The 7 Puerto Vallarta Chocolate Tours That Earn Their Price

1.Bean to Bar Chocolate Workshop in Puerto Vallarta

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 381 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $62Our pick

Make chocolate in Puerto Vallarta while learning cacao’s Mexican story, tasting traditional drinks, and creating custom bars to take home.

“What a great class! Such interesting flavors and Rod truly loves what he does. Every second was entertaining. The class was fun with just a few other people attending and everyone really wanted to learn. And the chocolate of course was delicious. Glad we made the choice to go”

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2.Chocolate Tour in Vallarta

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 226 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $39Best value

Review of Planeta Cacao near Puerto Vallarta, with hands-on chocolate making, cacao history, tastings, transport tips, and value advice.

“This was my favorite activity while visiting Puerto Vallarta for a week. I stayed the Vidanta resort and it was a short, $8 Uber ride to the location. I brought my 12-year old daughter and was somewhat surprised and happy when she said she found it really interesting! Overall this was the experience I wanted to have. Learning about the history of chocolate and the various trees associated. I visited another Chocolate experience in Old Town which was fun, but this was another level. We were able to create chocolate from the seed, to roasting, to grinding and then choosing the amount of sugar and cinnamon to add. Took home…”

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3.Chocolate and truffles workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 157 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $62

Make ganache-filled chocolates and truffles at ChocoMuseo Puerto Vallarta, learn about Mexican cacao, and take home your handmade treats.

“Rodrigo our host made the experience very memorable and fun. Would highly recommend this event. Loved the chocolates and choses to add to ganachre and truffles. Always fun to have adult beverages to add to chocolate.”

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4.Sayulita Magical Town Tour: Local food, and chocolate.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $95

Review of Sayulita’s 6-hour food and chocolate tour from Puerto Vallarta, with local guide Pepe, market stops, tasting, pricing, and practical tips.

“Pepe was absolutely outstanding. He was a wealth of local and regional knowledge. He provided excellent conversation and gave such insightful and helpful comments the entire trip. In Sayulita he drove us through the town prior to stopping to point out a number of suggestions and tips. Kudos to you Pepe!!”

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5.Tarot Reading with Coffee & Chocolate or Smoothie

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 1 hour (approx.)

Review of Puerto Vallarta’s one-hour tarot reading with Mary at XocoDiva Cafe, including drinks, crystal work, practical tips, and value.

“The reading was fun and she is a very insightful person. Delightful session, I've never done one before.”

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6.Private Make Your Own Chocolate Experience in Puerto Vallarta

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 40 minutes (approx.) · from $50

Make your own chocolate in Puerto Vallarta with a private chef-led workshop covering cacao, tempering, toppings, and a take-home bar.

“Awesome tour Love the fact that I got to experience making chocolate bars in Mexico. Staff was great and friendly! Im not a fan of long drawn out tours so this was perfect for me. Would definitely reccomend”

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7.Chocolate Macarons Workshop in Puerto Vallarta

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $87

Make chocolate macarons in a small Puerto Vallarta class with sea views, expert guidance, tastings, a recipe, and treats to take home.

“Another GREAT experience at the ChocoMuseo. This was our 4th cooking workshop and it was probably the best one so far. I have made macarons a few times before but Ney, the presenter, was excellent and I learned a few tricks I will use when I get home. (BTW, Ney led the eclair workshop we did last summer and is nice to be remembered.). She took us step by step through the entire process, first demonstrating and the letting us complete the task. The end results were some of the best macarons I’ve ever made… beautiful to look at and great flavor and texture. And one great thing was being…”

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