Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery

If you are looking for something fun to do in the Yarra Valley besides drink wine — or in addition to drinking wine, I highly recommend stopping here. It’s set in the picturesque wine country, with rolling hills and a fun grassy area for kids.
There is an ice cream shop out front and inside, plus you can see how chocolate is made and sample pretty much anything they sell. It was as magical as Willy Wonka’s factory, minus the whiny Veruca Salt!
The staff here are all super friendly. They must be high on all the sugar and chocolate aromas, as they will happily explain ingredients, suggest items and if you were late like me for the annual ice cream festival, escort you directly to the tasting room without delay.
The tasting was of all 12 flavours, that change each season. For $ 18 you get your money’s worth. In fact, I couldn’t even eat all the samples. My personal faves were the sea salt caramel and macadamia, bacon and maple syrup, and the chocolate beetroot and walnut. There were many unique flavours, even a non-​dairy ice cream and a frozen yogurt. Delicious!
This will now be a mandatory stop for all visitors I host. Don’t delay, sugar-​rush in today! :)

My family and I love this place. You get a free shot of chocolate with every food order. I love the waffles but most everything you order is delicious and fresh.

First time visit and it was packed with visitors. The chocolate were awesome. Chocolate lovers should definitely visit this place.

If you are a fan of delicious, hand crafted chocolate; you’ll love Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery. First things first though, it’s very touristy so it gets really busy during the day. We got there after lunch time and it was packed to the rafters. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday so I wouldn’t have expected it to be any different anyway.
Around an hour’s drive from Melbourne, you owe it to yourself to visit this place. They have thousands of products on display and over 250 hand crafted creations to choose from. I bought a box of their truffles and they were absolutely amazing. I also grabbed some of their turkish delight, milk and dark chocolate and they were really nice. They also have free tastings available.
Their staffs are really nice and friendly, it’s very refreshing and the girl who served us was so lovely. You walk in and on the left you’ll see a large glass window and behind it, are the chocolatiers at work and busy creating their masterpieces.
With summer on the way, now’s the time to check it out if you haven’t. You won’t regret it and, before I forget, make sure you try their ice cream from the café — it’s awesome!
So do it, actually make it a day out and grab some lunch at one of the wineries nearby as well. It’s a nice drive and the view is beautiful.
Arrgghh now I want to go back!

Make sure you come here on a completely empty stomach! We were so sickly full by the end of this trip but it was so worth it!
The place was packed on a Sunday at around 11am but we easily got a park (don’t let the cars parked on the side of the road fool you, keep driving around and you’ll find a heap of parks!). We wandered around for a while before standing in a long line to order dessert. It actually moved very fast and while inside was a bloodbath to find a table, outside had heaps of free space.
We ordered 2 Mississippi mud pie hot chocolates (hot milk served with cream, a disk of hot chocolate, hot caramel to pour over the top to melt the chocolate and a marshmallow and brownie bite) and a warm brownie with ice cream and melted milk chocolate. It was delicious, beyond delicious! And fun so so fun! We can’t wait to come back to try something new!

Let me start by saying this place is a chocolate lovers heaven. It’s huge. Really really big! And busy.
The first thing you’ll notice once you’ve worked your way through the maze car park is all the signs saying No. Don’t be put off by this just keep on going in. On arrival there are three large offerings of chocolate sample– white. Milk and dark.
The warehouse sized store is separated into four areas. Café, ice cream, retail (inc truffle style chocolates) and the factory viewing window. If the crowds are too big inside and you want an ice cream her back outside where a small ice cream stall is.
The pricing here is fairly similar to the Melbourne chocolatiers. The different being the larger range here.
Price wise the café was a bit too expensive for what was on offer, especially considering the seemingly hundreds of wineries and cafes around.

out in what seems the middle of nowhere is a chocolate aficionados heaven. This place is state of the art with high tech chocolate production equipment. every type, shape and size of chocolate can be found here, a great outing!

Visited the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie on the weekend for the hot choc festival. Booked a session for hot chocolate tasting of 7 different flavours of hot chocolate ($ 8). First thing you’d notice even before you enter is the amazing landscape and refreshing views of greenery. Just amazing! Next thing you’d notice upon entry is the ice cream stand :) gets you a little more excited, then as you enter… you’ll notice walls filled with chocolate of all sorts — the smell of chocolate and sweetness was amazing. 3 bowls of chocolate — white, milk, dark which you can freely help yourself to. I must admit the hot chocolate tasting session was a bit of disappointment — it was a bit rushed and though the flavours sounded fantastic — it tasted more like sweetened milk rather than ‘hot chocolate’. Each flavour was served in a big milk jug which was already flavoured and sweetened then it was mixed with only small spoons of chocolate and given to us to taste. I believe that had we opted to buy a hot choc at the café, it would be served differently and with more real chocolate added into it (you get a shot of chocolate which you can add to your hot choc). The positives would be the amazing selection if chocolates that you could buy :) and of course I bought a few varieties to take home with me, the freeze dried strawberry covered with choc was Devine! Highly recommended! As were the peanut brittle chocolate! Next time I visit I would opt to go for a classic hot chocolate or their amazing looking ice creams and desserts and enjoy that while admiring the scenery and surrounds.

