Sweet Soul: Stories in Chocolate
Taste Chocolate Differently.
Five chocolates. Five stories. A whole new way to experience something you thought you already knew.
Join master chocolatier Rachel McKinley for a guided, interactive journey through the world of craft chocolate — exploring flavour, cacao, craftsmanship, and the surprising stories behind every bite.
PLAYFUL APPROACH, DELICIOUS RESULTS
A chocolate tasting built around curiosity and connection.
Guided by award-winning master chocolatier Rachel McKinley, participants taste five exceptional chocolates from around the world while learning how cacao origin, fermentation, roasting, and craftsmanship influence flavour.
But this isn’t a lecture.
Rachel combines storytelling, practical tasting techniques, conversation, and a playful sensory challenge that changes from session to session.
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90–120 minutes
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Up to 20 participants
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Guided experience
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Low movement
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Highly conversational
Hosted at Pop CoLab or available on-site
PLAYFUL APPROACH, DELICIOUS RESULTS
Chocolate is more than something sweet.
Every piece of chocolate has travelled through places, people, ingredients, processes, and decisions before it reaches you.
During Stories in Chocolate, your group slows things down and explores what is actually happening in every bite.
You’ll taste. Compare. Guess. Talk. Probably disagree about what you're tasting. And discover that no two palates experience chocolate exactly the same way.
That’s where things get interesting.
Discover the Story
Follow chocolate from cacao to finished bar.
Explore how origin, agriculture, fermentation, roasting, and the decisions of the chocolate maker shape what you taste.
Challenge Your Senses
Put your palate to the test.
A playful tasting activity gets the group guessing, comparing, talking, and discovering flavours they might never have noticed before.
Connect Through Chocolate
Turn tasting into conversation.
Chocolate naturally creates memories, opinions, stories, and reactions. Sharing those discoveries makes connection happen without forcing it.
Taste With Intention
Learn how chocolatiers experience chocolate.
Discover simple ways to notice aroma, texture, flavour, finish, and the subtle differences between chocolates.
Meet Our Expert
Rachel McKinley
Master Chocolatier · Educator · Founder, Sweet Soul
Rachel McKinley is an award-winning master chocolatier, educator, and lifelong chocolate nerd with more than 23 years of experience working with chocolate.
She has developed hundreds of chocolate products and taught thousands of students around the world through Ecole Chocolat.
For Rachel, chocolate isn't simply something to eat. Every piece tells a story about the place cacao was grown, the people who produced it, the maker who transformed it, and the journey that ultimately brought it to you.
Her tastings bring those stories to life in a way that is relaxed, interactive, accessible, and — most importantly — delicious.
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