Our chocolate bar moulding course – the ideal corporate event for chocolate lovers
Whether it’s nuts, freeze-dried fruit, Fleur du Sel, ginger, passion fruit or perhaps caramel – it’s your chocolate, your choice!
Still looking for an idea for a corporate event? Then you’ve found the perfect solution with our chocolate bar making course. In our two-hour chocolate bar making course, you’ll have the chance to create four chocolate bars of your own, as well as your very own chocolate heart.
You’ll kick off your corporate event with a chocolate tasting. You’ll learn more about the origins of the cocoa pod and how it’s processed into chocolate. Our trained chocolatiers will explain the characteristics of the different types of chocolate through a short tasting session.
Once you’ve taken a moment to savour the individual flavour characteristics of each chocolate, it’s time to set about making your first two bars. Following a brief introduction to making homemade chocolate bars by the course leader, we’ll get straight down to it and everyone will start creating their favourite chocolate. Now it’s time to select all the ingredients you’d like to include in your chocolate.
You can choose from a selection of exquisite ingredients such as:
Fruit: raspberries, strawberries
Nuts: hazelnuts, almonds, desiccated coconut or pistachios
Crunchy ingredients: cocoa nibs, Hüppen flakes, Rice Crisps, popcorn flour or cornflakes
Dried or candied fruit: sultanas& ginger
Spices: Fleurde sel, chilli, coffee or pink pepper
Granules: passion fruit, wild berry, caramel & blood orange
In addition, each participant may mould a chocolate heart and inscribe it with a personalised message made from chocolate. The event organisers will explain how to temper the chocolate correctly and how to make your own chocolate creations so that they look as though they’ve just come from a confectioner’s. A sweet experience that is guaranteed to be memorable.
You can choose from dark, white or milk chocolate couverture to make your chocolate bars. As we place great importance on quality, we use only the finest Swiss chocolate (couverture). Why not dare to stand out from the crowd and mix two varieties? How about a mix of dark and milk couverture, for example? Let your creativity run wild.
The aim of this two-hour corporate event is for you and your team to go home with four personalised chocolate bars and a chocolate heart that perfectly suit your tastes. Thanks to our wide range of ingredients, we can make exactly that happen. What would you like? Freeze-dried raspberries, coconut cubes, Hüppen flakes, cocoa nibs or ginger? We offer these and much more for your personalised chocolate. You can also customise the appearance of the chocolate bar to suit your preferences. Alternatively, how about a wafer-thin layer of Fleur de Sel? Embellish your chocolate bar with edible flowers, sugar decorations, chocolate pearls or cocoa nibs. Our range of decorations is just as varied as our selection of ingredients.
Once you have made the first two chocolate bars, our course instructor will show you how to prepare the mould for the chocolate heart correctly. To do this, you will polish the mould using kitchen paper. This step is essential for achieving the chocolate’s final shine.
Once you’ve polished the mould, you can decide which ingredients you’d like to include in the heart. Whether it’s hazelnuts or dark chocolate, this decision is entirely up to you. The choice of chocolate, ingredients and decorations remains the same. As soon as the heart has been poured, you’ll move on to making the last two chocolate bars. Armed with your newly acquired knowledge of chocolate-making, the chocolate bars you’ve already made and the chocolate heart, you can start the next round of production straight away.
Once you’ve made all the chocolate bars, practise writing with liquid chocolate so that you can later inscribe your homemade heart. Once you’ve practised writing with chocolate, you can get straight on with personalising the chocolate heart. Using liquid chocolate, you can leave a sweet message on the heart.
Once all the sweet creations have cooled down, they are beautifully packaged to finish. As these sweet treats can be personalised quickly and easily, they make excellent little sweet gifts for your family and friends.
This corporate event is also ideal as a customer event. Treat your customers to some sweet moments. Naturally, this event is particularly popular with international groups, who take great delight in making their own Swiss chocolate bar.
After your corporate event, the treats can be stored for up to 6 months. That said, freshly made chocolate always tastes best.
Our trained chocolatiers are fluent in German, Swiss German and English, and will be happy to assist you throughout the corporate event in all three languages.
Key figures
That’s what everyone at the event realises
4 different chocolate bars & 1 chocolate heart
Event venue
Zurich-Adliswil
Event duration
approx. 2 hours
Event language
The event can be held in German or English.
Number of participants
Event groups of between 6 and 80 people can take part.
Event costs
A team event for up to 6 people costs a flat rate of CHF 510. Each additional person costs an extra CHF 85.
Would you like a delicious aperitif to go with it as well?
Would you like something savoury to go with your sweet event?
Why not combine your event with an aperitif freshly prepared by us? Raise a glass together with a glass of sparkling Prosecco, fruity orange juice or a fine wine. To accompany this, we’ll serve you – depending on your preference – small savoury nibbles, delicious canapés or a sumptuous buffet featuring a wide variety of treats.
You can choose from the following three aperitif packages, each of which includes one glass of Prosecco or orange juice per person, as well as unlimited still water.
Here is the selection of our three aperitif packages:
Crunchy snack
Snack stations with a mix of crisps, pretzel sticks and fish-shaped crisps.
Crunchy snacks: CHF 9 per person
"Savoury" canapés
Canapé stations with a selection of crisps, pretzel sticks and fish fingers, 2 gourmet sandwiches per person, vegetable sticks with a variety of dips.
“Savoury” aperitif: CHF 25 per person
"Geniesser" aperitif
Snack stations with crisps, pretzel sticks and fish fingers, 3 gourmet sandwiches per person, vegetable sticks with a selection of dips, tomato and mozzarella skewers, a selection of warm mini quiches and crispy ham croissants.
“Geniesser” aperitif: CHF 35 per person
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Do you have any questions or is anything unclear?
