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Our Guide to Paris Chocolate & Candy Shops

September 10, 2014 Our Paris Guide 1 Comment

Paris does chocolate like no other city, but the bean is not the only bonbon in town: Exquisite candy shops showcase regional French sweets and hard-to-find chocolates from small producers outside of Paris. Here are all of the chocolate and candy shops in our listings.

Le Bonbon au Palais

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The tall glass jars in this bright and airy shop are filled with colorful artisanal candies from around France — pastilles, calissons, pâtes de fruit, chocolates — and plenty of nostalgia.

An absolute favorite

Practical information

Address: 19 rue Monge, 75005
Nearest transport: Cardinal Lemoine (10)
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-7:30pm; closed Sunday and Monday
Telephone: 01 78 56 15 72
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Reviews of interest

Time Out (2012) “Shopkeeper Georges Marques is the enthusiastic schoolteacher eager to take his students on a sugar-dusted tour of the country. Apothecary jars of different shapes and sizes hold artisanal sweets from all over France – the lilac-shaded Jacqueline from Dijon, an almond paste-stuffed meringue; the deep pink chocolate Papaline from Avignon; pralines from the Loiret; foil-wrapped barley sugar from Vichy; and a host of stuffed plums, confit clementines, crystallised flowers and jelly buttons in Crayola shades.”

François-Régis Gaudry (2011) “…plus de 200 bonbons régionaux…Georges connaît chacun de ses trésors par coeur, et vous les raconte avec force anecdotes.”

David Lebovitz (2011) “A dedicated collection of candies from across France….candies that French kids would remember fondly.”

Photo via Le Bonbon au Palais’ Facebook

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À l’Etoile d’Or

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UPDATE: This beloved sweets shop is currently closed after an accidental explosion.

A singular candy shop, run by the singular Denise Acabo, stocking chocolates by Bernachon, Bonnat, and Leroux (and many more), and old-fashioned candies from all over France. Go.

An absolute favorite

Practical information

Address: 30 rue Pierre Fontaine, 75009
Nearest transport: Blanche (2)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Call beforehand on Mondays for hours
Telephone: 01 48 74 59 55

Reviews of interest

David Lebovitz (2012) “Every time I go into her shop, I am helpless against Madame Acabo’s charms and I always leave with something special tucked in my bag…”

Caroline Mignot (2009) “…une confiserie d’antan à goûter absolument…confiseries venues des 4 coins de la France et des derniers siècles écoulés…”

David Lebovitz (2007) “Her shop is amazing and I could easily spend hours poking through all the glass jars and metal tins lining the glass shelves…”

David Lebovitz (2005) “With her braided pig-tails, necktie, and crisply-pleated kilt, Denise is the sweetest woman in Paris…an ethereal selection of artisan confections and chocolates from France.”

Clotilde Dusoulier (2004) “Blinking with disbelief, I slowly walk around, taking it all in. The chocolate bars and bites, the calissons, the bonbons, the almonds, the pralines, the nougatine, specialties from all around the Great Kingdom of France, the jams, the tea, the biscuits…”

Photo via rvacapinta’s Flickr

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À la Mere de Famille

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A charming shop with multiple locations, selling all manner of chocolates and candies plus a fine selection of ice cream in the warmer months.

Practical information

Address: 33-35 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 75009
Nearest transport: Le Peletier (7)
Hours: Closed Sunday
Telephone: 01 47 70 83 69
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Additional Locations

Address: 39 rue du Cherche Midi, 75006
Nearest transport: Rennes (12)
Hours: Closed Sunday
Telephone: 01 47 63 15 15

Address: 107 rue Jouffroy d’Abbans, 75017
Nearest transport: Wagram (3)
Hours: Closed Sunday
Telephone: 01 47 63 15 15

Address: 30 rue Legendre, 75017
Nearest transport: Malesherbes (3)
Hours: Open every day
Telephone: 01 47 63 52 94

Reviews of interest

Time Out (2012) “The smart, orange-labelled gift boxes of candy and chocolates are always a pleasure, as are the retro treats of times gone by: butterscotch roudoudous eaten out of a shell, marshmallow ropes, pretty violet bonbons for sucking on.”

Photo courtesy of À La Mère de Famille’s Facebook

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Régis

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Pralines are the specialty at this fifty-year-old shop in the 16th.

Practical information

Address: 89 rue de Passy, 75016
Nearest transport: La Muette (9)
Hours: Open every day
Telephone: 01 45 27 70 00
Website

Reviews of interest

L’Express (2011) “La ganache noire épate les yeux, le nez, les papilles; belle, odorante et longue en bouche. Le reste est honorable, mais moins spectaculaire, on cherche un fruit de la passion trop discret dans la ganache lait, une texture mieux travaillée dans le praliné ou plus d’arôme dans une spécialité au café pourtant bien façonnée…”

Gilles Pudlowski (2011) “Seul le classique sûr a ici sa place…On vient quérir là des rochers pralinés à fondre, de jolies bouchées pralinées, de savantes tablettes, de belles ganaches, avec des parfums superbes…”

David Lebovitz (2007) “In case you think candymaking is a lost art, it isn’t, and lots of homemade candies are whipped up daily at REGIS including enormous copper pans of pralined nuts…”

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Georges Larnicol

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Larnicol is known for his whimsical chocolate centerpieces and sculptures, as well as his signature kouignettes, a miniature, deeply caramelized version of the classic kouign amann.

Practical information

Address: 132 boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006
Nearest transport: Odéon (4, 10)
Hours: Every day, 9am-11pm
Telephone: 01 43 26 39 38
Website

Additional locations

Address: 14 rue de Rivoli, 75004
Nearest transport: Saint-Paul (1)
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9am-6pm; closed Sunday
Telephone: 01 42 71 20 51

Reviews of interest

David Lebovitz (2011) “There’s all sorts of candy around the shop which you can dig into, as well as the now-obligatory macarons of various colors…both natural and suspect…but I came for the Breton butter cakes…Verdict? They’re pretty darned good…”