What a stunning location to indulge in beautiful treats. Busy at times, but thats how you know its good. Quality produce, helpful staff, great coffee and reasonable prices. Definitely worth a trip. Im a repeat offender, you will be too. I hope you like it as much as my friends and family do.

The happiest staff on earth.
Seriously, these lovely, helpful and genuinely friendly ladies would be right at home at Disneyland. I am not sure if they are getting high on their own supply but with those huge bowls of «help yourself» chocolates, who wouldn’t?
There is every type of chocolate here that you can imagine, even the type you rub on your skin. Overseas visitors will love the Australian animal shaped chocolates but my favourites were the rocky road, freckles and soft nougat.
The café is a bustling, dive for a table affair but if you are willing to rug up you can enjoy a more peaceful time on the covered terrace with beautiful Yarra Valley views.
You need to order at the counter first and the menu is your standard fare for savoury items ranging from risotto to pizzas and a few salads.
However, dessert is the main event and if you want a concentrated chocolate experience get the warm chocolate brownie and tip that shot of hot couverture all over it. Washing it down with some hot chocolate should come with a health warning but you’ll do it anyway.
My best advice is to make sure you have worked out before you get here so that you have some calories in the bank and then go for a very long walk afterwards so that what you remember is the deliciousness of the chocolate and not your greedy over indulgence.

It’s the Yarra Valley’s take on Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory with chocolate goodies as far as the eye can see.
There is so much choice here, it’s almost overwhelming. But there are super friendly staff members walking around with free samples of their delicious wares to help make your decision easier. There is also three big bowls of white, milk & dark choc buds with spoons to help yo’self — danger!
Whilst we didn’t sample either the ice cream or any meals, there is an ice cream servery at the entrance as you walk up from the carpark and also a café inside with lots of chocolate & dessert delights, hot & cold drinks and some savoury breakfast & lunch items too.
You can also watch the chocolatiers working their chocolate magic through the big glass windows looking into the «factory kitchen».
I also noticed that they offer a cute experience for the kids where they get to create their own chocolate masterpieces — a great idea for a fun school holiday activity.
I bought a giant chocolate freckle and some dark chocolate coated freeze dried strawberries to take home — both of which were delicious!
All in all a great spot to bring visitors as part of a day trip to the Yarra Valley in between wineries and the like.

My review for the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery will involved 3 distinct words which I shall expand on, and they are chocolate, landscape and fat. The primary reason as to why I chose three distinct words is because these three words paints a beautiful picture of my experience when I visited this place. However, for the people who don’t like to read and who cannot be bothered reading past this first paragraph, I shall summarise condense these three words into one highly profound adjective. Immaculate.
Chocolate. There’s something in chocolate that brings people together. In the case of Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery (herein YVCIC), their chocolate brings a truck-​load of people each and every day – no joke. And why wouldn’t it? Their chocolate is probably one of the best within Melbourne, and people know that. Just by walking into the store you’re greeted with a store that is FULL of chocolate, left, right and centre. There’s even a glass pane to your left just after you walk in which hosts a view of the workers who is creating the chocolate you’ll be buying. This not only shows you a view of the end product but also the how-it’s-made from start to finish. A very clever marketing technique.
Landscape. Often from visiting stores that catches my attention I end up walking in, checking in the store, checking out the store and the leaving. My attention span doesn’t last very long as once you’ve seen it you’ve seen it. However, having visited YVCIC, I can say that the landscape that this place possesses is something worth staying for. It has got such a wonderful and relaxing feel that you cannot help but go in, buy some chocolate and probably a hot cup of whatever, sit outside and enjoy. It is a fantastic place to take the entire family as the landscape outside the actual store is equipped with enough equipment to entertain a small crowd, ranging from a few frisbees to a few soccer balls. It’s actually something that you’ll have to come and experience. These are one of those moments again that words cannot give full justice on explaining how beautiful this place is. You’ll just have to come and experience it for yourself!
Lastly. Yes, it’s the word that people often do not like. Fat. YVCIC is a hazard for diabetics, and more so for healthier people. The amount of ‘stuff’ they have just waiting for human consumption is ridiculous and many things can go wrong in a person’s body if they decide to consume said ‘stuff’. haha. An example would be the ‘bowl’ – think of a bowl, okay, now enlarge that by about 20 times – that’s filled with, yes you guessed it, chocolate. Now why is this significant? Well primarily because these ‘bowls’ are actually free. Yes. Free. You can literally walk up, grab a handful and walk around whilst eating said chocolate. Best yet, once you’ve finished that handful you can waddle over back to the bowls and repeat. No one will question you, no one will ask you to pay and most importantly no one will judge! haha
Overall, YVCIC is the haven for chocolate lovers – hence the name. If you’re a person who enjoys the company of chocolates and humans then this WILL be the place I would recommend. It is fantastic place for a nice afternoon out, whether that means catching up with a few friends, taking family members out on a trip somewhere far from the city or just wondering adventurously by yourself. I highly recommend YVCIC, and I think it’s in your best interest to go experience the wonders this place has. It is probably the closest experience you’ll get to Willy Wonka’s Factory.

