Making award-winning Aggie Chocolate from bean-to-bar since 2018. Part of USU’s Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences where over 150 students per year gain hands-on experience and learn the complete process of manufacturing chocolate and science involved.
Courses & Events
of the Month
Enjoy a decadent evening of flavorful single-origin chocolate. Taste and feel the difference among our various single-origin chocolates and try to decide which one is your favorite.
ONLINE - This course will introduce the process of making chocolate. It will cover how cocoa beans are harvested and processed on the farm and how they are processed in the factory to make chocolate.
About the Chocolate Factory
The Aggie Chocolate Factory (ACF), Learning and Research Center for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, is a small batch, bean-to-bar chocolate processing facility located at Utah State University.
The mission of the ACF is to provide educational, research, and outreach opportunities to faculty, students, chocolate producers, and the local community about our high-quality bean-to-bar chocolate.
This opportunity is extended to students, industry professionals, the public, and the people that work with and for the ACF. We aim to provide this possibility with attention to quality, safety, and efficiency in a professional, cooperative, and collaborative working environment. We strive to provide an exceptional chance for all to learn about chocolate and its production.