For its first Easter chocolate collection, Les Marquis de Ladurée has created a set of elegant, beautifully garnished chocolate eggs. L’Œuf Trésor is a limited-edition chocolate egg containing a pyramid of miniature yuzu-chocolate macarons. It comes in milk chocolate or dark chocolate and is available in two sizes (40 cm or 70 cm). Also on offer is a [...]

Ladurée‘s new chocolate shop in Paris, Les Marquis de Ladurée, quietly opened its doors in December, in the midst of the holiday season. Located just a few steps away from the upscale place Vendôme, the new shop is the company’s first store devoted entirely to chocolate. (Ladurée previously operated a small chocolate shop next door [...]

Ladurée‘s featured pastry for December is “la briochette praliné et or fin” (mini brioche with praliné and gold leaf). This rich and buttery mini “brioche mousseline” is filled with old-fashioned praliné and topped with gold-leaf-covered toasted Piedmont hazelnuts. It is the 12th and final dessert in Ladurée’s series of 150th anniversary pastries. Ladurée was founded [...]

The 11th in Ladurée‘s series of 150th anniversary pastries — one for every month of 2012 — is La Duchesse. This moist cake features walnuts, a light chestnut mousse, bits of glazed chestnuts and a mini meringue. It is is topped with silky milk chocolate fondant and encased in delicate sheets of chocolate. La Duchesse [...]

In the spotlight this month at Ladurée is La Charlotte “Belle Hélène.” This luscious dessert is composed of dainty ladyfingers, yummy pear cream and vanilla mousse, dark chocolate, candied fruit and sliced almonds. The traditional “Charlotte,” which has been around for more than 200 years, is a round cake with a ladyfinger crust filled with fruit and cream. [...]

September’s pastry of the month at Ladurée, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, is La Coquette. Filled with a smooth, bittersweet chocolate crème pâtissière and covered in dark chocolate, this plump chocolate cream puff is sure to satisfy any chocolate lover’s sweet tooth. La Coquette is the ninth in a series of 12 [...]

Ladurée’s featured anniversary pastry for August is the “Cake à la Rose,” a delicate rose-flavoured cake decorated with fresh rose petals. Baked in individual portions, it features a golden, buttery crust and a rich and moist interior. “Cake à la Rose” is the 8th in a series of twelve new pastries and desserts unveiled by [...]

Ladurée‘s 150th anniversary pastry of the month for July is the “butterfly,” a spectacular macaron garnished with a smooth, creamy filling and fresh fruit. The butterfly features a poppy mousseline cream with mara des bois strawberries and yuzu, sandwiched between two bright strawberry macaron shells. Mara des bois is a flavourful variety of strawberry grown in France that [...]

As part of its anniversary celebrations, Ladurée has served up yet another exquisite new dessert. The company’s “pastry of the month” for June is the “mini croque” – a miniature version of the traditional French croquembouche. Ladurée’scrumptious golden cone is composed of dainty caramel-covered mini choux (profiteroles) filled with a smooth and creamy vanilla and rum-infused [...]

As part of Ladurée‘s 150th anniversary celebrations, the Parisian pâtisserie is featuring “le petit pot de fraise” as its pastry of the month for May. This tasty single-portion dessert, created under the direction of Ladurée head pastry chef Vincent Lemains, consists of an entirely edible chocolate cup filled with cake and topped with fresh strawberries. It is [...]

Ladurée, the Paris pâtisserie famous for inventing the double-sided macaron back in the 1930s, is equally renowned for its fine chocolates. In fact, the Ladurée store on rue Bonaparte (6th arr.) boasts a separate chocolate shop next door to the pâtisserie. Among the house specialities are chocolates infused with aromatic herbs, mint and strawberry, mendiants [...]

The third new pastry unveiled this year by Ladurée in honour of the celebrated Parisian pâtisserie’s 150th anniversary is the Polonaise au Yuzu. This distinctly citrus-flavoured dessert consists of a sweet brioche base and creamy yuzu filling, covered with a lightly baked Italian meringue sprinkled with black sesame seeds. Yuzu, a citrus fruit grown in southeast [...]

As part of its 150th-anniversary celebrations, Ladurée is featuring a delicious new pastry every month throughout 2012. The first in the series was the chocolate Bostock Cacao, launched in January. February’s pastry, which also features chocolate, is the Mont-Blanc Marron Cassis. Mont-Blanc is a classic pastry consisting of a sponge base topped with sweetened chestnut cream [...]

The ambrosial flavour of pink grapefruit is the theme of Ladurée‘s Valentine’s Day treats this year — dainty macarons and a luscious chocolate-covered heart-shaped tart. And what a wonderfully romantic flavour it is: tangy grapefruit paired with vanilla makes for a sweet and sensuous tastebud experience. Ladurée, which celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2012, is [...]

The historic Paris pâtisserie Ladurée, famous for inventing the double-sided macaron, has grown at a quick pace in the last ten years. Today, the company has 26 stores outside of France. Shop addresses and hours are listed below. Please note this information is subject to change. For Ladurée stores in France, click here. Ireland Ladurée [...]