The best chocolatiers Finistère

Located in the center of Brest, near the Halles Saint-Louis, the C. Chocolat boutique is first and foremost a family adventure, where each member has contributed his or her own know-how and experience gathered around the world. It offers a collection of delicately flavored chocolates (the "Ceylon" was praised by Gault & Millau!). Grand cru chocolate squares, macaroons, entremets or bars with exotic names: the very best in craftsmanship. The Brest-based company now has six stores: a second in Brest on rue Jean Jaurès, followed by Guipavas, Landerneau and Quimper.

The Chocolate maker highly recommended pastry Georges Larnicol is very famous. His delicious and fresh macaroons, fat-free animals and no taste reinforcer. A delicious taste that is accompanied by kouignettes^® (16 tastes),for maximum pleasure. Difficult say more, Larnicol House also produces pancakes (galettes huffleboard, cookies…) salted butter caramels, marshmallow lollipops.

Histoire de Chocolat has been a well-known name in the city of Le Ponant for more than 25 years. Three shops are located in the city centre: rue de Siam, rue Duquesne and rue Jean-Jaurès. Big and small occasions are an excuse to discover the many fine and tasty chocolates of the house, especially those that pay tribute to the city of Brest and its heritage. Chocolate candies with the sweet names of La Recouvrance, Bijou de Siam or La Belle-Poule and L'Abeille Bourbon will make original gifts!

It is next to the Quimperlé halles that is located on an air of chocolate. There are many delicacies here: Artisanal chocolates, as can be doubted, but also macarons, jams Lady Cherise made up of 66% fruit, confectionery, tea, coffee, dragries, local products or even greedy gifts… The place is well chosen when you want to offer a small softness or to make fun.

Florentine which is made in to black chocolate or milky and blends with orange, lemon, mint, and salted butter caramel or red fruits is the speciality of Michel Chatillon the chocolate maker. Florentines are also organic! The Granite rose or grey chocolates symbolising the Breton coast... and all other homemade chocolate sweets will delight you. You can also buy pancakes, kouign aman and Breton palets with salted butter, etc. A free visit of the factory where these specialities are being produced is also offered. 

The great chef Jean-Daniel Rosa who was five times rewarded at the Quiberon gastronomy competitions, delight his guests with his delicacies. His latest creation is nougat, cooked with Breton honey and chips of salted butter caramel and dried apples in its matzo leaf decorated with Breton ermines. Its bigoudènes truffles - ganache amber flavoured with honey and mead rolled in icing cinnamon sugar are equally very delightful.

Georges Larnicol is the best chocolate pastry chef. He likes designing beans in different forms - rocks, pebbles... and to show it for a unit, in boxes, baskets and even in impressive sculptures! Well beyond south Finistère, is evidenced its many shops scattered throughout France, the delights of Maître Larnicol are not unknown to fans of chocolate delicacies. Close to these, whose flavour fineness can only over joy the most demanding palate, the kouignettes^®. They come in different flavours you could give anything for and capsize the elegant... Difficult to say more. But Maison Larnicol is also pancakes (palet biscuits, cookies...) salted butter caramels, lollipops that are presented in many flavours.

La Chocolaterie is a "Breizhilian" story, which led three passionate Bretons to grow their own cocoa in Brazil, in the state of Bahia, and then process it in Landerneau, in their workshops. Their cocoa, known as Ouro Verde, is of exceptional quality, and is showcased in the creations of their artisan chocolatiers. Creamy ganaches and subtle pralines delight gourmets, not forgetting the famous Lunes de Landerneau. Futé: La Manufacture, in St Thonan, invites you to discover the secrets of chocolate making!

A young chocolatier in his thirties, Jérémy Thierry is recognized by his peers. In the autumn of 2023, at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, he received the Award des Alliances and the Tablette d'Or. These two prestigious awards are presented by the Club des croqueurs de chocolat. He first set up shop in his grandfather's former blacksmith's workshop in La Forêt-Fouesnant. This new boutique in Concarneau brings him closer to chocolate lovers, enabling them to discover the richness of his creations.

Europe's lowest-carbon company! Based in Morlaix, France, Grain de Sail was conceived in 2010 by three partners with a passion for ecology and the maritime world. Their project: to produce exceptional organic coffees and chocolates, whose raw materials are transported by a transatlantic cargo sailboat. In addition to its production workshop and boutique, Grain de Sail has created a visitor trail, "L'aventure du chocolat", to learn more about chocolate, from bean to bar. A committed, gourmet place that really deserves to be discovered.

Here the great speciality remains the famous kouign-amann, the house also offers a whole collection of delicate sweets such as this korrigan, which is not a malicious elf, is nothing less than the successful marriage between biscuit, crunchy praline, apricot moss, apricot and flambés apricot. Mr. excels in the manufacture of chocolate of every size, its parts are a real masterpiece - press book to consult to admire the delights. But the best is still to go a tour!

This magnificent 15th-century house is home to gourmet treasures by Georges Larnicol, whose stores now delight far beyond the borders of Finistère. This fabulous pastry chef-chocolatier works with great chocolate vintages in a variety of forms, including rochers, galets, enrobés... and even "Boules à jojo®" (to be discovered!). But Larnicol also offers the famous Kouignettes® in a range of flavours, Torchettes® and galettes de froment et de blé noir, salted butter caramels and other lollipops. And in the boutiques, superb chocolate creations in spectacular (yet delicious...) shapes. The back room, full of chocolates of all kinds, is a place where you could stay for hours, if only to contemplate the reflections of light on the culinary works of art lining the walls.

Plounévézel is a charming town and home to the Tentation Cacao artisan chocolate factory. Committed to a long-term relationship with their bean producers, Tentation Cacao offers delicate, gourmet, quality chocolates that are accessible to all. Their organic chocolate bars offer all the strength and aromatic subtlety of organic and fair-trade cocoa, whether dark, milk or white, plain or flavored. You can also find products for patisserie, such as chocolate pistoles, chewy cocoa beans and cocoa powder. Tentation Cacao also offers unique creations, such as raspberry caramel or melt-in-the-mouth pralines.