A sweet shop, a coffee shop, and a workshop where children make three chocolates and take every one of them home.
The shop is open today 9am to 5pm. Workshops run daily in the school holidays and at weekends in term time.
Things to do nearby
Everyone making chocolate gets an apron and a hair net, and both are yours to keep. Children can come on their own or with a grown-up.
Using white and milk chocolate, you choose your own toppings and decorations. Our team is on hand to help everyone.
Everything you make is yours to take home. A session lasts 30 to 40 minutes.
Pick your chocolate. Pick three toppings. Give it a name. Then come and make it for real.
Your bar
Pick a chocolate, choose three toppings, name your bar and take a picture of it home. It works in the browser with nothing to install.
Make chocolate in the morning, then make a day of it. Hawkshead is surrounded by some of the best of the Lake District.
Hawkshead village A car-free centre of cobbled streets, courtyards and whitewashed cottages under Lakeland slate. We are right in the middle of it. 
Grizedale Forest Walking and cycling trails, sculptures in the woods, and Go Ape zip lines through the Douglas firs. Just south of the village. 
Brantwood John Ruskin's former home on the shore of Coniston Water. A historic house, museum and arts centre with plenty for families. 
Hill Top Beatrix Potter's house at Near Sawrey, 3.2 km from Hawkshead, where she wrote many of her books. 4.5 stars from 494 Google reviews 200 five-star reviews from people who booked with us
This could be the highlight of our holiday. Honestly, so much fun. The girls running the workshop were great with kids and adults alike. Everything was explained clearly and was done in a really fun way. You get to eat a fair amount of liquid chocolate and keep all the things you make (including the molds). I honestly can't recommend this highly enough.
This was the sweetest little family- oriented session. It lasts about 40 minutes and honestly, we had as much fun as our 5 year old. The session involves making 3 different chocolate treats: a moulded animal/train, a chocolate bar and a marshmallow treat. The lady who ran the session was very kind and interactive with the kids. It’s such a lovely activity and one which I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend
Our son (6) absolutely loved this! He said it was the best thing he did all holiday. I was impressed that he came home with three separate chocolate creations, a mould and an apron and cap. Would definitely recommend.
There's no parking directly outside, but we're a short walk from Hawkshead's main car park.
