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Top 10 Cool Facts about ChocolART festival in T眉bingen

The pretty city of T眉bingen in Southwest Germany, combines traditional charm with a youthful atmosphere created by the University of Tubingen and its large student population. This Swabian city offers cobbled streets to wander, quaint half-timbered houses with centuries of history and riverside walks by the Neckar and that essential castle on the hill. It鈥檚 all within easy distance of Stuttgart, making T眉bingen an ideal destination for a weekend break or holiday.

The chocolate program around the ChocolART offers among other fine chocolate tastings, creative pralines course, artful cocoa painting, inspirational readings and exceptional chocolate lectures. You鈥檒l find offers and experiences for children as well.

For a week in December, Tubingen is transformed into the city of chocolate as it hosts ChocolART, as well as Christmas markets and other seasonal festivities. We present to you with top 10 cool facts about ChocolART festival in Tubingen.

1. Tubingen ChocolART festival is the Biggest of its kind in Germany

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At the beginning of the advent season, the old town of T眉bingen turns into a city of chocolate, hosting ChocolART, Germany鈥檚 biggest chocolate festival. Chocolatiers from all over the world gather at the Schokoladenmarkt T眉bingen, to showcase their sweet creations in this charming historic town. Over 100 stalls are set up on the Market Square and surrounding cobbled streets.

The range of chocolate on sale at T眉bingen ChocolART is a chocolate lovers’ dream.  One is surrounded by pralines, truffles, nougat, and bitter dark chocolate or creamy milk chocolate. Every chocolate desire can be found here.

2.  Taste away your Cravings ChocolART festival in T眉bingen

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The T眉bingen Chocolate festival offers stalls around the old quarter of T眉bingen where you can taste and buy chocolate, as well as a full programme of activities. You can find out how chocolate is made from bean to bar and taste the raw cocoa beans, enjoy a tasting of vegan chocolates, or attend a yoga and meditation session fueled by raw cocoa from Peru.

Chocolate is one of the most versatile foods and this will teach you how to enjoy chocolate on a new level by using all the senses, you will LOOK LISTEN TOUCH SMELL and TASTE different chocolate samples.

3. Tubingen ChocolART festival Chocolate Making Classes

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Experience the art of chocolate making as never before at the biggest chocolate festival in Germany, ChocolART! That takes place in the centre of T眉bingen. It is an  international event celebrates the best of the art of chocolate.

There are chocolate making classes and cooking demonstrations for all ages. You can dive into the complex and mysterious ways of chocolate making while grown-ups can discover the different cocoa fruits and how they go from being a fruit on a tree to a chocolate bar in a shop.

4.  You can Watch Chocolart in Action

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In the chocolateROOM at the T眉binger market square, you can watch top confectioners produce artistic pieces from chocolate, with moulding and painting of the artworks to make edible masterpieces. The restaurants in Tubingen join in, with special chocoKULINARIUM menus, showcasing dishes on a chocolate theme that you can enjoy in many places around town.

One of the highlights is the 鈥渃hocolateRoom鈥� at T眉bingen鈥檚 market square. Chocolatiers create chocolate art in two transparent tents. While watching the 鈥淢aitre Chocolatiers鈥� work on their pieces of chocolate art, visitors can revel in the sweet smell of cocoa. Better still, all of the chocolates can be sampled on the spot.

5. Tubingen ChocolART is part of The Chocolate Way

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As night falls over the festival streets, the aroma of chocolate is in the air and the medieval houses surrounding the market square are lit up with coloured illuminations, to complete the fairytale scene.

For those who want more sweet chocolate treats, T眉bingen is part of The Chocolate Way, a project that draws together different chocolate locations in Germany and Europe, for chocolate connoisseurs to visit.

The Chocolate Way is the first international network that celebrates the culture, tradition and history of chocolate in Europe. The Chocolate Way, therefore, stands as a representative of European heritage and history.

6.  T眉bingen Christmas Market comes after the Festival

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Following the T眉bingen Chocolate Festival, you can also enjoy the T眉bingen Christmas Market on the third Sunday of Advent. The Weihnachtsmarkt T眉bingen takes place over three days.

The Christmas Market in T眉bingen is where the visitor Christmas baked goods and hot food are available from many stalls. Against the cold or hot wine Feuerzangenbowle is offered. The Christmas market has a long tradition and offers visitors a nice mood for the holidays.

7. The World Famous Black Forest Cake was born in Tubingen

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According to T眉bingen鈥檚 city archives, the famous Schwarzw盲lderkirschtorte, or Black Forest cake, was invented in 1930 in T眉bingen by the confectioner Erwin Hildenbrand. Some historians say that the cake dates back to the 1500s when chocolate first became available in Europe.

Though the cake has a long history, the first printed recipes only appeared in the early 1900s. Several pioneering chefs are credited with inventing this cake, including Joseph Keller in 1915 and Edwin Hildebrand in 1934. No matter who invented it, it’s a celebration of the region’s produce.

8. Children are also involved in Tubingen ChocolART

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Chocolate, one of the most famous sweets in the world, is loved by many people for its sweetness and nutritional value. Dark chocolate contains powerful antioxidants. Children can also create their own chocolate at the Ritter Sport 鈥淜inderSchokoWerkstatt鈥� located at Holzmarkt. The festival also welcomes kids 鈥� check out the program for this year鈥檚 special children鈥檚 program.

Let the children enjoy 鈥淭眉binger Schokoschaumkuss鈥� (chocolate foam kiss), or, 鈥淐hocolino,鈥� is a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat also produced at the chocolate room. Chocolatiers typically add honey to the creamy filing and the chocolate shell is made of 60 percent cocoa

9.  Tubingen ChocolART Promotes Fair Trade Chocolates

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The festival also aims to promote fair trade and fair trade chocolates and cocoa products can be found throughout the festival. The festival features many producers of organic, vegan-friendly and Fair Trade chocolates.

When you choose Fairtrade chocolate, you know that the farmers and workers who produced the cocoa in it, received an additional Fairtrade Premium on top of the price of their crop which they can invest in their communities and use to fight the effects of climate change.

10.Drink Chocolate Beer at

Tubingen ChocolART Festival

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Visitors can experience chocolate in many ways throughout the festival since the chocolatiers play with exotic ingredients and offer various chocolate and praline compositions that make for a different taste. Treat yourself to chocolate beer and enjoy a dark beer with a hint of cocoa. This year, chocolate beer from Belgium and France will be featured at the event.

Real chocolate beer is either brewed or fermented with cocoa or some other form of chocolate to add flavour to the beer. The extent of the chocolate taste depends on when it is added during the production process. If it is introduced early on, the beer will have a subtle chocolate flavour but if added during fermentation, the chocolate flavour will be very noticeable.

T眉bingen features more than 100 skilled chocolatiers from Europe, South America and Africa who offer a variety of fine chocolates. During the festival, visitors will find chocolate creations that differ from products typically offered in a supermarket.