Butter and chocolate cookie workshop at the Museu de la Xocolata

In a short hour and a half you cut out the dough for some butter cookies, put them in the oven and, while they bake, learn to decorate them with chocolate using simple techniques. The workshop ends with a tasting. It is run by the Museu de la Xocolata, which belongs to Barcelona's pastry guild, and museum entry is included: you can see it before or after.

Baking to do with children from age 6

It is one of the few pastry workshops in the city designed for families. Children can sign up from age 6; under-16s have to be accompanied by an adult, who also pays for their place and decorates alongside. It costs €16 per person, with the museum visit. The workshop includes a tasting: if anyone has allergies, write beforehand to [email protected]. The website does not publish a fixed calendar; sessions with places appear in its ticket shop.

To the Born along Carrer del Comerç

The museum is in the former convent of Sant Agustí, at Carrer del Comerç, 36. The nearest metro stops are Arc de Triomf, on line 1, and Jaume I, on line 4, about seven minutes' walk. It is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00 and Sundays and public holidays until 15:00; the last entry to the rooms is half an hour before closing, so if you do the workshop in the afternoon, go to the museum first.