La Maison du Chocolat is setting up a pop-up store in the Printemps department store on boulevard Haussmann (9th arr.). In addition to daily chocolate demonstrations, the 80-square-metre temporary venue, designed as a chocolate “tasting area,” will offer a full range of the company’s gourmet chocolates, pastries, macarons and ice cream, along with hot and … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat pop-up store at Printemps de la Mode
A Paris institution since 1903, Angelina is mostly known for its thick, luscious hot chocolate and elegant pastries. But the celebrated tea room also has its own line of gourmet chocolates, available at the company’s flagship location on rue de Rivoli. Made with single-origin chocolate from Peru, Tanzania, Ecuador and Venezuela, Angelina chocolates incorporate candied … Continue reading Angelina Paris chocolate collection
A la Mère de Famille head chef Julien Merceron‘s twist on one of the traditional symbols of Easter deliciously combines humour and imagination. Exquisitely handcrafted, “La poule mouillée” — a playful hen basking in a tub of crispy chocolate spheres — comes in dark chocolate (68 per cent cacao) or milk chocolate (36 per cent cacao). Its … Continue reading “La poule mouillée” from A la Mère de Famille
A glittering gold-leaf-covered chocolate egg is the highlight of this year’s Easter chocolate collection at Maison Dalloyau, the Paris luxury pâtisserie and gourmet caterer whose origins date back to the 17th century. “Œuf ORsérie” is available in either dark chocolate (70 per cent cacao from Venezuela) or milk chocolate (40 per cent cacao from Côte d’Ivoire). It comes … Continue reading A Golden Egg from Maison Dalloyau
Nicolas Cloiseau, chef and creative director of La Maison du Chocolat, has created a cute little flock of chocolate sheep for this year’s Easter collection, called “A saute-mouton !” Inspired by Ouessant sheep, a breed of dark sheep from the island of Ouessant in Brittany, Chef Cloiseau’s curly-coated sheep, Frisoton and Frisette, come in milk and dark chocolate, … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat “A saute-mouton !”
Centre des Monuments Nationaux will be holding its annual Easter egg hunt at some 53 castles, fortresses, archaeological sites and other national monuments across France on Sunday, March 31, 2013. The event, called Œufs, énigmes et chocolat (eggs, enigmas and chocolate), is a fun way for children and their families to learn about history and … Continue reading Œufs, énigmes et chocolat and other Easter egg hunts in and around Paris
These magical chocolate Easter bunnies are handmade by Paris chocolatier Jean-Charles Rochoux, renowned for his wondrous chocolate sculptures of animals and other figurines. Rochoux’s “Maître Lapin Chocolatier” (pictured below) is made with 540 grams of either dark, milk or white chocolate and has an additional 150 grams of chocolate surprises tucked inside its hat. “Chapeau Lapin” (following … Continue reading Jean-Charles Rochoux’s chocolate Easter bunnies
