After lunch at Pho 88, our group headed to a really neat chocolate shop in picturesque Baldwin Park. Farris and Foster’s Famous Chocolate Factory is a chocoholic’s heaven! But, you don’t just get to eat the chocolate– you get to make it too! 
We got to get our hands dirty making our very own chocolates with some help from co-owner, J. Foster Lanenga, and his staff.
“Foster” demonstrated the various techniques for making truffles, lollipops, peanut butter cups, and other goodies.
And then he let us loose in his chocolate factory!
Chocolate-making is serious business to food bloggers!
Or not so serious! 
Audi got a little crazy with the chocolate!!
My favorite chocolate-making technique was the dipping machine. Farris and Foster’s had just about every edible treat imaginable that you would want to cover in chocolate, including peanut butter-filled pretzels, dried apricots, Oreos, brownies, caramel turtles, potato chips, and even whole Twinkies!
Check this thing out!
For my first attempt, I went with a bunch of peanut butter-filled pretzels.
Once my pretzels were covered in chocolate, I decorated them.
Pretty!
After about an hour of making chocolate, we each left with a box full of our own creations to take home with us.
How delicious do these look!?! Obviously, I’ve already dung into my stash! 
Making my own chocolates was such a blast! It’s no surprise that Farris and Foster’s is so popular. Their calendar is packed with fun chocolate-making events, including Girls’ Night Out, Date Night, Birthday Parties, and other speciality parties. I wish that Boston had something like this!
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That looks like a real life Willy Wonka, but without the risk of turning into a blueberry. That’s a convincing argument for visiting Orlando!
That looks like so much fun! And delicious!
That looks like so much fun! All of your goodies look delicious
Chocolate-covered pretzels are my favorite. I could eat a whole bag in one sitting!
That looks like so much fun! All of your goodies look delicious
Chocolate-covered pretzels are my favorite. I could eat a whole bag in one sitting!
Oh my gosh that looks like so much fun! I’d have a field day in a chocolate shop. Definitely a bunch of kids in a candy shop!
This place looks amazing! Chocolate covered pretzels are super tasty (something about that salty sweet that really does it for me). Hope the rest of your trip is fantastic
chocolate covered pb filled pretzels! yum! that place looks too fun.
OMG, I love chocolate!!! looks fab.
How could you not be having fun when chocolated covered peanut butter filled pretzels are involved!
That is my idea of heaven, pure and simple.
fun! my fave snack ever could be chocolate and pretzels.
So jealous! This looks like a ton of fun. Good idea to make chocolate covered peanut butter pretzels.
My dream hobby is to make chocolate all day and eat them too.
I’ve always wanted to go on a chocolate factory tour. I had a chance in Seattle for Theo’s chocolate, but ran out of time during the vacation and had to head home without my chocolate tour.
Oh My GOd! Sign me up for that!!!!
That place looks SO COOL! I would love to make my own chocolate… getting to do it yourself without having to deal with set up or cleanup, sign me up!
Now that looks like my kind of day! Your choccies look awesome.
That looks like SO much fun! I wish Boston had something like that too =(
All of your Orlando dining experiences sound amazing, but this one really takes the cake (chocolate?) I would kill to get in on some of that action!
One word: yum!! I can see how that place would be super popular.
I have now decided to change my life direction and go from law school to opening a be-your-own-chocolatier shop. Thank you Tina
Oh my gosh, I’ve always wanted to go to Orlando for Disney Land…now I’m thinking I want to go for Farris & Foster’s Chocolate Factory!!!
izzyy
xox
Tina that looks like so much fun! Are you going to save some for Mal?
That is so cool that you got to go to a chocolate factory!
Boston has a chocolate making class at ChocoLee Chocolates. Its just came up on Groupon a few days ago but sold out too quickly for me – but I think I’m still going to try it out one of these days!
My in-laws live in Baldwin Park part of the year! I will have to visit the chocolate shop next time I’m there! Yum
how did i now know about this place?! maybe my cousins will take me next weekend
looks like you’re having an amazing trip!
xoxo
I cant believe how funn that looks. I love your creations
This looks like such a great time! I’d love to make my own chocolate! I just wanted to give you a heads up if you didn’t already know, your pictures are not viewable from ipads/smartphones!!
Omg! I would love it there! (But then again I would probably eat ALL of the chocolate!) Haha!
Heaven. Plain and simple right there.
look what I found in Boston…
http://calendar.boston.com/boston-ma/events/show/124332985-boston-chocolate-workshops
it is a chocolate workshop at the Elephant and Castle Restaurant!