Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream Maine-Et-Loire

As soon as you walk through the door, you can smell the sweet aroma of chocolate and guess the little hands at work behind the counter of the store. For more than seventeen years, Maryse Ouellette-Fougeray has been making her own treats (37 flavors to choose from!), adding praline, of course, but also Espelette pepper, maniguette, various spices, rose water for the most romantic ones, or even maple syrup, directly imported from her brother's home by Maryse, a native of Quebec. During the summer season, you can enjoy delicious homemade ice cream.

It's not just ice creams and sorbets that are sold here... With some twenty flavors, each more delicious than the last, Olivier Onfroy is first and foremost a merchant of happiness! A true artisanal ice-cream maker, as expert in classic flavours as in the most original. We fall for his lead recipe, but also for the rose, violet, tiramisu, peach-hibiscus iced tea, rhubarb or peanut and fleur de sel flavors. All served in cones, jars or to-go tubs (remember to order in advance!)

Established since 2012 in Saint-Georges-sur-Loire (store and workshop), Anthony and Isabelle Begou now offer their chocolates to a city-center clientele who should soon be hooked on their sublime morsels: Gianduja, fleur de sel, coconut, crêpe bretonne, arabica, ginger, rocher... the recipes abound! Or 100% homemade tablets, to which are added delicious fruit jellies and, in fine weather, equally successful ice creams and sorbets!

Founded in 1842, the Duchess Anne is a gourmet institution, for the fine mouths of Saumur and Clisson. In a soft and refined setting, in a vintage 19th century style, the small tea room, with its modest but delicate atmosphere, often sees its tables taken over by the people of Saumur, so well suited is it to the delight of a sweet break, such as a pastry or homemade chocolate. For 25 years, the Godineau family has been in charge; in 2010, the parents left the keys to the house to their son, François, and his wife, Céline. In this way, the tradition is perpetuated, while quality is always present. To be convinced, just try the macaroons and other chocolates, the creations of individual or family cakes as well as the divine Christmas logs, you will quickly know why! Viennese pastries and petits fours are also excellent: something to satisfy all tastes. Another good point is the reasonable prices charged, especially for the quality of the products. Everything is in place to have a good time.

Anne-Françoise Benoit has won countless awards for her talent and audacity! Succeeding her father at the head of the family business, she now offers more than 70 creations, all made from the best cocoas, from Venezuelan Otucan to Peruvian Illanca, via Brazilian Macae. Purists may prefer its dark chocolate bars or ballottines, but the milk recipes are full of inventiveness! The Caramandes®, silver medal winner at the 2017 World Chocolate Awards, is a must-try in the region. A must-try!

Le fournil Saint-Pierre is not a bakery like the others: you come here above all to enjoy yourself! The bread is made in the pure tradition by a craftsman who uses only organic flour and leavened dough. The breads are various: corn, dried fruits, raisin-hazelnut... As for pastries, the family speciality is the fruit tart and the "tendresse angevine", but don't forget the sablé saumurois with pommes tapées. At lunchtime, the bakery offers very good sandwiches. There is no doubt that this is one of the best bakeries in the Saumur region!

Since 1920, the family business Le Roy René has been delighting us with its specialties straight from the South of France, in Aix-en-Provence. Directly inspired by our Good King René, who would have received at his third wedding, according to the legend, a smile-shaped confection, commonly called today calisson, a mixture of crushed almonds, candied melon placed on a sheet of host, topped with an icing. The proposals are not limited to this one specialty, we find all kinds of nougats (pistachio, black, white) or shortbread cookies, or fruit jellies, all manufactured in a traditional way, to preserve the traditional know-how.

This square of caramelized nougatine coated with a blue chocolate imitating slates has celebrated its half-century of existence. In this shop-workshop, it is also available in the form of Petit-Beurre, Easter eggs, or in a dark Quernon version, with a dark chocolate coating. Don't miss the other specialities, exquisite chocolates made with ganache or praline, Mouchoirs de Cholet and others around Cointreau, macaroons, soufflés, morello cherries...

