What if you travel to Belgium and return with delicious Belgian Chocolates made by you?

Alexandra Calado
4 min readApr 26, 2019

When we think of travelling to Belgium, there are always three magic words that come up: waffles, french fries and Belgian chocolates.

Belgian Chocolate Tablets (Brussels — Belgium) — Photo @alexandra-ia-calado

The famous Belgian Chocolate

I personally was keen to taste the different types of Belgian chocolates. But when my boyfriend and I planned this trip to the capital of Belgium, my desire was not only to taste the Belgian chocolates but to understand the history behind their manufacture and learn the art of making this so prestigious chocolate. We decided to opt for a Belgian chocolate preparation workshop.

The History behind the most famous Belgian Chocolate

The story behind the most famous Belgian Chocolate, Praline, curiously is linked to my professional branch.

When and how was the first Belgian chocolate Praline produced?

This Belgian chocolate was first produced in 1912 by the pharmacist Jean Neuhaus in Brussels. In the process of preparing medicines, this pharmacist tried to devise a way to make them easier to administer, starting by wrapping his pharmaceutical preparations in chocolate, and then adding ganache, honey and thus creating the first Praline.

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Alexandra Calado

Apaixonada pela vida, pelo mundo, fotografia e poesia. In love with life, world, photography and poetry. Author of Jardim da Minha Alma e Rota das Andorinhas.