The best chocolatiers Champagne-Ardenne

The Marneese's favourite chocolate maker... is Emmanuel Briet. After having worked with great Parisian pastry chefs, Emmanuel Briet opened his chocolate factory in Epernay. A showcase shop from which you can see the chef officer in his workshop in the back shop, where he elaborates his creations from 17 cocoa crus and carefully selected ingredients, from Sicilian pistachios to Piedmont hazelnuts, Valencia almonds, Lebanese orange blossom and products from Madame Izrael for her chocolates with 5 peppers and spices.

Stéphane Lothaire, master chocolatier from Reims (specializing in macaroons) unveils his finest chocolate creations! You'll also be tempted by the specialities of Reims and the Champagne region, all dressed in pink: the famous Biscuit Rose Maison, available in dragées, sablés, tuiles and Goûters de Reims. And don't forget the Marché des Gourmandises, an area 100% dedicated to the sweet pleasures of our childhood: fondants, caramels, fruit jellies, marshmallows, candy canes... How can you resist? And always Kusmi Tea and Comptoir Français du Thé.

In 2015, Maud began making organic and fair-trade chocolates in her workshop, to sell at trade fairs or Christmas markets. Her delicious creations are such a hit with gourmets that, in 2019, she opened her own boutique, with just as many sweet treats to discover, led by her regional specialty, champenoise strawberries soaked in champagne ratafia, but also salted butter caramel munchies, owls filled with marshmallow and lots of other fun shapes, unicorns, robots or legos... a real treat!

This boutique is located a little away from the city centre but remains one of the troyennes specialities: almond paste stuffed candied cherries filling in champagne or kirsch marc. The chocolates, pralines and almonds are made in the laboratory of Jean-Philippe Charpot, under your eyes, except for the champagne caps and some traités garnitures. It is Martine who welcomes you and advises you. The house also offers a selection of teas, tea jellies, fruit and wine jams, as well as purple or poppy candy as once, chocolate tablets, Marianne bites to black chocolate and crushed almonds. Much of what your cocoa desires are. The 100 g of homemade chocolates cost € 7,70. And you train very easily, it is a detail that can also justify the stop.

This gourmet boutique distributes the champardennais land to honour small producers, craftsmen, farmers who perpetuate their know-how with respect for emblematic traditions and products such as the red Turkey of the Ardennes or the Lentillon de Champagne. There are jams, cookies, beers, terrine, cider, champagne and… chocolates. On the menu: the famous Champagne Caps, the Blue Stones, excellent chocolates of the Cassart chocolate chocolate Chocolate from the Ardennes to Rimbaud's effigy, the Slate of the Ardennes, emblematic chocolate, it is made throughout the department, or even the blue stone of Givet, specialized speciality of Chocolate chocolate.

The Deléans house has been in business since the end of the 19th century and today, it is Vincent Frodefond, master chocolate maker, who will delight you with his specialities. Find all the sparkling flavor of a glass of concentrated champagne in a chocolate while tasting the amazing Effervescence or let yourself be tempted by a chocolate bar with a pink biscuit. The establishment also offers sugar-free products for diabetics: ballottins, 70% dark chocolate bars and even spreads. Best of all, if you are curious to discover the manufacturing secrets of these delicious chocolates, the workshop can be visited by appointment.

The Sparnacien Vincent Dallet chocolate factory is a veritable delicacies cabinet in which you will find something to satisfy all your desires: a beautiful variety of excellent chocolates, tasty pastries that follow the seasons, without forgetting local specialities to discover absolutely: croquignoles, pink biscuits, champagne bubbles... We are happy to be tempted by the Dallet, a ganache macerated with Earl Grey tea and typical Champagne delicacies such as Bouchons à la liqueur or Pavés de Reims, an infusion of aromatic herbs combined with a champagne ganache, not to mention the croquignolles, Champagne bubbles and Croquants.

La Petite Friande, a well-known company in Rém, began marketing Bouchon au marc de champagne in 1951, which has since become the speciality of the city of the Sacres. Here, the know-how and the passion for chocolate are passed on from father to son. The Jubin family concocts delicious sweets in their workshop. Chocolate ganaches from all over the world, fruity pralines, home-made macaroons, pure fruit marshmallows... The collection of delicacies of this Petite Friande is not lacking in inventiveness and promises beautiful moments for the amateurs.

After a journey that took him to the four corners of the world, it was in Saint-Brice that Frédéric Lefèvre, a chocolate craftsman, set down his suitcases. A passion for chocolate transmitted by the great chefs, an incomparable know-how, respect for noble products, worked in all simplicity, these are the secrets of his success! Come and taste gourmet creations that resemble him, where beautiful products are given pride of place. No extravagant packaging, it's all in the chocolate!

I love choc'n'roll! Put another chocolate piece in the jukebox, here the vinyls don't listen, they are eaten. In this rock boutique, a stone's throw from the Place du Forum, master chocolate maker Jules Duterlay invites you to discover his original and surprising creations, a beautiful alliance between modernity and tradition. A beautiful range of dried fruit pralines, macaroons, homemade spreads... everything is made on site with finely selected ingredients, in the workshop that can be seen behind the glass door from the shop. Extend the pleasure by accompanying your window-shopping session with a good homemade hot chocolate to go!

At his workshop in Marfaux, Florian Peromet brings to life his astonishing chocolate creations, handmade with 100% natural colorants and ingredients from sustainable agriculture. On his online boutique, you'll discover a fine collection of classics as well as seasonal pieces with a hint of summer, not forgetting Fragance, a white chocolate bar with the sweet aroma of childhood, sprinkled with strawberry slivers, meringue and puffed rice.