L'ATELIER DES BONBONS
Read moreAt first, Marion Aoustet and Benoit Combes created a wine candy, then the desire to make their own sweets was born. Their workshop opens onto the gourmet store. Depending on the day and time of your visit, you can watch the artisanal production process, a magical moment in the transformation of sugar. The gourmet palette ranges from marshmallows and teddy bears to their famous crystals, lollipops, candy canes, caramelized pecans and orchard sweets. Their specialty: crystals, a baked sugar stretched, flaky and tangy. Yummy!
ÉCLAT DE CHOCOLAT
Read moreMickaël Martin's chocolate factory is a veritable museum, with chocolate creations that are sure to make anyone's mouth water. Throughout the year, he uses his imagination to create pieces that are each more beautiful and mouth-watering than the last: at Easter, Christmas or Valentine's Day, his creations are surprising, refined and extremely gourmet! But this lover of exceptional products doesn't stop at chocolate, offering fruity entremets, macaroons and other one-off originalities, like his much-awaited kouign Amann.
OLIVIER VIDAL
Read moreAlso present in Sens, Olivier Vidal, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, offers us here something to delight our taste buds. We can enjoy chocolates with orange or lemon peel. We appreciate the almond/hazelnut shortbread. We would die for the caramel coulis and the different spreads. And what can we say about the excellent pastries whose extreme finesse and great creativity have no equivalent in Auxerre, without forgetting the very tasty home-made ice creams. In summer, outside the store, the queue can be long to get one!
QUARRÉ DE CHOCOLAT
Read moreThis house is an institution. You'll find wonderful creations like Pavé Morvandiau, Quarréen and Saint Amour. But also spreads. The waffles, too, are a delight every Sunday and public holiday, as well as in the afternoons in high season. A great address, as delicious as it is unmissable! And an online boutique that we also recommend you discover. What's more, Quarré de Chocolat recently opened a corner in Auxerre, in the gallery of the E. Leclerc center.
CHRISTOPHE CHEVALIER
Read moreChristophe Chevalier, your serving knight, takes off his secret weapon, one of the best loaves of Besançon… Cereals, wheat, greedy, rye, Tradition and other proposals, all marked by the master's seal, a square end instead of a round end! This is not a desire to stand out, but simply a ingenious idea… Imagine, on Sunday morning at the awakening, dreaming of divine bread sweets, still warm, at the crust craquante and crispy, with the tender, delicious, that you could put on the flat, spread to the end and soak without the coffee or chocolate tarnish on the duvet! Enjoy breakfast with tasty beds and lunches or dinners, where bread is no longer a accompaniment but a full place! Do you prefer pastries, pastries and chocolates? It is also found; everything is home and divinely good, croissants to butter, to get mad, to chocolates that base perfectly on language and take you the palace… What's more, the reception is smiling and attentive service at any time of the day!
LA MEULIERE
Read moreLa Meulière, an organic artisan bakery founded in 1994 by Achim Schulzbongert, has always championed "eating well" for better health. An ethic shared by Théo Bouvier, who worked with this master baker for nine years and took over the business in 2022. The charming little store, with its rustic decor and stone millstone in front, is equipped with a mill for preparing organic wholemeal spelt flours and various flakes. Visitors come for the wide range of sourdough breads, viennoiseries, cakes and original snacks.
FRANCK POURRIER
A gourmet address that delights us with its finesse.Read more
OWN'LY CAKE
Read moreTired of the traditional snack? Gourmet cupcakes, comforting croffles and even bubble tea... Own'ly Cake has everything you need! It all began last July, thanks to the two founders, Lydia Reich and Hatim Nala... A few months later, it's more successful than ever. After all, how could you resist a 3-chocolate cupcake? The team bends over backwards to satisfy its customers, so much so that vegan and gluten-free cupcake recipes have been added to the menu to satisfy everyone.
BOULANGERIE MERLE
Read moreAt the head of this establishment: a couple. Jérôme is a baker and Kelly is in charge of welcoming customers. They are surrounded by a small, dynamic and jovial team, always ready to advise you about their creations. Classic baguettes, more elaborate breads such as petit épeautre, gourmet pastries for the morning, sandwiches for lunch or fruity pastries for dessert or snack, there is something for everyone! Special mention for the tropézienne which is to die for!
SIMONE ET MAURICE
Read moreRight next to the emblematic Dijon owl, the Simone et Maurice ice cream parlour offers a warm welcome for a refreshing break. Now a must-visit ice cream shop, Simone et Maurice offers 0% added flavors and 0% colorants. The menu of subtle, original flavors varies with the seasons and the imagination of founder Anne-Claire Guinard. Try the ever-popular raspberry-red bell pepper (BBQ), the indestructible vanilla, or let yourself be tempted by the 100% Côte-d'Or flavors: Flavigny aniseed, blackcurrant and, of course, gingerbread.
