Paris’s oldest sweets shop, A la Mère de Famille, has come up with a cool new treat, just in time for summer. The confectioner and chocolatier’s rochers glacés (frozen rochers) feature a mouthful of delicious ice cream or sorbet covered in a thick layer of milk or dark chocolate sprinkled with bits of almond, hazelnut or pistachio. [...]

Häagen-Dazs is an American ice cream company with a dozen shops in Paris. The company was founded by Polish immigrants Reuben and Rose Mattus in New York in 1961. Today they have franchises in 54 countries around the world. The company sells ice cream, sorbet and frozen yogourt as well as coffee, tea and hot [...]

Chocolatier Alain Furet has been at the helm of this venerable sweets shop, founded by the Tanrade family in 1728, for the last two decades. He took over the business when the last generation of Tanrade family members retired in 1987. After working for Gaston Lenôtre and Maison Boissier, another long-established Parisian sweets shops, today [...]

This is the place to stop for ice cream when you’re on the Butte Montmartre: No less than 41 flavors of ice cream and sorbets are on offer in this tiny shop, which recently took over from its predecessor, La Butte aux Glaces. In addition to classic flavours such as chocolate and vanilla, they have [...]

Founded in June 2005, Pozzetto has rapidly gained a reputation as one of the finest ice cream shops in Paris – some even say it’s the best of them all. And for good reason: the gelato is made with all-natural ingredients and the flavours are sublime. Classic flavours such as dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and [...]

A simple, unassuming neighbourhood ice cream shop popular with locals in this part of the chic 16th arrondissement. A nice variety of chocolate flavors, including dark chocolate, chocolate with nougat, chocolate with candied orange peel, chocolate with candied chestnuts, and chocolate and cinnamon. They even have chocolate sorbet. Copyright © www.chocoparis.com 2009-2011. All Rights Reserved. [...]

Located just a short stroll from the Bon Marché, the shop and its giant ice cream cone are hard to miss. Known for its delectable chocolate sorbet, Le Bac à Glaces offers a huge variety of all-natural ice cream and sorbet flavors made with fresh fruit and berries, depending on the season. Copyright © www.chocoparis.com [...]

A relatively recent arrival, the Italian chain Grom opened its doors in Paris in 2008, positioning itself as a competitor to Amorino, just around the corner on rue de Buci. Their dark chocolate, and extra noir chocolate flavours are sure to satisfy even the strongest chocolate cravings. New York Magazine describes Grom’s gelato as having [...]

This is probably the most famous ice cream shop in Paris. It was founded in 1954 by Raymond Berthillon, who at the time operated a hotel at the same location. The company is still run by his descendants. As the story goes, the enterprising Mr. Berthillon decided one day to bring out an ice cream [...]

Founded in Paris by two Italians in 2002, Amorino now boasts 12 locations in the French capital. You’ll find authentic Italian gelato in more than 20 flavors, including dark chocolate, hazelnut chocolate, soy milk chocolate and “The Incomparable” –  a creamy Nutella sensation. Orders are always artfully sculpted in amazing rose petal-like cones. Amorino 4, rue [...]

Paris’s oldest sweet shop, founded in 1761 and still operating in its original location, is a marvellous little store that hasn’t changed much over the past 250 years. Here, chocolate lovers will find ice cream in several enticing flavors, among them chocolate sorbet, chocolate-mint, and chocolate with candied orange and a hint of vodka. Of [...]

La Maison du Chocolat is probably France’s most famous chocolate shop, a veritable institution favored by chocolate lovers in Paris and around the world. Founded in 1977 by master chocolatier Robert Linxe, the company today boasts six shops in Paris, along with outlets in Le Printemps department store and at Charles de Gaulle airport, as [...]