Blenheim Palace has joined forces with Hotel Chocolat to offer younger visitors the chance to create their very own tasty treats over the Easter weekend (April 15th-18th).

The luxury chocolatiers will be putting on fun and interactive Chocolate Workshops (April 12th- 18th), giving children the chance to learn the fascinating history of cocoa beans, while experimenting in the decoration of personalised chocolate slabs.

Taking place within the Palace's Walled Gardens, the hour-long workshops cost £15 per child and include a drink as well as their individual chocolate creations. Adults are warned it may get a little messy (advance booking recommended as spaces are limited).

Hotel Chocolat's ChocMobile will also be at the Oxfordshire UNESCO World Heritage Site throughout the Easter holidays delivering a range of delicious chocolate treats, ice cream and drinks.

Alongside the workshops youngsters can meet the Easter Bunny, enjoy fairground rides, watch puppet shows and learn magical circus tricks in the Big Top.

Conk the Clown will also be on parade greeting children over the weekend with Punch and Judy shows, mini golf, trampolining and bubble blowing performances also adding to the fun.

No Easter would be complete without a traditional egg hunt (April 15th – 18th) and parents and children alike will have the opportunity to search the Palace's Formal Gardens for giant wicker eggs to win chocolate treats.

The four-day entertainment is included as part of Palace, Park and Gardens ticket or to those with an annual pass.

Issued on behalf of Blenheim Palace. For more information please contact Ellen Gray at EGray@blenheimpalace.com or Ollie Young at ollie@flamingo-marketing.co.uk .

About Blenheim Palace

Home to the Dukes of Marlborough since 1705, Blenheim Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

Set in over 2,000 acres of 'Capability' Brown landscaped parkland and designed by Vanbrugh in the Baroque style, it was financed by Queen Anne, on behalf of a grateful nation, following the first Duke of Marlborough's triumph over the French in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Today it houses one of the most important and extensive collections in Europe, which includes portraits, furniture, sculpture and tapestries.

Blenheim Palace is also the birthplace of one of Britain's most famous leaders, Sir Winston Churchill, and it was his father who described the vista on entering the Estate from the village of Woodstock as the 'finest view in England'.

Not only an iconic part of history, Blenheim Palace hosts an ever-changing calendar of events, themed tours and exhibitions. www.blenheimpalace.com