Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream Châteaux de la Loire

Nicolas Léger offers chocolates and pastries that are as beautiful as they are high quality. In this beautiful boutique with a refined look, the classics have an air of novelty, and the house creations are original and delicious. In individual cakes or to share, the gourmets are satisfied here. In addition to these delights, there are chocolates and numerous macaroons. And for special occasions, Nicolas Léger also takes orders. The reception orchestrated by Amandine is impeccable! An address not to be missed for the association of sugar and elegance. A favorite !

Founded in 1913, this pastry shop is a real institution here. Today, the third generation of the Bigot family has taken over. Take the time to taste the sweetness of the house. Succumb to the marshmallow teddy bears, the marrons glacés, the pavé royal, the delicious wells of love... The atmosphere is friendly and authentic. In winter, you can snuggle up by the fireplace; in summer, you can sunbathe on the terrace. The hot chocolate is divine, the tea served with delicacy, in fine porcelain. The house offers chocolate and pastry workshops.

A 100% organic and artisanal ice cream shop in Tours, we love it! Certified BIOED®, the company has a policy of responsible and organic purchases by favoring short supply chains. The ingredients are mainly from organic farming, with notably whole milk and fresh cream from the Monts d'Ardèche natural park. Macaroon, caramel, blackcurrant, praline, wild blueberry or more surprising but equally delicious flavors such as tonka bean and goat's milk, the choice is yours. Impeccable welcome and quality advice!

Benjamin Bordas' patisserie has become a veritable institution in a short space of time. He creates marvels to the delight of Vendôme residents and tourists alike. His creations are modern, tasty and low in sugar. You'll fall under the spell of the cakes, macaroons, chocolates, viennoiseries, spreads... The patisserie also offers a savoury selection to be enjoyed in its pretty tearoom or on the terrace. Charming welcome and service: a smart address!

A Touraine institution! At Esprit Cacao, the chef Jean Michel Cailleaux, takes care to select high quality products in order to make desserts according to the great events of the calendar. You will also find all kinds of pastries, old-fashioned sweets and delicious chocolates made from top-of-the-range raw materials. It's simple, the smallest delicacy makes you want to eat! Do not hesitate to push the door of this chic, elegant and bright place. Possibility to order personalized products. Pleasant welcome!

In this town of barely 5,000 inhabitants is hidden one of the most renowned bakeries in the department. Founded by Olivier Grimaud more than ten years ago, it is constantly being distinguished. First prize for the traditional baguette in 2019, you will also find many special breads: Petit Epeautre, Seigle, Norvégien... But what Olivier is most passionate about is pastry making. Chocolate, macaroons, entremets... Gourmandise behind the window! Without forgetting the traditional pastries, which are also regularly awarded.

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!

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.

Since 2015, Cadeau et Chocolat welcomes you in its workshop-boutique in Manthelan. This artisanal chocolate factory offers 100% pure cocoa butter chocolate made on site. The artisan chocolate maker Frédéric Renard is specialized in dragées: personalized, in ballotin or in bag. But also chocolates to taste as an aperitif, or to offer on every occasion. You will also discover his trompe-l'oeil creations such as pumps, handbags or cheese trays! All in chocolate, of course! A gourmet's paradise!

History: The Biscuiterie d'Amboise, renowned for its biscuits, with a respectful taste of a centuries-old tradition, was created in Chambord, a stone's throw from the castle, more than 30 years ago. Its pastry chefs, passionate craftsmen, scrupulously respect the practices of yesteryear by using first quality ingredients.

Products: The flagship product? Le Palet solognot, a lightly shorn butter biscuit, filled with reasons macerated in rum. Since then, the biscuit factory has been enriched with about twenty tastier references, each one more delicious than the next.

Advantages: You will find all the products available in the factory store's displays... At tasty prices!

La Petite Marquise is a bakery that makes our mouths water with its pastries, cakes and variety of organic breads! The talented baker has even won several awards from the Indre-et-Loire federation of artisan bakers and confectioners. The products are made on the spot by the whole team. Gourmets and food lovers will therefore come and enjoy an éclair or a sweet or savoury tartlet, as well as filling up on pastries for breakfast or an afternoon snack. They will also linger in front of the selection of chocolates.

Excellent bakery of Nouan the Fuzelier! Here the pastries are particularly delicious. And let us not forget the confectionery that includes small marvels of sweets! Bread and pastries: it is simply exceptional! In short, on St. Martin's square and on the square of Nouan the Fuzelier in general, Claude Fouquiau's bakery is simply the best! The staff were very friendly and helpful. An address where you come every day in a good mood!

Au Royal Chocolat is the art of cocoa and the meeting place for gourmands! An address not to be missed for lovers of unique flavors. Here, you can find breathtaking pastries but also ice creams, and of course chocolates. All homemade by the artisan pastry chef and chocolatier. On the program: home-made pralines, ganaches, muscadines, fruit jellies, macaroons... Quality products that can't be found anywhere else! The pastry shop has its own specialties: the Royal Chocolate, the Montgomery, the Duo or the Plaisir d'antan.

At the head of this establishment recently installed in Tours, two friends, Philippe Comte and Marc-Antoine Bosquet. They have a good track record: best croissant in Indre-et-Loire in 2019, best king's cake in 2020 and semi-finalists in the program The Best Bakery in France 2021 on M6. You can go there with your eyes closed, the store offers products from virtuous channels and a range of breads from organic farming. Various breads, pastries, sandwiches, everything is of high quality, and we come back!

The king of ganache, the prince of macaroons, the gourmet of gourmet cakes could be titles awarded to Sébastien Papion, master chocolate expert. Once you enter one of these three pharmacies, you can't leave empty-handed, because your sight and smell are overwhelmed by the style and aromas that emanate from these tasty and sweet inlays. How good it is to stroll and enjoy these fragile but so pleasant to eat interludes!

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.

Tours is full of these small addresses that make all the difference and this bakery is one of them! Open your eyes wide, the mille-feuille feeds several people, and we're not talking about the viennoiseries and other giant homemade pastries that have made the reputation of the place for decades! One also comes to enjoy a beautiful range of organic breads, spelt bread and other special breads labeled. There are also lunch options, with sandwiches, quiches and croque-monsieur. Open on Sundays.