Decorate my own chocolate bars? Which I then get to eat? Well, if you insist. (It’s a hard life.) But what actually happens on a 1-hour chocolatier workshop at the Chocolate Museum Vienna “BO-YO”?
- Think experience, rather than museum
- Pour and decorate three bars
- Also make an original chocolate drink
- Friendly, professional staff
- English & German spoken
- Praline and Mozartball workshops also available
- Book a chocolate workshop*
- See also:
Cocoa and creativity

(The kind of workshop end product I can get behind)
The Chocolate Museum Vienna “BO-YO” runs visitor-friendly chocolate experiences. So you might make your own pralines or Mozartkugeln marzipan balls, for example.
But the most popular product is the one-hour chocolatier workshop. So, in another moment of great self-sacrifice on behalf of my readers, I bought tickets and gave it a go…
The workshop essentially consisted of five threads:
Creating basic bars of chocolate
You don’t make your chocolate from scratch, but you do fill a three-bar mould with liquid chocolate from a choice of two dark varieties, milk chocolate, white chocolate and pink-coloured white chocolate.
You can split your bars between types to some extent, but only where this fits with food safety and hygiene requirements. White chocolate and milk chocolate (in that pouring order) worked for me.
Filling a mould takes more care than you might think. Fortunately, our guide explained everything (in English) and helped out where necessary.
After all, you want a nice even surface with minimum waste. Wasting chocolate is a sin against the Food Gods.
Decorating your bars
You have a few minutes while the chocolate is still soft to then place decorative ingredients on the surface.
For example, I used pumpkin & sunflower seeds, gummy bears, raisins, and almond flakes from the dozen or so options available.
I’d like to say I created bars with a thematic consistency and a certain creative je ne sais quoi. But the result was more chaos than Klimt.

(A peek through the window raises expectations)
Make a chocolate drink
While waiting for the decorated bars to set in the fridge, we mixed our own chocolate drink by adapting the Aztec Xocolatl recipe. For the more adventurous, this meant sticking to largely original Mesoamerican ingredients (I won’t spoil the surprise for you).
I liked it. My companion rapidly went for the added sugar and milk option.
The museum
After finishing (you can, of course, take the bars home with you), we could visit the (very) small museum, which has a handful of background videos and displays on cocoa’s origins and the different types of chocolate. Just a quick time filler with some selfie opportunities, but not the reason you’re there.
Information & anecdotes
All through the workshop, our guide explained (in English) what we were doing, why, and how with a few tidbits on history and nutrition. She was a lovely mix of friendly and professional with a laser-like focus on hygiene (after all, we were preparing food).
We never felt rushed or overwhelmed and found the whole experience rather fun. The ambience certainly helps: clean and colourful.
Tickets & tips
You don’t buy an entrance ticket for the “museum” per se, but book a place on one of the different workshops offered.
The shop, however, is open to the public and has a wide-range of (BO-YO) chocolate products to buy: pralines, bars, flavoured dragées, cake decorations etc. Even chocolate-themed t-shirts and cuddly toys.
(Booking service provided by Tiqets.com*, who I am an affiliate of)
The experience feels like a strong option for families. The only tricky part for kids would be pouring the chocolate into the mould, and the guide took care of that for those too young to manage on their own.
Other chocolate-flavoured options in Vienna:
- The Schokomuseum attached to the production facilities of Confiserie Heindl in the 23rd district. They have English-language guided tours, for example
- Chocolate cake is very much a thing here, particularly in the form of Sachertorte. Try the Café-Konditoreien for cakes and specialist creations that also typically include chocolates
- If you time your visit right, you might encounter the Schokoladefest: a chocolate festival featuring, well, I think you can work it out for yourself
How to get to the chocolate
Subway: the museums is a short walk from two subway stations (Pilgramgasse and Margaretengürtel) on the U4 line that leaves, for example, from the central Karlsplatz and Schwedenplatz stations.
Bus: the Reinprechtsdorfer Brücke stop on the 12A and 14A lines is close by. You can catch both at Pilgramgasse station, for example.
Address: Schönbrunnerstraße 99, 1050 Vienna | Website