Benoît is not only renowned for its chocolates, but also for its macaroons. Here, the famous almond cake comes in a wide range of flavors: vanilla, chocolate, coffee, rose, praline, caramel, tea, raspberry, blackcurrant, pistachio, lemon... There's something for every taste. And let's not forget the other delicacies on offer: chocolate pastries, tarts, cakes, jams, marrons glacés, calissons or coffee and hot chocolate, as the place also doubles as a tea room. A moment of delight not to be missed!

A sign that extends in the Grand West for Réauté chocolates, here among others in the heart of the Atoll, perfect for the little chocolate bites during the afternoon shopping! Inside you can find the style of Réauté chocolate chocolate with its small, prepackaged bags of chocolates that fall in all kinds: fondant, crisp, crisp, sparkling, fruity, to store in your small chocolate containers, sold in the store, perfect for a gift idea. But a huge selection of original presentations and packaging allows you to enjoy a pleasant gift. Apart from the chocolates, Réauté offers a wide choice of sweets such as meringues, des of all colours, nougats and even small biscuits. The most chocolate fondus will even find a loyalty card giving right to many advantages. The old store of Beaucouzé is still open and that of Ur-Erigné is at the South Shore shopping centre.

Always bouchées presented in beautiful boxes, offering a wide variety of products. A rich variety of semi-industrial chocolates of good repute with perhaps still too many pralines in the range. For the fine days, the ice of the house will seduce more than one papilla, with a rather classic but very tasty scent. Sorbets, cream cream (Belgium obliges!), Yogurt (more dietetic)… For those who prefer melting textures, Italian ice creams are generously served. We are here in a quality industrial chocolate, nothing to do with the low prices of the large distribution, but we are still far from the artisanal finesse of the real chocolate makers in Angers.

May they be lucky to those people in the Madeleine district. They have a small bakery marvel at home, making it jealous of many Anjou people living in the city centre. Without a drum or trumpet, Olivier Pothin makes absolutely delicious breads, with rustic crust and airy mies, Arthur's Pavement and seed stick, and boasts in addition to making all its pastries with Red Label meals. On the side of the pastries, always the original religious à with pistachio, exquisite cannelés to taste with the coffee, or the true Italian panettone, this brioche with candied fruits and orange bark. At lunchtime, sandwiches made with the good bread of the house await you. In addition, the bakery is open on Sunday morning despite its opening on Monday.

The chef (François Godineau of La Duchesse Anne) develops his desires for the greatest pleasure of gourmets. A brand new bakery welcomes, on the spot and to take away, an avalanche of fresh products from the best producers. Traditional breads and baguettes, blond, golden or brown, which one will you choose? The bakery also makes crepes, doughnuts, shortbread, pastries and other seasonal delicacies, as well as a tea room, of course. The establishment offers many lunch formulas. Here, everything is delicious!

Colors, flavours and especially an incredible diversity of products: the reputation of this small shop of rue Plantagenêt is not any more to make. The brand is specialized in the sweet one but also proposes spices, rices of great originals, Indian lentils... As for sweetened temptations, difficult all to enumerate with this pasta of fruits, artisanal jams, dragees, almond pastes, pistachio, nuggets of chocolate, dried fruits or candied, powders and sliced thinly, dragees, syrups, food colourings... In short, very to endorse the panoply of perfect the small confectioner! And to facilitate even more the life to you, a wide range of utensils is presented to the sale. The advices, finally, are exempted with generosity and conviviality.

The story of Mei Narusawa, a Japanese woman who moved to Europe to learn the art of baking and pastry-making, is a beautiful one. Formerly an employee of the small Carmes bakery, she now runs her own boutique. A store bought from the Carmes bakery, and a must for all lovers of good bread. From sourdough bread to walnut bread, from seeded cobblestones to corn bread, there's nothing wrong here. Delicious viennoiseries and pastries too: cannelés, Madeleines, fondants, brownies...

How can you resist Amorino's delicious ice creams? The Italian gelateria created over 20 years ago by Paolo and Cristiano set up shop in Angers in April 2021. The ice creams are homemade, without colorants or preservatives. Cones are served in rose shapes, and the choice of flavors is unlimited: pistachio mawardi, mango alfonso from India, amarena cherry morello cherry, blackcurrant, chocolate..., You'll also love their other treats: milkshakes, crepes, waffles, macaroons with ice cream, as well as comforting cappuccinos or hot chocolates.