Can I say this chocolate is better than Max Brenner? I might HAVE to go back just to make sure, I don’t believe in false advertising.
This awesome chocolaterie is worth the drive out. As you enter you are greeted with 3 massive bowls of chocolate buttons — white, milk and dark. For free. To sample. To eat. To crave that little chocolate craving. As you move on, you get to actually see the chocolate making factory in progress and then walk through a gazillion different type of chocolate as you head to the café area. Not only do they have chocolate to eat, there’s also chocolate soap, chocolate cream etc etc…
The café not only sells chocolate-​y stuff, but they also have lunch items. The view is amazing and there is a big grass area for kids to play.
A must for any chocolate lover.

This chocolaterie is a bit of a trek if you live in Melbourne but it’s a must visit if you’re a fan of chocolate. It’s located just outside the Yarra Glen on the corner of Old Healsville Road and the Melba Highway. The venue is amazingly large and has a large assortment of chocolates to buy.
We stopped to check the place out and it was packed with families with children and tourists in the area. We tried two different chocolate dessert (I can’t remember them at the moment) which were delicious. The service and timing wasn’t fantastic but semi-​understandable given the amount of people that were at the chocolaterie.
The best part is when you walk through the front door there are buckets of chocolate pieces that you can take for free!

The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery makes the best and biggest chocolate brownies in Victoria — warmed and served with rich, hot chocolate sauce and gourmet ice-​cream on the side — at a very reasonable price.
There is also an extensive variety of gourmet ice creams, which includes everyone’s favourites!

Is it possible to get sick of chocolate?
As soon as you walk in here, the chocolate marathon begins. Three deep bowls of white, milk, and dark choco buttons greets you unmanned, UNMANNED. But be warned, it’s so easy to keep nibbling on these, you’d have eaten a whole kg of chocs. And you haven’t even bought anything yet!
This is the place for variety, any form that chocolates can take, they do them here. Ever had chocolate covered snakes? Double coated! Saw them with my own eyes while nibbling on free choc buttons.
This is definitely the destination if you are buying a gift for choc lovers.
Blocks, truffles, vintage collection, giant freckles, bush tucker chocolates!
My recommendation for lunch is the Penne pasta and Summer love Sundae :) whilst the chocolate selection is definitely the Champagne Truffle box of 6 or 12 and Giant Freckles ;)

My inbox often runneth over with announcements I couldn’t care the slightest bit about. But the day I received a press release about the grand opening of a Yarra Valley chocolatier happening the same weekend as my birthday — well, let’s just say I was quite enthusiastic.
And so it went, combining my (weekend) day of birth with a sugar laden trek to Yarra Valley. In spite of being their grand opening, the outside was stark with minimal signage. [I just assumed they were saving all the balloons to surprise me with for my birthday, hehe ;) ] There’s one large building for visitors among the 16-​acre plot. When you walk in, your senses will immediately pulsate from joy — and the sound of dozens of sugar-​high children. There are giant bowls of milk, dark, and white chocolate to taste by the spoonful. Staff members in brightly colored uniforms paraded around with trays of other specialty sweets to sample. There’s a lovely café overlooking the grounds, and I’m told a rather large chocolate fountain coming soon. On the opposite side, you can peek into production where some of the chocolates are made, conveyer belt style. (This was real life I Love Lucy!!)
YVCI’s chocolate was very good. I made several Christmas purchases from their gift shop, most of which were very favorably received and followed with requests for more. Many of the products had great local additions, such as the mint truffles, which were flavored from plants right in the garden.
My visions of an upscale Willy Wonka excursion weren’t quite met, as YVCI left me feeling slightly dissatisfied with the experience. There was little to do here other than eat and shop, and my itch for learning about the local chocolate production was left unscratched. This is a fantastic venue for families and an absolute must on a Yarra Valley exploration, but not something I’ll be begging to return to — at least not until the next Secret Santa season.
Tip: Book a tour in advance to see what’s happening beyond the gift center and the café.