Here you will find an overview of the most frequently asked questions. If you have not found a suitable answer to your query, please feel free to contact us by telephone on 044 480 14 14 or by email at events@minischoggi.ch.
After the event, the organiser will receive an invoice by email for the number of people booked, which must be settled within 14 days. Of course, we can also send the payment slip by post on request.
The reason we send an invoice is that we do not have cash registers on site to process payments. In rare cases, we may require payment in advance or by card because the invoice z.B. is addressed to someone with a foreign billing address. MiniSchoggi reserves the right to do so at any time. Thank you for your understanding.
Unfortunately, the parking situation in the cities of Zurich and Bern is somewhat difficult, and we cannot guarantee parking spaces there; we can only direct you to car parks in the immediate vicinity. Thank you for your understanding.
In Zurich-Adliswil, there are dozens of parking spaces along the River Sihl, which are even free at the weekend. You’ll always find a free space there. If, contrary to expectations, this isn’t the case, please pop into the restaurant and we’ll show you where you can find additional parking spaces.
With every aperitif package booked, we also provide orange juice or mineral water alongside the Prosecco for those who do not wish to, or are not allowed to, drink alcohol.
The events usually take place around a large table, so participants remain seated. This makes our event ideas very suitable for people of all ages. At the chocolate bar events, however, participants regularly get up, mix the ingredients themselves and collect the chocolate from the chocolate station on their own. This means that participants regularly have to stand up and sit down, as well as walk short distances around the room. However, if this only affects one person, it is no reason not to organise the event, as our course leaders – and no doubt the other participants too – will be more than happy to help.
At the cupcake event, we deliberately avoid using toppings that wouldn’t withstand a long evening or warm temperatures. Decorations made from fondant, flower paste or royal icing hold up well even in warmer temperatures, so it’s absolutely no problem.
Chocolate withstands temperatures of up to 25 °C without direct sunlight. However, if you’re storing them in warm places, such as in a car or similar, it’s advisable to take a cool box or similar with you in the car to ensure nothing goes wrong.
If temperatures are higher, we’ll provide you with a cool bag for your chocolate creations instead of a standard carrier bag. This will keep the chocolate cool for several hours under normal conditions. However, if the chocolate is left in the sun for longer or temperatures are very high, you can always place a cold drink in the cool bag to ensure the chocolate remains protected. In extremely hot weather (above 30 °C), we’ll provide cooling pads to ensure the chocolate definitely doesn’t suffer.
At the cupcake event, you’ll be given a special box for transport, so that the cupcakes are well protected.
At the Cookies event, the cookies are packed into attractive bags and then placed in a box, ensuring they are well prepared for transport.
If you’re decorating high heels at the event, you’ll be given a box made especially for this purpose, into which the moulded chocolate slab fits perfectly. You’ll attach your high heel to this chocolate slab using a little chocolate, so that the shoe is securely held in place. This ensures the shoe is protected as well as possible for onward transport.
For the praline team event and the chocolate bar event, you’ll receive a box for the pralines to ensure they’re well protected, whilst the truffles are placed in a bag. The chocolate bars are also packed in clear bags.
At the end of each event, you’ll be given a carrier bag for transport, which can also be labelled with your name to avoid any mix-ups.
If you are going to be out and about for a while afterwards, you can store your creations in a locker at the station, in a car (if available), or, if you prefer, we can store the creations you’ve made here for a few days and you can then collect them from us later.
The cupcakes will keep for 1 week, although you can also freeze them with their decorations on. This extends their shelf life to 3 months.
The biscuits have a shelf life of 8 weeks and can simply be stored at room temperature, away from direct sunlight.
Chocolates and truffles will keep for 4 weeks at room temperature, away from light, whilst the chocolate bars and chocolate high heels will keep for at least 6 months.
You’ll therefore certainly have plenty of time to enjoy your creations or give them as gifts to your loved ones.
We ask that you arrive on time for your event so that the schedule can run smoothly. If you arrive late, the course organisers will be forced to shorten the event accordingly. Depending on the day, the event room may be needed again either before or after your event. We are therefore reliant on the time needed for set-up and cleaning. Alternatively, the course organisers may have other appointments or may have finished work for the day; we would therefore be grateful if you could arrive no earlier than 10 minutes before the event and leave the room afterwards, so that the course organisers can begin cleaning.
A cosy atmosphere is very important to us. Therefore, it is absolutely no problem and does not incur any additional costs if an event runs a little longer; however, for the reasons mentioned, we cannot make our rooms available for games or similar activities afterwards.
We would like to thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding.
Please notify us of any changes as soon as possible, preferably by email or, in the case of events, by telephone within 24 hours on 044 480 14 14.
Reductions in the number of guests: Our entire preparation process begins one week before the event, and the event venues are usually set up several days in advance, so that on the day of the event, only the fresh ingredients and fillings need to be prepared. Therefore, should there be a last-minute reduction in the number of guests, we are unfortunately unable to take this into account in the final bill. However, we recommend that the group still prepare the dishes for the person who is unable to attend – usually for health reasons – so that they can still enjoy a taste of the event at home.
Should the number of participants fall below 6 for two-hour events or below 10 for one-hour events, please still prepare the quantities for 6 or 10 people, as we are required to charge for at least this number of participants.
Increases in the number of participants: Inthe vast majority of cases, we can accommodate a last-minute increase in the number of participants without any problem. In isolated cases, however, this may not be possible if z.B. a significantly larger number of people turn up or the products are no longer in stock.
Further details regarding the processing and invoicing, as well as the exact procedure for events that have already been confirmed, complete cancellations or postponements, can be found in the Terms and Conditions, which will be sent to you when you request a quote.