Biscuit shops Midi-Pyrénées

The Védère cookie factory has been delighting taste buds with its cookies since 1905, and is one of the brands that have forged the region's gastronomy. The workshop perpetuates the artisanal production of Pyrenean cookies, lightly flavored with vanilla and covered in crystal-clear sugar. You'll also find boudoirs des Pyrénées, petits buturres, the famous pies available in blueberry, lemon or chocolate chip flavors, hazelnut or almond croquants (to die for!), wafers, meringues, spit-roasted cakes... The craze never fails.

It's been 5 years now since Gérémie and Sophie took over the Biscuiterie that Guy and Josy created in 1978. The family makes excellent cookies in this old stone spinning mill. Made in the purest tradition, with no preservatives or colorants, the range includes a dozen cookies, starting with the famous Biscotin de Camarès, the Vanillais, the Amarillos, but our favorite is the Ammandéen with almond powder and a touch of bitter almond. Welcome with tasting and sale at the workshop.

Have you heard of lantounets? No ? We're sure you haven't. Visit this cookie factory and let us tell you the story of the Lantounette, who made tasty flower-shaped cookies for her husband, who was possessed by an evil spirit (we're not kidding, ladies). But before being a cookie factory, the site was a mill built in the ^17th century, which ceased operating in the 1950s. A small museum can be visited on site. A place to feed on culture and delicacies, with a picnic area and tearoom.

Since its beginnings in 1967, this biscuit factory has changed its name but still belongs to the same family. Formerly known as biscuit factory les Saules, it was renamed in 2010 as biscuit factory of Quercy. A range of products without colouring agents or preservatives and flagship products: rolled waffles ("Curbelets" in Occitan, which used to be made on farms around the corner from the cantou), chocolate cigars and traditional meringues with a topping, also made from ingredients from organic farming for an organic range and a traditional range.

For more than 100 years, the Biscuiterie Deymier's production of scalded biscuits has been elaborated in a small family workshop, where each cookie is unique, shaped by hand, before being poached in hot water and then baked. Charles Deymier decided to rework the traditional recipe of these aniseed cookies in his own way by adding sugar, which he patented under the name "Charlot" eleven years later. Notice to all the gourmets: you will be able to find Marie, Véronique and their delicious cookies on the fairs and markets of Ségala!

The 5th generation has taken over the biscuit factory with its 35 old recipes. Crunchy almond biscuits, walnut cake (PDO Périgord), chestnut bites... Without colouring, with a flour from the Lot and walnuts from the Périgord PDO, the Delfour family offers us a quality of yesteryear that can be discovered in their museum shop. Without forgetting the Maryleine, the flagship product of the house with its unique taste whose secret of the family recipe is passed down from generation to generation.

La Ferme des Pendelles perpetuates the art of artisanal pastry-making. Their specialty, the spit-roasted cake, is baked over a wood fire, each golden layer a testament to the craftsmanship of their hands. In addition to this delicacy, the farm offers a variety of pies: plain, blueberry, morello cherry or chocolate chip. For gourmets who prefer savoury dishes, the red label Tarbais beans, cooked in goose fat with bacon and vegetable stock, are a typical regional treat. All carefully packed in charming red-and-white-checkered jars.

The tourist office offers a local shop. You will find regional products made in Ariège and the surrounding area: jams, honey, biscuits, fruit juice... Enough to satisfy your taste buds thanks to the many producers of the country! You will also find local handicrafts: horn combs, knives, jewellery, wool; a souvenir corner and a bookshop, and a cosmetic corner with, for example, donkey milk... Everything you need to leave with a bit of Ariège with you!

Since 1964, Maison Bruyère in Lagrave has been delighting gourmets with its sweet dry cookies. From its modest beginnings in 1964 with Sudbiscuits, the company has evolved under the passionate direction of three generations of the Bruyère family. Fondant, crisp, crunchy... regional specialties such as chalumeaux, oreillettes, navettes d'Albi and gaufres liégeoises are revisited by Léa Bruyère, Christian's youngest daughter, who continues the family legacy. Sold in over 15 countries around the world, Maison Bruyère products are a delight to discover and enjoy.