The best confectioners Côtes-D'Armor

A local artisanal specialty since 1928, Val lollipops now come in 50 flavors: salted butter, pomme d'amour, speculoos, yuzu... Baked the old-fashioned way in copper basins, shaped by hand and chisel as in the past, the lollipops are now made in the workshop-boutique in the port of Dahouët, from where you can also observe the production process. The company also makes and sells a variety of delicious Breton cakes and handcrafted kouign-amanns.

This chocolate maker is a cocoa goldsmith… You can admire (and devour) his surprising creations, such as a superb chocolate guêpière entirely realized by Yann Rocaboy. On the margins of his chocolate creations, he also offers a selection of teas, a 100% Breton jacket, as well as cups, mugs, small plates, or teapots. Chocolate plates are valued for Iran nuts or macadamia nuts and all sweets prepared from carefully selected cups among the finest wines. All are guaranteed pure cocoa and free vanilla butter to keep the authenticity of the original flavours. Ganaches are made with a raw cream derived from rational agriculture. Let yourself be tempted by black chocolate 62% of origin from Venezuela or Dominican Republic, or milk chocolate 40% of Ivorian origin.

If your steps take you to Tregastel, you absolutely need to visit Sandrine Coïc's store, which is a throne behind its "bilig" (patties plate). The store is decorated in a charming way, old time. If you have a small creux, the patronne will prepare a delicious massive-cheese cake or a tasty caramel crepe with salty butter. But you can also benefit from homemade specialities, galette to algae or kouigns (apples doughnuts). The shop contains many other resources. You can also prepare very original aperitifs trays if you receive your friends. However, you will leave the arms of Breton specialities, cider, jams or preserves from Scarlette the Corre. In short, a dangerous store for the greedy!

Just a stone's throw from the Place du Martray, the L'Ambr'1 store sells salted butter caramels handcrafted 7 km from Paimpol, in Pleudaniel. There's also another boutique overlooking the workshop. Caroline and Nicolas Hubert, who run the confectionery, have created recipes using only the finest ingredients, to share the pleasure of this delicious sweet. It can be enjoyed plain with caramel, or flavored with Espelette pepper, Madagascar vanilla or buckwheat. Shortbread, fruit jellies and spreads complete the range.