountain.

Guarding the chocolate fountain

There is a timing when he give out the chocolate wafer.

chocolate fountain

The next exhibit is where you can purchase your own customised chocolates - made ready for you.

putting on the labels for the chocolates

weighting the ingredients for the process

the museum walking tour continues to this old cans used to store chocolates

after this is the souvenir shop where you can buy mostly Lindt chocolates

It is a good exhibition and very engaging, unfortunately the queue for the chocolates were too long. I did not bother as there were many kids lining up.

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