{"id":80036,"date":"2025-02-05T07:42:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T06:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=80036"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:13:17","slug":"schokoladefest-chocolate-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/schokoladefest-chocolate-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Schokoladefest chocolate festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestivalsmall.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of chocolate products\" class=\"wp-image-79924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestivalsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestivalsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to lie: I almost cried inside the Schokoladefest. Tears of joy. Yeah, I like chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Numerous booths selling all forms of chocolate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full of variety and ingenuity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional entertainments, too<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next dates: Jan 30-31, 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/chocolate-museum-vienna-tickets-l146483\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Choco\" rel=\"sponsored\">chocolate workshop<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/chocolate-museum-workshop\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"79724\">Chocolate museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/kids-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11143\">What to do with kids<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lots. Of. Chocolate.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival1.jpg\" alt=\"Decorated bars of chocolate\" class=\"wp-image-79921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Not your standard bars of milk chocolate; press photo courtesy of and \u00a9 Schokoladefest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking into the Schokoladefest felt like entering some Wonka-like world. A place where your chocolate dreams come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of it as a craft chocolate festival with dozens of stands occupied by chocolatiers and confectioners. Not really a place for the standard snack bars you might find at the grocery store counter. Chocolate with finesse and imagination in a myriad of forms, colours and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bars, pralines, dragees and spreads. Fruit dipped in chocolate. Pyramids of pastries. Ice cream and chocolate drinks. Cocoa beans and powders. All for sale with occasional samples for tasting, too.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival3.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of chocolate products\" class=\"wp-image-79923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(We may have gone a little overboard on purchases at one festival)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;d like Vermeer&#8217;s painting of a <em>Girl with a Pearl Earring<\/em> in chocolate form? This is the place. Chocolate-flavoured beer? Step this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 16.5m<sup>2<\/sup> 300 kg bar of Belgian chocolate even put in an appearance one year (and a giant brownie the next) to raise money for a cancer charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not all chocolate, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large street food section offered nourishment of a more sustaining kind. In 2026, for example, I dined on vegetarian momos and organic chips (French fries), while my companion went for ham-filled savoury pancakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The food section might even produce the occasional surprise: I once found a rather nice mountain cheese with a hint of peppermint there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheese and chocolate: the Gods smiled on us that day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival2.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate pralines on a glass stand\" class=\"wp-image-79922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chocolatefestival2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Be still my beating heart; press photo courtesy of and \u00a9 Schokoladefest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entertainments through the day also rounded off the event. Rides for the kids, for example, and a stage with demonstrations, presentations and live music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Willy Wonka would approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2027 chocolate festival takes place on January 30th and 31st. Late enough in the year for foolish and misplaced new year dietary resolutions to be a distant memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weekend opening times last time out were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturday: 10am to 6pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday: 10am to 5pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are normally available online through the website (see below) and also on the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like chocolate, Vienna has more cocoa-filled delights for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your first address should probably be to book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/chocolate-museum-workshop\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"79724\">chocolate workshop<\/a>, where you get to pour and decorate three bars, but also make an original Aztec chocolate drink. We had a lot of fun there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A walk through the shopping streets of the old town should turn up several specialist chocolate shops along the way. Lindt has one opposite the opera house, for example<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Both Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/coffee-houses\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7689\">coffee houses<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/konditorei\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23020\">Konditoreien<\/a> offer chocolate in liquid and, particularly, cake form. The city is home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/the-sachertorte\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2049\">Sachertorte<\/a>, after all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Marx Halle hosts the event. Check my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/marx-halle\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62019\">overview of the venue<\/a> for travel tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schokoladefest.at\/\">Website<\/a> (for the event)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1TbrlYJ323PUEB8KFfT04gJaSwZPw1mud\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not going to lie: I almost cried inside the Schokoladefest. Tears of joy. 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