Thanks to Sunny we got to check out the opening of the Hershey’s Singapore outlet at Resorts World Sentosa. His family’s company has signed exclusively with Hershey’s for the expansion and franchise rights of Hershey’s Chocolate World in South East Asia and the Middle East. So lots more planned and rolling out soon.

Hershey’s Chocolate World Singapore is heaven for the sweet-toothed. We spent a lot of time wandering around the salivating at all the sweeties.

The store sells most of their sweets under their brand, from the Kisses to Reese. Inclusing Hershey merchandise like chocolate-scented candles, hot chocolate cups and soft plushies.

If size matters to you, they stock the World’s Largest Hershey Bar for S$60 weighting in at a whopping 2.26kg = 50 servings = 120,000 calories!! They also sell the World’s Largest Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup and World’s largest KISS!

For $16 you can also create your own customised wrapper for the 8oz milk chocolate bar with the green screen wall at the corner of the store.

Hershey’s Chocolate World
Address: Resort World at Sentosa
26 Sentosa Gateway
#01-75/76/77
Singapore 098138

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Margaret River is the chocolate factory. Now before you start imagining a place like Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, get rid of that thought immediately. You won’t find no chocolate lake or copious amounts of candy on the walls and hanging off trees.

Let me help you out here and manage your expectations. It’s just a huge shop with a shelf full of chocolate, and a back room with a few heavy machinery churning melted chocolate in cauldrons. But don’t let the appearance discourage you, the chocolate is good!

Entry is free, and so is the sampling of chocolate pastelles in dark, milk and white from huge bowls located at the entrance of the shop.

The Margaret River factory was opened in May 1999 by two friends who had no experience in chocolate, retailing or tourism but did have a passion for chocolate. Chocolate is one of the most luxurious, indulgent and universally loved foods in existence and has a rich history dating back more than 3000 years. Several hundred years after this the Aztecs christened it as the “Food of the Gods”.

It may be a small factory, but they do have a lot of flavours: Dark, milk, white, sugar free, rocky road, sprinkles, biscuits. Gourmet hand-made truffles are displayed in the glass cabinet: hazelnut toffee, Turkish delight, strawberry cream. One of their award winning flavour is dark chocolate with candied ginger.

You can view the chocolate making process through a glass window. The factory also has a café serving sandwiches, coffees, chocolate fondues, fudge cake, brownies and ice cream sundaes.

They did so well, another outlet in Swan Valley was opened a year later for people like me who didn’t want to venture that far for a piece of heaven.

The Margaret River Chocolate Factory
Address: 5123 West Swan Rd, West Swan 6055 WA
Tel: +61 (08) 9250 1588
Opening hours: 9am – 5pm
Website:www.chocolatefactory.com.au/