Last weekend Brian and his friends had their annual "guys trip"- three days of golfing, fishing, and football. The kids and I decided that the guys shouldn't have all the fun, so we took a day trip to St. Augustine. Our first stop was the Whetstone Chocolate Factory. The Whetstone company used to own a large plant that manufactured products for companies like Hershey, Mars, and Nestle. However that portion of the business was sold several years ago and now they only do artisan chocolate. We took the factory tour and participated in a chocolate tasting. We learned a lot about how chocolate is made and about different types of chocolate. We all found the tour to be educational and interesting.
Upon signing up for the tour, we were each issued a tasting card. On this card was a list of the various chocolates that we would be sampling along the tour. We ended up trying 6 different pieces of chocolate- one milk chocolate, one white chocolate, two different varieties of dark chocolate, one artisan craft piece (with an orange flavor) and one piece of fudge.
We were also given hair nets that we had to wear in the factory.
The chocolate sampling was definitely the highlight of the tour. The kids and I are lovers of dark chocolate, so it's no surprise that these were our favorites. Owen and I liked the dark with 47% cocoa while Olivia preferred the really dark with 72% cocoa. Before leaving we visited the shop and bought chocolate bars in our favorite flavors (plus a milk chocolate bar for Gigi- the most renowned chocolate lover in our family). This was a really fun tour and I highly recommend doing it if in the area.
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