Our creative minds

Author: Astrid Gebhardt

I'm Astrid and I've been working in marketing at the Chocolate Museum for more than 10 years. It's one of the nicest places to work in Cologne and there are always great stories to tell about cocoa and chocolate. Where else can you get such a great view of the Rhine right from your desk?

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Drinking chocolate Recipe

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Homemade drinking chocolate: Sometimes you have a few pieces left over from a delicious bar of chocolate and wonder what to do with them. Here is the recipe for our delicious drinking chocolate!

SDGs in our exhibition

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Sustainability is a huge topic and often feels abstract. Many people understand that global problems such as hunger exist, but there is a lack of concrete recommendations for action.

Christmas chocolate left over?

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The Christmas holidays are over, but maybe you still have some delicious leftover chocolate? Instead of just putting them in the cupboard and forgetting about them, you can turn them into something new and delicious!

Dubai chocolate homemade

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We made this unique creation in our confectionery at the Cologne Chocolate Museum and, of course, tasted it too. Let yourself be enchanted by the tempting combination of melt-in-the-mouth chocolate, crunchy kadayif and aromatic pistachios.

Gerda – The Chocolate Girl

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Gerda is the chocolate girl from Cologne's Südstadt district. This series of entertaining stories about the Cologne Chocolate Museum, the history of chocolate and the cathedral city of Cologne is all about her. The stories provide an insight into the Chocolate Museum.

Let's go on the "world tour of cocoa"

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Have you ever wondered how the cocoa bean travels all the way from West Africa to your chocolate? Or the hard work behind every bar? Then we have just the thing for you: The Chocolate Museum is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a brand new exhibition!

Our glass chocolate factory

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It is impossible to imagine our lives without chocolate. It is a comfort food, nourishment for the soul and a "Genussmittel" at the same time. Did you know that Germany is the largest producer and consumer of chocolate in Europe?