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Chocolate Lab For Chocoholics

Tue, May 5, 2026 (5:30 PM - 7:00 PM)

GreenStar Food Co+op
770 Cascadilla Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
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Flavor design your own collection of artisan truffles!

Every chocoholic deserves their own repertoire of chocolate flavors that fit their personality and quirks. Indulge in 90 minutes of pure cacao-fueled joy, packed with scandalous cultural history and tasty science, while learning the seven essential steps to making chocolate from scratch.

What Your Experience Includes:

  • A Quick history and cultural context of cacao
  • The emotion of chocolate: how to design your box
  • Basic pairing concepts: enhance vs. contrast, texture, flavor, etc.
  • Flavor lab

    Perfect early Mother's Day gift, date night, an evening with a friend, or treating yourself to some quality “me & cacao” time.

GreenStar members receive a $2 discount. Sign-in to your Online Member Center account and see the promo code under My Message Board.

About the Instructor - Ava Holmes

Between the lines of following the "straight science" of making chocolate and what most people would think to be a delightful career as a chocolatier, Ava has successfully ruined two relationships purely thanks to chocolate Why? Find out in class.

Tags

  • GreenStar Food Co+op
  • Things to do in Ithaca, NY
  • New York Wine & Food Events
  • Ithaca Wine & Food Events

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