The best chocolatiers New Aquitaine

The Segonzac chocolate factory is a pretty store with a thousand and one chocolate treasures, which highlights a tradition handed down from father to son. The specialty of the house is the delicious Guinettes with old Armagnac, but of course you can taste chocolate in all its forms: subjects (eggs, fish, rabbits, hearts, and even Santa Claus lollipops that delight the little ones at Christmas time), ballotins of fine chocolates, Bouchons du Médoc, and other exquisite delicacies... An address that will seduce the most expert and delicate palates.

For 5 generations, the master chocolate makers of the Pariès house in Bayonne have combined know-how, tradition and excellence in the production of chocolates, sweets, pastries, ice creams and sorbets. Bayonne is the cradle of the dynasty that saw the birth of the first Kanougas® and other Basque delicacies. It is in the workshop (which can be visited) of Socoa that our craftsmen realize with ancestral methods the specialities, of which the Basque cakes, the touron, the Mouchou®, the pastries, the ice creams and sorbets, the Kanouga® and the last born, the Espelines®.

If you're a chocolate lover, don't miss this store in the heart of town. Not far from the Old Port and a stone's throw from Place de Verdun, this shop has a window display that's enticing to say the least. Colorful and rich in delicacies, it draws the eye and makes you want to come in. You'll be charmed by the friendly atmosphere and warm welcome. The team is always smiling and attentive. You'll fall in love with rochelines, those icy, chocolatey sweets, as well as orangettes, berlingots...

With a passion for history and the arts, Maëlig initially focused on archaeology, before succumbing to her passion for the craft of chocolate. After working at Maison Cochet in Saint-Raphaël and Maison Saunion in Bordeaux, she obtained a CAP Pâtisserie with a mention complémentaire in Pâtisserie, Chocolaterie, Confiserie, Glacerie. An Artisan Chocolatier, she chose to set up her chocolate factory in Saint-Emilion, where she expresses all her creativity. Made in France, her packaging even includes cocoa pods.

A visit to Maison Antton's workshop is a must: immerse yourself in cocoa-producing countries, and discover the different stages of processing, from the cocoa bean to the chocolate lozenges that will no longer hold any secrets for you! You'll see the chocolatier at work, and then sample some delicious treats. The chocolate factory is renowned for its respect for the chocolate-making tradition of the Basque Country, and for passing on the flavours of the Basque terroir through its superb creations. Intensity and authenticity.

La Chocolaterie de la Couronne is a famous sign in Pau, refined and multi-awarded since 1953. Although it has not been able to welcome many crowned heads, it has nevertheless seduced great men such as General de Gaulle, who was particularly fond of Créoles, a ganache with fine champagne and dark chocolate. Many other specialties have marked the sign: Golden pearls, old-fashioned pralines with white chocolate, cherries with armagnac and almond paste, ganache with raisins macerated in cointreau... creation is an art in this amazing chocolate factory.

This gourmet shop is one of the places to go when visiting the Gallo-Roman city. Just 5 minutes from the town center, the address is well known to those who want to fill their shopping bags with quality chocolates. As you enter, you'll receive a warm welcome from a real enthusiast. As head chocolatier, Marjorie brilliantly crafts top-quality chocolates, paying particular attention to the quality of her raw materials. Don't hesitate to treat yourself to a ballotin of mixed flavors, or indulge in a tablette grand cru.

This downtown boutique offers a beautiful setting for Pascal Prette's sublime chocolates. Here you will find retail chocolate ballotins and candies, creative pyramids made of cocoa, walnut shortbread and La Cendrée, the house speciality, a mixture of chocolate, nuts, hazelnuts, raisins, candied oranges, pistachios... Pascal Prette makes his own liqueur and his lemon and orange peels and pralines contain 70% fruit! The workshop can be visited on request and courses around the art of chocolate making can be scheduled.

Hasnaa, chef chocolatière spotted on the TV show "MasterChef", selects exceptional cocoa beans herself from the growers to make grand cru chocolates, without preservatives or artificial flavoring. Her creations are original and subtle, like the coriander praline or the timut pepper ganache. In her boutique-atelier on rue Fondaudège, she offers workshops to introduce visitors to the art of chocolate-making. A boutique is also open in Arcachon.

