Halloween Chocolate Tasting Experience

Hotel Chocolat are bringing back their guided seasonal tastings on Saturday 24 October, and this time they've given them a Halloween turn. It's their first run of these sessions in a year, so if you've been waiting for them to return, this is the one.

The whole thing is set up as a personal tasting. The idea is to work your way through a curated selection of classic and all-new autumn recipes, with the team steering you towards your own flavour profile. They call it your 'Chocolate Love Match' — you'll find out if you're more of a Patisserie Dreamer or a Serious Dark Fix as you go. It's less about just eating chocolate and more about figuring out what you actually like.

Once you've worked through the tasting, you get to pick your own treat from the store's Halloween boxed selections. There are a few to choose from, including Grim Treaters, Oozy Eyes and Ghastly Ghouls, so you leave with something to take home. Each session lasts around 30 minutes and is held as a standing event, which keeps it fairly quick and casual. You can bring up to three companions with you, though it's one ticket per person.

It all goes down at Hotel Chocolat, 300 High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AF, starting at 13:00 on Saturday 24 October. Tickets are £12 per person.