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 -  Thursday, March 07, 2013
Fun!
Reviewed By: Suzanne C 
I have used this kit a few times now- it has good information in the booklet. I especially like the sample of a cocoa bean. I've used this kit for lessons on Valentine's day- doing the history of chocolate, Milton Hershey's biography, and watching clips from Unwrapped with Marc Summers. We've also read Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot.

 -  Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Very fun
Reviewed By: Stephenie Curvey 
interesting and yummy!

 -  Saturday, February 11, 2012
Interesting
Reviewed By: Andrew 
A quick and easy way to learn about the basics of cocoa beans. Using food as part of an experiment was a good way to help my kids remember the leasons.

 -  Friday, January 27, 2012
Chocolate Mom
Reviewed By: Tanya 
The best value, most fun and interesting kit about chocolate!It is a breeze for kids to use, and I have bought these many times as gifts! Highly recommend it for the whole family!

 -  Saturday, January 14, 2012
Really Fun
Reviewed By: Amanda 
Really fun and yummy!

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-  Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Great time! Reviewed By: Lisa  I gave it to my son for his 16th birthday! He loved it! Great product!  -  Thursday, October 07, 2010 Fun and Yummy Reviewed By: Song  This was really fun to make and easy as well. I don't have a double broiler and it worked great using the microwve, my 8 year old was able to a lot of this himself and enjoyed the whole kit from start to finish. Great product and would recommend to a friend.  -  Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Tasty education Reviewed By: Megan  My girls (7 and 10) had a great time w/ this kit. I liked that everything (including the thermometer) was included; no outside resources needed.  -  Monday, January 05, 2009 Fun for the Family Reviewed By: Karolyn  My family had so much fun with this kit. My 6 year old son wanted to know where chocolate came from and how it was made. It is interesting to see the different states th chocolate goes through to become candy. We will do this kit again when my little one gets older. Another plus is you get to eat the finished product.  -  Monday, January 05, 2009 fun kit!   The 'Make your own CHOCOLATE kit' was a big hit with my daughter and her Girl Guide Friends. She gave 4 kits as Christmas gifts and had fun doing one with 2 friends during a sleepover. Thanks for making Science FUN.  -  Monday, January 05, 2009 Parental Guidance Suggested Reviewed By: Tricia Robertson  My kids were so excited about this kit that they made the mistake of rushing ahead to open and use the ingredients without reading the directions or waiting for adult help. Consequently, their results were not as they'd hoped. Maybe that was a lesson in and of itself. I think they would really like to try it again...and this time do it the right way.  -  Friday, January 02, 2009 Lots of fun! Reviewed By: Dana  This was great fun (and it even snuck in some education)! My 11 year old brother told me that he wanted this for Christmas again next year. Just as an FYI about the ration of ingredients this provides, though: the chocolate this has you make comes out *really* sweet. If some of the powdered sugar accidentally didn't make it into the finished product, I doubt anyone would miss it. For next year's Christmas gift I'm planning on trying to find another Food for Thought product. :)  -  Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Great Fun...Great Eats!   This is the second time I've used this product with my girls (and their friends). Even though we save this for after learning about chocolate and/or rainforests, the information included in the kit is interesting and thorough -- so there really is no need for prerequisites. I love the fact that a couple of roasted cacao beans are included so the kids can actually hold (and taste) what we've read and learned about. The chocolate making process (simplified for the home kitchen) is quite easy and the finished product is very delicious. What a great hands-on resource -- and not many children are able to say that they've had "chocolate school"! Besides rainforests, this would definitely fit with units on Mexico, Aztecs/Maya, Spanish explorers, Valentine's Day, or whenever you need to hear that you're the most wonderful teacher in the world! :) Also...Home Science Tools had a great price, and I received the items very quickly -- even at a military base overseas!