The best chocolatiers Nord

Settled for more than twenty years in Old Lille, Dominique Benoît puts all his know-how to the making of the "best chocolate" thanks to the rigorous selection of the best raw materials: chocolate from the grand cru cocoa plantations of Venezuela, Madagascar and Ecuador, almonds from Provence or hazelnuts from Piedmont. You will also find its sweets at the Place du Théâtre and at the Benoît Chocolatier workshop, a place where young and old can learn all the manufacturing secrets.

The house has been in existence for over a hundred years! The specialty? The Doigts de Jean Bart, well known to the people of Dunkerque. These almond cakes are made with a coffee cream and coated with chocolate. Delicious and ultra greedy! Since then, several versions have been created: peanut praline, fleur de sel, dark chocolate or even violet. The other pastries served here are also worth the detour. Not to mention the wide range of chocolates created on site.

Since 1920, this chocolate factory makes the happiness of the gourmets. Here, you will find everything you need to satisfy your cravings for quality chocolate, with chocolate candies, top-of-the-range chocolate, but also many local specialties: Tuiles du Nord, boulets du Ch'ti, Délices de Gayant, or Gayantines de Douai. But there is not only sweet stuff, because you can also find salted products from the North like potjevleesch, terrines with maroilles or some beers. Clearly a place to treat yourself or buy a local souvenir.

The Léontine chocolate factory offers small chocolate sweets that will charm many. Several types of chocolates are offered and nicely arranged in a box that you compose yourself. These are far from ordinary chocolates, which will delight all gourmands as the choice is so wide. The shop also offers various decorative objects and gift boxes. Perfect to please or to offer yourself a little pleasure. A little extra: free delivery is available. The welcome is friendly and warm!

In the pretty store of the Esquermoise street, you will find all that makes the success of the house Beussent since 1985. The success of the house comes from the fact that it is one of the only artisanal chocolate factories in France to make its chocolate directly from the cocoa bean. Owning plantations in Ecuador, the Beussent-Lachelle chocolate factory can control the entire manufacturing process, from the selection of the bean to the delivery to the store!

You know the small bear bear made in Villeneuve d'Ascq by Chocolate chocolate Chocolate. But the factory, specialising in chocolate bites and sweets, also produces three thousand tons of praline and thousands of greedy boxes every year. At the Christmas holidays, the ephemeral shop opens its doors from the end of November to 20 December to sell the production surplus at a very good price! Let lovers of chocolate take the word. The company plans to open a store, open all year, starting in 2016.

World champion chocolatier and pastry chef in 2013, Quentin Bailly is an epicurean who asserts his creativity, boldness and sweetness through gourmet preparations in keeping with his Nordic origins. From his mixtures of various candies and pralines as carefully presented as precious jewels, to his macaroons with original flavors, his creations for special occasions, his topped sorbets and ice creams, or his candied fruits and marshmallows, everything is irresistible.

A must-try: Briquettes du Nord and Croustiloos!

Végéta'Ly is the story of Lily, a thirty-something vegan and proud of her inclusive cuisine, who wants to enable everyone to enjoy gourmet products to suit all diets. She works with 100% pure cocoa butter chocolate (without gluten or palm oil), healthy fruits, and "veganizes" classic recipes by replacing certain ingredients (soy cream, coconut sugar, plant-based milk chocolate or chickpea juice) for delicious proposals full of ethical values!

As soon as you enter the Chocolaterie Beussent Lachelle, you are seized by a delicious gourmet smell. There are several shops in France, but the parent company is located in the Pas-de-Calais, in Beussent, where everything is made. This house creates all its chocolates, it also has the particularity of growing its beans in Ecuador. Boxes, bites, hammer chocolate...: there is something for everyone. The prices are a little high, but it's the price of quality.

Founded in 1985, the house of Beussent has nothing more to prove in terms of chocolate... Made in a traditional way, the products have a characteristic taste appreciated by connoisseurs. The company's chocolate makers are among the few professionals in France to master the manufacturing process from A to Z: from the choice of cocoa beans to the conching, everything is home-made. Note that Beussent has its own plantation in Ecuador! Don't hesitate to stop by the store!

Founded in 1985, the House of Beussent has nothing to prove in terms of chocolate... Made in a traditional way, with the greatest respect for the raw material, its products have a characteristic taste appreciated by connoisseurs. The company's chocolate makers are among the few professionals in France to master the manufacturing process from A to Z: from the choice of cocoa beans to the conching, everything is home-made. They have their own plantation in Ecuador! Don't hesitate to drop by the shop to discover the works made by these craftsmen.