Temple Bar Cultural Trust

Temple Bar Chocolate Festival

This year’s Temple Bar Chocolate Festival takes place Friday 30th October – Sunday 1st November and invites you to get your hands, face and taste-buds chocolatey!

Click here to download the festival programme.

Sign-up for a hands-on chocolate truffle making class, learn how to make your own cacao face-packs for home beauty treatments and dispel the myths and discovery the reality of the health benefits of cacoa.

Visit the Chocolate Fair in Meeting House Square with up to 20 stalls including 12 chocolate artisan producers from around the country, hot chocolate, good coffees, chocolate pastries and even a savory chocolate stall.

Also at the Chocolate Fair, children can decorate their own chocolate cupcake, dip some fruits into a chocolate fountain and be entertained by Barbershop Quartet ‘4-in-a-BAR’! Chocolate through film, poetry and the visual arts will also be celebrated with a chocolate-inspired exhibition in NGG (No Grants Gallery).

Temple Bar Chocolate Festival, presented by Temple Bar Cultural Trust, allows you and your children to participate in tastings, hands-on cooking and creative workshops along with learning tips from the experts such as French Chocolatier Benoit Lorge. To top it off, don’t miss your opportunity to hear Willie Harcourt-Cooze’s story (from the Channel 4 documentary series, ‘Willies Wonky chocolate Factory’) when he relates his journey ‘From Bean to Bar!’ in the Button Factory.

How to Book: Some events are free but require advanced booking. Tickets for events will be available from Monday 12th October from our Culture Line (01 888 3610) or at our Box Office which is located at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre.