Chocolate Mill, Daylesford: High quality chocolate in the Goldfields

The Chocolate Mill in Mount Franklin, Victoria, offers high quality chocolates. This Daylesford chocolate factory also has a chocolate-heavy café.

What is the Chocolate Mill, Daylesford?

The Chocolate Mill, Daylesford, is a chocolate-maker and shop specialising in Fair Trade Belgian couverture chocolate.

This Daylesford chocolate factory was set up by Nicki and Adrian Straton in 2014 and has since become a firm favourite with sweet-toothed visitors to the Daylesford area.

Where is the Chocolate Mill, Daylesford?

The Chocolate Mill is on the Midland Highway in Mount Franklin, seven kilometres north of Daylesford. You’ll pass by on the drive from Daylesford to Bendigo, or the longer trip from Geelong to Bendigo.

Why visit the Chocolate Mill?

The main reason to visit the Chocolate Mill, of course, is to buy and taste high quality chocolates.

But you can also see the chocolates being made through a viewing window in the kitchen.

The Chocolate Mill makes more than 12,000 hand-crafted chocs, using traditional European techniques, and without using palm oil or artificial ingredients.

Hot Chocolate Café

While the individual chocolates are the stars of the show, you can also stay a while in the on-site Hot Chocolate Café. As the name suggests, this café serves up hot chocolates. But it also offers cakes, tarts and ice cream sundaes.

For more information, visit the Chocolate Mill website.

The website is also the place to go if you want to order some Chocolate Mill chocolates for delivery.

Other things to do in Daylesford include enjoying the views from the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens and getting an art fix at the Convent.

Daylesford also offers private winery tours and paddleboats on Lake Daylesford.

Daylesford accommodation options with plenty of character include the Daylesford Art Motel and the Dudley Boutique Hotel.