La Maison du Chocolat: A midwinter night’s dream

A chocolate showpiece as intricate as clockwork, a gold leaf-covered chocolate pendant, a tasty advent calendar and a dense chocolate bûche de Noël are the highlights of La Maison du Chocolat‘s 2013 Christmas collection.

Created by Master Chef Nicolas Cloiseau, the collection’s signature confection is an elaborately handcrafted six-kilogram dark chocolate showpiece packed with gourmet roasted nuts set in milk chocolate.

Presented as “A Midwinter Night’s Dream,” these luxurious holiday treats combine “the comforting warmth of chocolate with the joyful spirit of the holiday season,” according to the chocolatier.