• All classes are 4 hours of instruction

• $225 for a private lesson for 1 to 2 students ($75 extra per person for a larger class)

Instructor:

Classes are instructed by Teresa Ulrich:

15 years of professional chocolatier & chocolate making, including work at The French Laundry, Pearl Bakery, Roste Chocolate, and Creo Chocolate.

• Tempering 101

Learn how to make chocolate shine & snap!

Tempering is the process of temperature control and motion in order to stabilize the cocoa butter into forming a nice tight bond, so that bars and bon bons release from molds with ease and glow with a beautiful sheen.

• Learn how to avoid ‘fat blooming’ and ‘sugar blooming’ to prevent bars from looking dull and turning white.

• Explore different methods of tempering chocolate: seeding, table-tempering, and using Silk. Includes and introduction to molding & hand-dipping bon bons.

A must class if new to chocolate chemistry!

Excellent for troubleshooting tempering issues.

Take home: confections made in class

• Chocolate Decorations 101

Explore a variety of techniques to decorate bon bons and desserts: how to pipe chocolate decorations, apply gold leaf, paint molds & bon bons, apply cocoa butter transfer sheets, and work with chocolate modeling clay.

Excellent for enhancing desserts and confections that impress!

Take home: Decorations made in class.

• Ganache Fillings 101

Explore different methods of preparing chocolate fillings and mastering a ‘super smooth’ ganache. Learn techniques that will prevent gritty mouthfeel and take the confusion out of chocolate to cream ratios.

Includes techniques of butter ganache, cream ganache, and vegan nut butter ganache.

Take home: Confections made in class

• Bean to Bar 101

Learn all about the process of chocolate making: how to source cacao, roast, crack, winnow, and grind cacao nibs into chocolate.

• Practice roasting in a convection oven.

• Learn about the melanging and conching process.

• Learn different methods to crack & winnow your beans.

• Introduction to grinding/melanging.

Take home: roasted cacao beans & chocolate made in class.

Helpful for insight on chocolate-making chemistry for a home hobbyist or small business.

• Ceremonial Cacao Class

Ancient Mayans and Incans worked with cacao as medicine to awaken their intuition and improve physical & mental stamina.

Ceremonial cacao is a unique type of cacao that has the ability to open the heart center and soothe stress & anxiety.

It's a gentle tool to bring us into harmony within, into harmony with nature, and into harmony with each other.

• Learn how to work with cacao as healing medicine.

• Discover the nutritional health compounds and energetics that support mental health.

• Includes an introduction to the chocolate-making process.

• How to mix a batch of ceremonial cacao and work with it in a sacred way.

Helpful for establishing a ceremonial cacao practice to soothe the heart daily!

Take home: Ceremonial cacao made in class

• Custom Classes

Custom classes available that focus on a confection you would love to explore!

Popular requests are for salted caramels or peanut butter cups.

Inquire about custom classes that focus on a specific bon bon, truffle, or candy.