Ahoy chocolate lovers - chocolate heaven does exist, and it’s located right on our doorsteps!

The Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery is the sister store to the popular East side Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and my goodness it’s absolutely amazing. With a similar fun, relaxed, and family friendly look and feel, Mamma thinks this is the perfect spot for a weekend road trip.

The gardens are excellent to explore (think sandpits, plenty of grassed space, and even mini guinea pigs!), and the cafe is a fantastic spot to fill up on chocolatey desserts, ice cream or some brunch or lunch. They offer a delightful high tea (bookings required) and stock the viral and ever popular Dubai chocolate too!

Mamma loves to check out the chocolate factory when she visits. They have a separate room to the side of the cafe for tastings and also hold Junior Chocolatier classes on school holidays and weekends.

Mamma is known to sneak in a bit more chocolate from the shop as well to take some home to help with our chocolate and sweet cravings - shhhh, don’t tell the kids though, it’s our little secret!

Hot Chocolate Festival - running the entire month of August!

Love hot chocolate? Mamma does - and we love to check out the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie’s annual Hot Chocolate Festival each year!

Each week in August there’s new limited edition hot chocolate flavours released to warm you up through winter - from classic comforts to delicious chocolate flavour twists - so make sure you check out the amazing flavours online and plan your winter hot chocolate escape!

Oh, and you can join in on one of their Hot Chocolate Tasting Sessions - make sure you book this online before you go!