York's Chocolate Story: Home of Terry's Chocolate Orange spearheads a chocolate revival

By David Whitley
July 4 2015 - 12:15am
Ornate and colourful details decorate handmade chocolates at York's Chocolate Story education centre. Photo: Supplied
Ornate and colourful details decorate handmade chocolates at York's Chocolate Story education centre. Photo: Supplied
A decadent hot chocolate at York's Chocolate Story is piled high with marshmallows. Photo: Supplied
A decadent hot chocolate at York's Chocolate Story is piled high with marshmallows. Photo: Supplied
The Factory Zone  at York's Chocolate Story covers the manufacture of chocolate. Photo: Supplied
The Factory Zone at York's Chocolate Story covers the manufacture of chocolate. Photo: Supplied
Visitors watch bar-making at York's Chocolate Story. Photo: Supplied
Visitors watch bar-making at York's Chocolate Story. Photo: Supplied
The Indulgence Zone is one of three areas within York's Chocolate Story. Photo: Supplied
The Indulgence Zone is one of three areas within York's Chocolate Story. Photo: Supplied
York's Chocolate Story takes visitors through the history of chocolate, both globally and locally. Photo: Supplied
York's Chocolate Story takes visitors through the history of chocolate, both globally and locally. Photo: Supplied

Inside York's Chocolate Story is a series of old photographs. One features hair-netted women wrapping and packing the bars, now a process done almost entirely by machine. Another has three men testing jelly for levels of wobbliness. Another features the production line in the last days of the Terry's factory, which closed in 2005.

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