Factory Visit: Aalst Chocolate

One of the perks of the job, is that we get to go places not everyone gets access to. First up, the chocolate factory:

The Chocolate Factory

melted, hot chocolate on cold slab of stone table

pouring it into the molds

smoothing out the "bumps"

and when it's all chilled/cold - knock it out!

shoe covers before heading into the factory

the machines

looks like sh*t, I know; but sure doesn't smell like it!

chunks of chocolate, heading into the "churner"

churning all that chocolate to get them fucking smooth

pralines

Sao Tome chocolates

tasting

the cocoa plant