Film fans are being invited this summer to get a taste for how magical meals and confectionery were created for the Harry Potter film series at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London in Leavesden.

The Studio Tour’s first ever Sweets and Treats feature will be on display from Monday, July 20 to Sunday, September 6, which will allow visitors to discover how the Prop Department moulded jelly snakes, decorated sugar skulls and piped ice-cream sundaes during the production of the films.

Based in the Ministry Munchies kiosk from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, expert prop and cake makers will demonstrate the techniques used to construct the floating pudding from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (that Dobby drops on the Dursleys’ guests) and edible Gillyweed, as used in the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Butterbeer ice-cream will be available to purchase in the Studio Tour’s new backlot café for the first time this summer as well as frothy tankards of the drink.

On the Diagon Alley set, visitors will be able to learn how towering ‘frozen’ desserts were assembled outside Florean Fortescue’s ice-cream parlour, and other iconic sets will also be given a makeover as the Great Hall’s long tables are lined with props from Hogwarts feasts and the Gryffindor common room is dressed as it was for Quidditch victory scenes in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Tickets must be pre-booked on the Studio Tour’s website and all extra activities are included in the ticket price.