The best pastry shops Normandy

Pasquier & Co, welcome to Anaïs and Fabian! Breads, viennoiseries, but also modern, homemade cakes and creative proposals. You'll find panettone, éclair au chocolat, poire Tatin, tarti'Brest and Pomme Surprise. This shortbread tart, filled with a brunoise of fruit paste and hazelnut cream, is topped with white chocolate ganache and applesauce. The whole is decorated with vanilla chantilly and a little gold leaf on top. This cake, created for their appearance on M6, is a real treat!

It's the whooping cough of the moment. Mazzoni is a know-how mastered by two young people who have just settled in and are hitting the ground running. Their creation, Le Pebble, is all the rage: grey like those on the beach just a stone's throw away, but so tasty. May he who has never committed the sin of greediness throw away the first pebble! You can enjoy it on the spot, in a deliciously old-fashioned and white setting, where you can take everything with you...

Located in the heart of downtown Pacy-sur-Eure since 1998, the Chasles pastry shop is an institution in the region. The establishment is indeed famous for its creations that are not only full of flavors, but also particularly pleasant to look at. But the great specialty of the house is of course the macaroons. These small round delicacies, soft and crispy at the same time, will delight your taste buds and your gustatory senses. There is something for everyone: pink raspberry, purple blackcurrant, milk chocolate passion, salted butter caramel...

Let's face it, we love the name! And when you see the window display, you want to eat everything! Here, you can feast on the pastries of Maud and Brice (who have been in the business for over 20 years, so you can taste these marvels with your eyes closed!) But Bibiche is so much more. A real tea room, pastry shop, gourmet café and brunch, from breakfast to afternoon tea, for sweet and savoury eaters alike, this address will delight everyone. We don't know about you, but we're sure you'll love the gourmet delights lovingly prepared with top-quality, seasonal and mostly local ingredients!

New in 2023, we double the pleasure with the opening of a second boutique on rue Froide. We choose this house for special occasions, or for a little comfort after a long day! ! These puffs are real jewels, renewed according to the occasions by relying on seasonal products. You can also buy some revisited sweets (caramel marshmallow bears, eclairs, Saint-Honoré) but also adorable mini choux, magnificent entremets or salted choux for your aperitifs, or even enjoy a hot chocolate on the spot.

D'oh! Donuts in Normandy! Yes, but compared to Homer Simpson's, these are artisanal and vegan friendly! No lactose, no eggs, organic, local, made on site by Melissande, natural flavors and lots of deliciousness! On the menu, over twenty flavors (chocolate, sugar, apple cinnamon, cookie cream, choco crunch...) and seasonal recipes to keep an eye on on social networks. Top it all off with savoury recipes and disco balls (bite-sized snacks you can nibble on with your eyes closed), and you've got it all!

Year after year, Rémi Chapuis' patisserie-chocolaterie remains a favourite. With your senses on alert, you wander around the store with one fixed idea in mind: try everything! You'll have to choose between the éclairs or the margaux, the macarons or the praline rochers, the chocolates with fragrant ganaches or Guillaume's Conquest, THE house specialty. Hard work! But the smile and welcome of Sandrine, the owner, and the certainty of coming back make the ordeal surmountable.

Since 2018, Tiphaine and Stéphane's chocolate shop has been located in the town of Ouistreham. With your nose glued to the window, you give in to temptation: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, garnished chocolate... The range, made with Valrhona - the professional brand - and grands crus (pure Brazil, pure Madagascar), includes a variety of creations (mendiants, roses des sables, lollipops, tablettes, orangettes) and confectionery (fruit jellies, caramels, marshmallows). In addition to the chocolates, gourmets will also fall for the fine pastries.

While the store on Rue Saint-Jean is more centrally located, it doesn't have a bakery (yum... lemon or chocolate cake!), nor any delicious savoury treats. But the sweets it does offer - chocolates and, more specifically, macarons (veritable culinary masterpieces) - are just as fabulous as those on Boulevard Yves-Guillou. In summer, we love the ultra-gourmet, refreshing pots glacés. As for the pastries, they're an ode to the sublime and to gourmandise, and we're particularly enamoured of the lemon meringue tart. It's a no-brainer.

