A Museum You Can Eat!

Mar 06

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The museum, Museu de la Xocolata opened its doors in 2000. Chocolate and pastry makers of the Confectionary Guild of Barcelona put together the initiative to make this museum a reality. The museum building, formerly a convent, features a delectable collection of chocolate sculptures and characters ranging from Finding Nemo, Chicken Run, and many more. In addition, pastry chefs created intricate reproductions of Gaudí's buildings and sculptures constructed entirely of chocolate and confections. The exhibitions begins with the New World explorers discovering the cocoa bean, the commercialization and ends with chocolate as a form of art. This place is an absolute delight for children with the audio visual shows and touch screen computers that make chocolate history come alive if I may add sweeten the learning experience. Rosanna and I reserved in advance a weekend dessert making lesson, which I'm sure will be super exciting. Every Easter the Museu de la Xocolata serves at the venue for the annual mona competition. Monas are chocolate sculptures invented by Catalans. Every week chocolate makers try to beat each other by trying to create the most artistic and unique pieces and displaying them in their shop windows. The entire exhibition is bound to leave you craving for some delicious chocolate. Not to fear the museum cafe will surely fulfill your chocolate craving with hot chocolate and scrumptious bonbons.