Patrick Roger_Christmas 2022

Where to buy the best Christmas chocolates in Paris Region?

A great time for choco-addicts who met in front of the creations of the great chocolate makers every year-end!
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Christmas and the New Year are key moments, and what better way to treat yourself and your loved ones than by leaving chocolatey treats, truffles and pralines.

Rediscover the best 2022 creations from the great chocolate makers of the Paris Region in anticipation of the end-of-year celebrations in 2023.

Alain Ducasse, the taste of excellence

In 2021, Alain Ducasse’s Manufacture took you on a journey to the African savannah. Giraffes, monkeys and antelopes were hidden in the 24 boxes of the Advent calendar for a real taste journey! The traditional Christmas trees to build, in dark or milk chocolate and encrusted with mendiants, were also part of the game. Not to be missed!

La Manufacture de chocolat d'Alain Ducasse_ Noël 2022
La Manufacture de chocolat d’Alain Ducasse

Patrick Roger, the sculptor

Patrick Roger is a true artist who sculpts his chocolate into mineral and animal shapes. His gigantic, vibrantly-realistic constructions can be seen in his various shops. At the end of the year 2021, it has proposed to you amazing caramelized almond trees in the shape of a cube, small dark chocolate marmots and children’s pebbles. A feast for both your eyes and your taste buds!

Patrick Roger_Pâques
Patrick Roger

Cyril Lignac, the star

Cyril Lignac, chocolate-maker, takes you on a journey back to childhood. In this chocolate-filled world, discover during Christmas and throughout the year, the irresistible marshmallow bears with a praline heart stacked into a pyramid to create a monumental treat. So tasty!

Cyril Lignac _ Collection Pâques
La Chocolaterie Cyril Lignac

Gilles Cresno, the must-see

Crowned with the Grand Prix du Chocolat of the City of Paris, Gilles Cresno is a passionate craftsman who transmits the values of excellence, taste and pleasure through his chocolates. The cream of Paris flocks to his shop in Rueil-Malmaison, to the west of the capital. However, if you prefer to stay home, delivery is possible with just a few clicks. From mid-November, he prepares the Advent calendar while you wait for Christmas Day and his boxes of candied chestnuts and a small chest of flavoured truffles that you will be able to place with delight at the foot of the tree! Looking forward to December 2022!

Un lapin mini au gianduja enrobé de chocolat au lait ou noir
Gilles Cresno

La Mère de Famille, mamma mia!

The chocolate craftsmen of Mère de Famille bend over backwards to offer you a range of exceptional chocolates every time! At the end of 2021, the designer Pénélope Bagieu has signed the Advent calendar for the house in faubourg Montmartre, to make your mouth water every day while waiting for Santa Claus. And that’s without counting the boxes filled with various sweets to share all year long!

Pâques 2023 A la Mère de Famille
A la Mère de Famille

La Maison du Chocolat, the globe-trotter

Chocolates from La Maison du Chocolat are enjoyed around the world. From Tokyo to New York, people flock to taste the famous French brand’s creations. During Christmas holidays 2021, Nicolas Cloiseau, chef chocolatier and Meilleur Ouvrier de France, has imagined a Christmas ornament Advent calendar, a limited edition artistic piece made up of 26 sweet surprises to make the wait a pleasure. What surprises will he come up with for the 2022 Christmas season?

La Maison du Chocolat_ Œufs de Pâques 2023
La Maison du Chocolat

Le Cacaotier, the traveller

In Enghien-les-Bains, to the north of Paris, Le Cacaotier ooffers you the creations of Hubert Masse, who blends unique flavours brought back from his travels. Take your time to choose (or not) between classic chocolate truffles and delicious boxes of assorted chocolates. And while we wait for the sweets for Christmas 2022, enjoy each day with gourmet pleasure. To buy in-store or online.

Le cacaotier Noël 2021
Le Cacaotier

Jacques Genin, the genius

The supplier of luxury hotels Le Plaza and Le Crillon for 40 years finally opened his own shop. Jacques Genin, master chocolate “melter”, makes haute-couture treats with his chocolates and parcels them into the most beautiful presentation boxes for the perfect gourmet gift. Step through the door of his atelier in Rue de Turenne and listen to the bustle of his brigade at the back, inhale the intensity of the fragrances, and savour the most creative of chocolates!

Jacques Genin _ Coffret praliné de Noël
Jacques Genin

Jean-Paul Hévin, the Japanese

From his travels in the Land of the Rising Sun, Jean-Paul Hévin has brought home an impeccable standard to sublimate his chocolates and take on any creative challenge. In addition to boxes of mendiants, truffles and other grand cru chocolate, it produces a luxurious advent calendar every year. All the talent of the master chocolate maker in 24 original chocolate creations!

Jean-Paul Hévin, Poule en chocolat, Pâques 2023
Jean-Paul Hévin

Patrice Chapon, the coffee roaster

Patrice Chapon is a perfectionist. After scrupulously selecting his cocoa, he first roasts the beans at his local factory, then offers us a glorious variety in his Paris shop. Every Christmas and New Year, Advent calendar, mendiants and tablets are putting on a show under the big top!

Chocolaterie Chapon
La Chocolaterie Chapon

Le chocolat des Français, the designer

The cream of French chocolate combines design and gluttony! A traditional 100% French product so you can offer gourmet and personalized gifts. Surprise cracker, tablets, boxes and Christmas ornament to decorate the Christmas tree, Le chocolat des Français will seduce your taste buds and eyes and enchant your year-end celebrations.

Le Chocolat des Français - Noël 2022
Le Chocolat des Français

Art et Chocolat, royalty

In Versailles, Art et Chocolat offers you their majestic creations. This artist-chocolatier cum sculptor has made Louis XIV’s shoe his speciality, but many other works of art such as his Christmas creations await you. Like a sculpture for your table centrepieces, the barks, bowls with robins or chocolate greenhouses house a multitude of chocolatey delights.

Art et Chocolat

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