Pierre Marcolini‘s 2013 Christmas chocolate collection is full of fairy tale delights and surprises.
A playful christmas tree-shaped chocolate snowman, shimmering chocolate ornament, cute chocolate Teddy and plenty of yummy chocolate praliné balls are among this year’s holiday goodies.
Earlier this year,Brussels-based Marcolini opened his third chocolate shop in Paris, at 78, rue du Bac (the other two Paris shops are on rue de Seine and rue Scribe).
In addition to his home country of Belgium, the bean-to-bar chocolatier also has stores in Japan, Kuwait, Taiwan, Monaco and the U.K.
Made of dark chocolate, this edible ornament contains 42 small praline balls (600 grams). Comes in a festive gift box designed by Charles Kaisin.Bonhomme de Noël (400 grams) is seated on two trays, one containing 36 praline balls (pistachio, walnut, hazelnut, almond, coffee, double milk and nougat cream) and another filled with gourmandises (crystallised ginger, fondant crunch, milk chocolate crunch).Chocolate Teddy comes in milk or dark chocolate with 42 small Christmas praline balls.Marcolini’s Fancy Christmas tree features new flavours this year. These small chocolate-coated praline balls come in pistachio, walnut, hazelnut, almond, coffee, double milk and creamy nougatSurprise Father Christmas in white chocolate with praline and crushed nougat filling.
