The best confectioners Hautes-Pyrénées

At Le Pic Gourmand, Bagnères tradition and the future merge to celebrate a unique savoir-faire. Heritage is the very essence of this confectionery, where Gabrielle perpetuates the traditional berlingot recipe. The future, on the other hand, invites innovation, guaranteeing the reputation of Le Pic Gourmand. With creations like the Bédat log, a delicious nougatine coated with dark chocolate, created in Bagnères. To be enjoyed in the tearoom with homemade hot chocolate. You can also see the passion in action with a berlingot-making demonstration!

Eric Lestable represents the third generation of confectioners in Cauterets. He has kept the traditional method and works entirely by hand. He invites you in his workshop to assist to the manufacturing of his berlingots. The success of these sweets is due to a delicate balance between the mixture of water, sugar and flavored glucose syrup. Once cooked, the mixture is poured on a marble table for cooling and cutting. The other specialities are the "crottes d'isard", the "cabrotin", the "délice" or the "boule-de-neige"... Delicious!

This brightly colored store on the outskirts of the Sanctuary is a real treat for the eyes. The shelves are overflowing with sweets, cakes and cookies. The specialty is the traditionally made shortbread and filled cookies with chocolate chips, fruit, or caramel. The navettes simply flavored with orange blossom are irresistible, but they are closely rivaled by nougats and caramels, in papillotes or squares. Marshmallows, caramelized almonds, organic spreads and meringues complete the range.

At Berlingot Marinette, all the flavor of the candies of the past is declined through fruity or chocolate recipes which make the happiness of the children and the adults. In the store, you will discover no less than 25 flavors: from blackcurrant to licorice, passing by pine sap, chestnut, cola or salted butter caramel: one does not know where to turn! The "crotte d'isard" is a confectionery that Eric will make you discover! This chocolate-covered almond is perfectly in line with the sweets for which we run, indeed!

The production of the berlingots is totally artisanal and the ingredients that compose them are 100% natural. Several times a day, the master of the place makes the famous candies under your eyes and allows you to taste these delights for free. More than 40 flavors are available: chocolate, thyme-sage-rosemary, honey, nougat-pistachio, verbena, lavender, coconut, poppy, angelica mint, caramel-almond, apricot-mandarin, passion fruit... The store "La Reine Margot" also offers other local or homemade sweets.

At the end of the little cul-de-sac opposite the town hall, Confiserie des Gaves revives the flavors of yesteryear with its handcrafted sweets. The establishment is renowned for its respect for traditional know-how. It offers a wide range of sweets: fruity, chocolate or almond-flavored Gave pebbles, sweets made with local honey, pine sap, violets and blueberries, mint pastilles and old-fashioned "pyréline" pralines. Bean berlingots, a unique specialty, will surprise your taste buds. A true celebration of tastes from the past!