The best chocolatiers Bordeaux

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.

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!

More than a chocolate factory, Maison Saunion is THE house of chocolate in Bordeaux, a house that has been established for four generations on Cours Georges-Clemenceau. Thierry Lalet, nicknamed "Le petit Saunion" (the little Saunion), took over the torch of the family business in 1994, always with excellence. Refined shop, cosy welcome. On the shelves, a magnificent selection of fruit pulps, calissons, disguised fruit, and an irresistible range of chocolates: Montmorency, truffles, Guinettes, Clemenceau (rum-candied cherry coated with milk chocolate) as well as the must-eat Gallien de Bordeaux, the oldest chocolate from Saunion with a nougatine shell, almond heart from Provence and hazelnuts from Lot-et-Garonne. Great refinement and the promise of exquisite gourmet moments. In the summer, lovers of sweet treats can enjoy ice-cream in cones or jars sold in a very retro trolley.

This Belgian brand is no longer present! 100% pure cocoa butter and winning trio! Whether black, white or white, all Léonidas chocolates are small gourmandise jewelry, beautiful and good… This boutique in the city centre offers the entire palette and all the shelves of the house in different formats. Beggars or guinettes, as usual at Léonidas, you can add your own ballotin.

David Capy, Compagnon du devoir du Tour de France is also Meilleur ouvrier de France. After several years spent at Valrhona, he created his own shop and thus fulfilled his dream. His sweets are themed: fruity, chocolate and praline and timeless. One of our favourites is the Yuz', a creamy yuzu heart accompanied by a strawberry coulis and a creamy mousse lightly flavoured with yuzu. The whole is topped with a strawberry coulis flavoured with poppy flower and rests on an almond biscuit with its crispness... a marvel.

Xavier Lalère has had a consuming passion for chocolate since his early childhood. He has worked as a chocolate chef at Verdier in Pau and at Cadiot Badie in Bordeaux, but creating his own chocolates was an itch. He favors artisanal products and quality raw materials. His chocolates have unique flavors: passion, pineapple or honey ganaches, hazelnut, coconut or sesame pralines. The small choux filled with dark, white or milk chocolate cream or Chantilly make us addicts. The decor is modern and warm.