Holiday Chocolate Tasting
2025-12-20 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-12-21 14:30 (America/New_York) | Toronto Railway Museum, 255 Bremner Blvd, Stall 17, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3M9, Canada
Step into the magic of the season aboard our Holiday Chocolate Express, a decadent chocolate tasting inside a vintage train car. As rich aromas fill the air, your chocolate expert will teach you how to savor each creation and uncover the fascinating stories behind them. You’ll leave with your own tasting tools, extra chocolate to share, and a heart full of holiday spirit. Celebrate the warmth and wonder of the holidays – from Christmas to Hanukkah and everything joyful in between – with this once-a-year experience that blends nostalgia, indulgence, and delight.
Note that this event focuses on the darker spectrum of chocolate and is best for those who appreciate quality dark chocolate or are open to broadening their horizons beyond the standard supermarket brands like Lindt and Nestle!
Features

1 chocolate tasting kit per 2 people featuring

4 full-size bars of artisan chocolates made by local Canadian craft chocolate-makers (dark and milk)
High quality raw cacao from a premium cacao supplier
Reusable chocolate tasting mat and flavour wheel
All packaged in a lovely gift box perfect to take home

Guided tasting on the history, making and tasting of chocolate – learn how the experts taste chocolate!
Be part of a unique chocolate tasting experience inside a vintage railway car.
Complimentary access to the Toronto Railway Museum after the tasting

Dietary Restrictions
The tasting is vegetarian, gluten-free and nut-free, but is not dairy-free due to the milk powder in milk chocolates. Please mention any dietary restrictions in the ‘Dietary restrictions’ field when booking a tour.
Location
Toronto Railway Museum
(accessibility note: some stairs required to access railway car)
Event Dates
Dec 13 (Sat), 2.30 – 3.30pm
Dec 14 (Sun), 2.30 – 3.30pm
Dec 20 (Sat), 2.30 – 3.30pm
Dec 21 (Sun), 2.30 – 3.30pm
Price
$55 per person (tickets sold in pairs)
Kits are sized for 2 people, so if you have an odd number of people, invite a friend and gain yourself some (chocolate) brownie points!
Visit https://tastytourstoronto.com/holiday-chocolate-tastings-food-tours/ to purchase tickets.

Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: Royal Tours and Rail Journeys in the life and reign of King Charles III
2026-01-13 19:00 - 20:00
Royal Tours and Rail Journeys in the life and reign of King Charles III
In November 2025, King Charles III celebrated his 77th birthday by driving a tram-train in Wales while opening a new rail depot. The reign of King Charles III, however, has also seen the decommissioning of the royal train in the United Kingdom. Join Dr. Carolyn Harris as will discuss the changing role of trains in the life and reign of King Charles III over the course of decades of royal tours.
Register for Royal Tours and Rail Journeys
About our speaker:
Dr. Carolyn Harris received her PhD in history from Queen’s University in Kingston and is an instructor at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, receiving the teaching award in 2016 and 2021. She is the author of three books, Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada (Dundurn 2015), Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette (Palgrave 2016, recipient of the 2016 Royal Studies Journal book award) and Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting (Dundurn 2017) and the co-editor of the English Consorts: Power, Influence and Dynasty series (2022-2023). Her writing concerning history and royalty has appeared in numerous publications including Reader’s Digest, Smithsonian Magazine and BBC History Magazine. She frequently provides royal commentary for the media including CBC News and the BBC.
About the series:
The Toronto Railway Museum hosts guest speakers online via the Zoom Webinar platform the Second Tuesday of each month. These talks are free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $10 to support future programming. The Toronto Railway is a registered Canadian charity (838626943RR0001) and charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $25.