An elaborate alliance of French pastry-making know-how and the finesse of Japanese gastronomy, Masako offers pastries that are as exotic as they are appetizing. The first Japanese pastry shop in Rouen is always busy and continues to arouse the curiosity of passers-by. You will find in its very modern store, hidden in the small street of Quebec, wonders of kokoro no eiyou, to be translated as "food for the soul". French pastries with, very often, a touch of Japanese flavor, based, for example, on green tea...

It is a must! If you pass by the central district, you can't miss this beautiful store. Chocolates, fine pastries, macarons... Jean-François Foucher's reputation has long gone beyond the departmental borders. On the spot, to take away or for your holiday desserts, the references are very popular, like the Saint-Honoré in the house style. Finally, note that the company also has a bakery, located next door.

For over 30 years now, master pastry chef Morin has been offering his colorful and original creations to the people of Louviers and beyond. In this gourmet store, you'll find everything to tickle your taste buds at snack time: macaroons, chocolates, confectionery, home-made filled cakes, petits fours... An address to keep in mind for a pièce montée, a birthday cake or for special occasions with Easter eggs or Yule logs.

Adjacent to the Aître Saint-Maclou, this is one of Rouen's finest addresses. Here, finesse and delicacy preside over the confection of the finest pastries. Gilles Tournadre and Philippe Coudy created it, to the delight of our taste buds. The great chef draws inspiration from his environment, among other things, to invent unique pieces: the Norman side is found in the apple skillfully combined with its buckwheat shortbread, the urban side is transcended in the inimitable and unique pavé de l'aître. A true moment of happiness!

The Bayeuxians, as well as the tourists, are delighted with this pastry and confectionery shop (and tea room) founded in 1898. An institution! Run for the last twenty years by Isabelle and Pascal Doublet, Reine Mathilde has a unique cachet: high ceilings, mouldings, gilding, chandeliers and old-fashioned frescoes all combine here for the pleasure of the eyes. But the taste buds are not left out, because this Mathilde is also a cordon bleu! Macarons, nougats, pastries and specialties. To take away or on the spot, a paradise where one succumbs to temptation.

Well established on the Place de la Fontaine, in the heart of the Cherbourg hypercentre for more than forty years, the Yvard house is at the top of the list when it comes to pastry and chocolate. But not only: indeed, the tea room, located at the back of the shop, combines the pleasure of the taste buds, whether it is pastry or ice cream. If you haven't been here for some time, you will discover a brand new decoration, very successful.

Located close to the Basilica, this pretty tearoom and cookie factory is a reflection of its gourmet products and friendly service. Whether you're looking for a quick sweet or savoury lunch or a break during the day, the choice is as vast as it is challenging: here, chocolate is king and homemade cakes are a gourmet's delight. For a dynamic service, orders are taken at the counter and then served at the table in attractive crockery, all in a beautiful atmosphere!

If you're one of those who are looking for the best pastry and chocolate maker when you arrive in a city, then Roussel's is the place to be. Roussel, formerly Radiguet, as the store's sign still emphasises. There, you will discover pistachio tarts, chocolate shortbread, unpublished galettes des Rois, and swooning marrons glacés. And all this has been served for over 20 years with a smile and the delicacy of yesteryear. To take away or to taste on the spot, Roussel also makes a tea room. Don't miss the strawberry tart or the Robinson with chestnut cream, a speciality on demand! So yes, if you're a gourmet, Roussel's is the place to go.

The most central of the Toulorge bakeries, at the corner of Christine and François-La-Vieux streets. Here, the service is the fastest, impossible to enter the bakery, we serve you directly on the sidewalk! There will be nothing missing here, but if you can, avoid the hours when waiting is long. You are also offered to prepare your pastries on order: they are excellent.

Good pastry, fine and traditional, but with a serious penchant for local products! Many of them are indeed flavoured with pommeau - yes, you have to like those with a little taste of alcohol, but rest assured, they are not the only ones! You will be delighted to try one of the specialities of the house, the Normand - not a very original name but what a flavour! - or the Secrets de Coutances, which will remain so until you taste it. A sure value of the city: guaranteed affluence, especially in the mornings and at weekends!