FABRICE GILLOTTE
The excellence of flavours from all over the world finely worked, ...Read more
APPELLATION CHOCOLAT
Read moreWe're crazy about Sébastien Hénon's chocolates, gourmet treats, confectionery, creative tablets and macaroons. After a stint as a pastry chef in Lyon, this chocolatier and confectioner returns to the Côte-d'Or, where he is expanding his hand-crafted collections. A boutique is opening in Dijon, another in Plombières-les-Dijon, where he creates and runs "Chocolatez" duo and pro workshops, and a third in the center of Pommard in 2023. What a lovely boutique!
PÂTISSERIE PIERRE HUBERT
Read morePierre Hubert is a pastry chef not to be missed in Dijon. Whether in the Toison d'Or shopping centre or in his shop on rue des Godrans, many delicious creations await you. Macaroons, chocolates, jars of spreads or jams, and other delicacies and desserts will turn your head thanks to their colours and beauty! The cakes are excellent, like the yuzu tarte Tatin or the lightning bolt with Madagascar vanilla and caramelized pecans. Creations that evolve with the seasons.
MULOT & PETITJEAN
Read moreGenuine gingerbread, it's here! Mulot & Petitjean is one of the sacred monsters of Dijon gastronomy. A family venture since 1796, Mulot & Petitjean has been awarded the "Entreprise du patrimoine vivant" (Living Heritage Company) label, and offers excellent craftsmanship to all. What a beautiful 15th-century neo-Gothic mansion! Here you'll find the full range of Mulot & Petitjean products: natural gingerbread, gingerbread by the slice, and gingerbread with candied fruit. Discover the latest innovation: the pavé dijonnais filled with orange jam. You'll love it!
LA MÉLODIE DES PAINS
Read moreThis bakery is one of the excellent addresses in Auxerre. Many kinds of breads await you, but also pastries and cakes of great quality. We are particularly fond of the various tiramisùs served in glasses, and for the macaroons, the chocolates and other sweets. On the savory side, the choice is wide, but you can count on the classic sandwiches, croques, salads and other breads. As for the gougères, we warmly recommend them! You can even have lunch on the spot, in the small restaurant area.
CHOCOLATERIE DUFOUX
Read moreIt was here, in Charolles, that (the late) Bernard Dufoux founded his first chocolate factory, in 1960. Since then, the company has gone from strength to strength. In addition to its tempting boutique, the Charolles address is worth a detour for its production workshop, where chocolatiers and pastry chefs reveal the secrets of their trade to the public, and give classes. The chocolates they make are of the highest quality, using sometimes rare cocoa beans and exceptional hazelnuts and pistachios. Attractive subjects in original shapes are also produced for special events.
AU MISEROULEY
Read moreMiserouley or the Thousand and a Sweet sweet… Their delicious bread is sometimes fanciful with its variations to the grapes, in the county, as well as the famous wood-fired miseroulette. The pastries are very tasty and delicious! We appreciate the individual parts and the sweet and crisp cakes and cakes. And for those who prefer the salted, note that on Friday evening, the house makes pizza to the tender and fleshy dough, moeleuse and crunchy…
CHOCOLATERIE LES CYGNES
Read moreWe've fallen in love with this pretty downtown bonbonnière, with its solid reputation. You look at the window with the eyes of a child at all the delicacies on display and the poetic staging. And as soon as you step through the door, the magic happens. Caramels, candies, chocolates, almonds, macaroons, calissons, teas, honey and other delicacies, including the famous mâconnaise wafer, are available to taste on the spot or to take away. The smell of sugar and the sight of bonbonnières filled with pretty colors are a temptation to crime that's hard to resist.
FABRICE GILLOTTE
Read moreIn Beaune, Dijon and Besançon, Fabrice Gillotte's shop windows are deliciously gourmet. This MOF chocolatier has won the hearts of chocolate lovers everywhere. A Grand Atelier in Norges-la-Ville, a blue-and-white store in Beaune, a chic, minimalist decor. Caramel-filled butters, macaroon pyramids, pure butter shortbread, soft cakes with melting hearts... everything is exquisite. For your special events, Fabrice Gillotte creates themed sculptures, from a 1.20 m-long love affair to giant mushrooms. What art!
RELAIS BERNARD LOISEAU
Read moreIn the extension of the Relais, the Bernard Loiseau shop is a real old-fashioned stall, with exposed beams and large painted wooden display cabinets, which offers a wide choice of culinary delights. Among the references of gifts and delicacies available you will find home-made products as well as products used in the kitchens of the famous restaurant such as Bernard Loiseau / Edmond Fallot mustard and also a whole series of small mouth-watering pleasures often developed in partnership with regional producers.