The showcase with its chocolate sculptures gives an insight into the talent of Eric Lamy, a master craftsman, often rewarded. From the threshold of the shop a dry chocolate aroma takes you! In radius, bogeyman, hailing, gold pucks, chocolates with multiple flavours (35 varieties) try you. Mary tells you all the wonders her husband develops under your greedy eyes. It is in front of visitors that Eric flows, mould, works, shapes chocolate, always in search of new flavours.

At Henriet, a Biarritz institution and pillar of the local gourmet scene, you'll find chocolate in all its forms and tourons (an almond paste preparation). The Basque beret, a range of refined chocolates with character, praline bites and cocoa powder... As for pastries, the house's great classics and seasonal novelties rub shoulders, such as gâteau basque, baba au rhum, saint-honoré, ganache passion cognac, florentin, not forgetting ice creams and sorbets. A warm welcome awaits you.

Here, the XL 40 (chocolate ganache combined with Armagnac from the Domaine d'Ognoas) is next to the Cahuète d'Aquitaine (60% peanuts from Soustons-Landes) and other specialties such as the Dudu, a sweet madeleine-mango cookie praline and chocolate icing crunch, to be tasted on the end of a stick. And the chocolate escarpin by Delphine Carrère, master pastry chef and chocolatier, has become a classic. She also makes your inspirations from the best chocolates (Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad, Santo Domingo, Papua...).

Just a stone's throw from Charruyer Park, this pastry shop is a renowned address. Emmanuelle and Richard Turbe make high quality pastries, starting with the house specialty: the grand caraque, an intense dark chocolate mousse and a macaroon cookie with almond slivers. What a pleasure to admire a window display that conceals a few delicacies! Le Petit Futé obviously advises you to enter this shop, you will receive a warm welcome. Passionate people are listening to you and make chocolates of a rare quality.

It's melting, it's crunchy, it's spicy, it's colorful, it's spicy... Darricau is the place that drives chocolate lovers crazy - the real, artisanal kind! Owner Laurence is adorable, and her husband Michel is nowhere to be found... It's only to be expected that he's perfecting his beans in his workshop, which he brings with him from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Madagascar. In this boutique, you'll find absolutely every kind of chocolate you can imagine, not forgetting the original chocolate sculptures or the 100% handmade, palm-oil-free salted butter caramel verrines!

A gourmet institution created in 1890, this cosy store with old-fashioned displays, gleaming brass and crystal chandeliers is an invitation to discover a wide choice of specialities: gourmet bar, chocolate candy, turrón and Bayonne macaroon! Here, we love the great vintages with always the same chocolate signature: power, length in the mouth, delicacy of aromatic combinations. The almond pastes are "fresh", a rarity. In the same spirit, macaroons with little sugar have a remarkable almond flavour. Also present in Biarritz since 1930.

Land of flavors, the island of Ré does not fail to attract to it all those who want to taste quality products. Some come for the seafood, others for the famous potatoes, but the gourmands readily head for this chocolate shop. Installed since 1995 in the heart of a commercial area, it makes the happiness of those who love chocolate. You can find there many specialities made in an artisanal way: the nougatine mojettes, the pebbles of the beach, the seagull eggs... You will also find pretty boxes!

Les Gourmandises d'Aliénor, located in La Teste-de-Buch, near the Bassin d'Arcachon and the Dune du Pilat, invites you to immerse yourself in the world of chocolate. They produce traditional French fine chocolates with 74% pure cocoa. When you visit their workshop, you'll discover the fascinating history of chocolate, from its discovery by the Conquistadors in 1492 to its cultivation around the tropical belt in America, Africa and Asia. You'll watch chocolatiers work this noble material with passion, while tasting their delicious treats. This is your chance to discover the secrets of chocolate.

In the Lindt and Sprüngli factory store, you will be immersed in the wonderful world of chocolates. A discovery area explains in a few panels the steps involved in making the chocolates. You will also find the brand's specialties at factory prices and new products. Indeed, the store offers assortments reserved for export. Chocolates by weight, do-it-yourself assortments for gourmet compositions but also gift boxes, this great brand knows how to satisfy its followers with a know-how carried by passion.