Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream Bassin d'Arcachon

There are some pleasant talents to follow and encourage. Gaëtan Cossoul's is particularly noteworthy. Specialties include Basque cakes, Landes pastis, chocolate fondant (Coq d'Or European gastronomic prize), vanilla flan... Le Bellis aims for quality (less sugar and bad fats). With his team, Gaëtan bakes bread from Label Rouge flours from the South-West of France. Baguettes, 100% rye pies... are just waiting to be tried! Everything is baked in the bakery. Yet another good reason to push open the door at Le Bellis. Smiling, welcoming team.

A beautiful, well-stocked boutique, a few tables inside to devour a pastry on the go, a coffee or soup at lunchtime, a doggie bar outside, parking spaces right out front, a mouth-watering Instagram page... It didn't take long for Le Sentier de la Mie to supply some of the best addresses in the area, and all the locals who don't hesitate to order a birthday cake or a pièce montée either. And to top it all off, the shop assistants are all smiles!

With its beautiful old-fashioned front showing beautiful country breads, the Londiche bakery gives the irresistible desire to return. By pushing the door, the return in the continuous time, you plunge into the atmosphere of a 1930s bakery with beautiful lights and antique furniture for decoration. A real pleasure for the eyes, before the pleasure of good bread. Here, everything is homemade and above all with passion, so no industrial products are used in manufacturing, here, you buy good... Pierre, the artisan baker, has been inducted as an "Ambassador of bread", which is a guarantee of quality. Enjoy ciabatta, a very soft Italian bread with olive oil as an ingredient, Norwegian cake-shaped cake topped with sesame and spelt seeds or bougnatte, a traditional baguette that recalls the Auvergne origins of the patron by its name. To this must be added pastries, homemade cakes (candied fruit and rum or lemon and poppy for example), honey financier, etc. Pastries only appear on weekends, except during the King's cake season when they are made all week long. Pierre and his wife Christine are fervent defenders of old-fashioned bread and organic products. It is an excellent address to remember and share without moderation.

At Benjamin Fournol we plunge into a delicious universe around chocolate, fruit and caramel, while preserving the original flavours with a minimum of sugar. Among its flagship creations: the very famous "Louvre", based on pears, dacquoise with nuts and caramel mousse. The pastries are made with AOC butter from Normandy, the baguettes are freshly baked all day long, the cannelés range from the most melting to the crunchiest without forgetting a rainbow of macaroons. Benjamin also sells fine wines, port and exceptional champagnes.

Who is Yann Adingra? Artisan pastry chef, but also teacher in private vocational school, Yann Adingra was also best apprentice of France in 2016 and world champion of pastry Abylimpics in 2016. How about pushing open the doors of his lovely pastry shop? Hazelnut and caramel vacherin, mille-feuille, apple tartlet, vanilla flan, Bueno éclair, marshmallows, homemade sweets... The chef's specialty? It's the Andernoise (soft hazelnut cookie, hazelnut crunch, creaminess infused with organic coffee beans, coffee/hazelnut whipped cream).

The house of the glacier Ô Sorbet d'Amour is an institution which was created in 1935 on the basin of Arcachon. The first shop opened in Moulleau on the promenade of the pier. Since then, the brand has developed many addresses in Bordeaux, Gironde, and a few franchises in France, Portugal and Spain. The 80 gourmet recipes are still made in the traditional way: the milk is supplied by the last farm in the Arcachon basin and then transformed in an artisanal way with fruit and high quality ingredients in the La Teste laboratory, the ice creams and sorbets with a thousand and one flavours are often very original such as chocolate Espelette pepper, macadamia maple, lemon basil, blood orange, peanut croostie and even kiwi vegan apple with no added sugar. The nougatine-based iced desserts are also home-made, such as the famous Pinasse and its 30 scoops of ice cream for 15 people, the emblematic dessert of the Ô Sorbet d'Amour ice-cream parlour.

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.

At the same time pastry cook, chocolate maker, ice-cream maker and caterer, the Marquet pastry shop is very appreciated by those who have tasted its sweet delights. Already, the shop window does not leave you indifferent. A cannelé is divine for a snack, but the pastries (small or large size) are meltingly good. Let's not forget the regional specialties such as the Dune du Pyla, the Pinasse glacée or the dunettes; small almond paste cookies flavored with Bordeaux fine, pine nuts and chocolate. The address also offers a quality catering service.

Carmen and her son Anthony opened their first boutique in Bordeaux's Place Saint-Pierre, followed by a second in Arcachon's Moulleau. The all-white storefront is chic and sober, with its old-fashioned moldings. The ice creams and sorbets are handcrafted to the highest standards by Terre Adélice's master ice-cream makers. Everything is 100% organic, with no colorants, chemical flavors or preservatives, and 52 of the 104 flavors are vegan. The choice is vast, and some of the flavors are surprising. The welcome is all smiles, even when it's crowded.

Does your mom dream of a Vuitton bag, but you can't afford to give it to her? Keep her happy with a copy in 70% cocoa dark chocolate. And if you want to surprise your friends, present them with an assortment of white, dark and milk chocolate cannelés, filled with melting caramel, rum and vanilla. They're crunchy on the outside and melt-in-the-mouth on the inside. Original and delicious! All these delicacies are examples of the talent of Sébastien Audevard, chocolatier by profession and chocolate sculptor. Not only beautiful, but also of the highest quality.

A true emblem of Bordeaux, the canelé is a delicacy that dates back to the ^16th century. It's a pastry made from flour, eggs, milk, vanilla and rum. And it's a real challenge to get a canelé that's soft on the inside and crisp on the outside. La Toque Cuivrée does it perfectly. Whatever store you go to, you'll always get a warm welcome and a choice of three sizes of canelés. You'll also be tempted by apple-prune tourtières, almond bordelais, chocolate fondant...

The flagship of the Pirelons bakery doesn't go unnoticed in the Aiguillon district near the port. Every detail has been thought through, starting with the two entrances, one of which is suitable for baby carriages or wheelchairs. On site, you can sit outside in the shelter of the small terrace or inside between the tea room bar and the lab chalet for breakfast, lunch or a snack. All you have to do is enjoy the delicious viennoiseries and breads... The team is all smiles.

The Maison Guignard is an institution in Le Mouleau since 1909! Pastry, chocolate and ice cream maker, it is undoubtedly one of the best addresses in the region. The pastry cream is a delight, but it is especially the cannelés that make its reputation. The eclairs of the Maison Guignard would also be the best of the Basin, and beyond, and the strawberry tarts are sold by the meter... The store is a victim of its own success: a queue often stretches out several meters on the street, but the efficient team serves you with a smile as soon as possible.

Known throughout France, discover a whole range of Dunes Blanches like the Dunes de Piquey with a whole range of flavors: raspberry-white chocolate, salted butter caramel, sesame nougatine, Nutella and dark chocolate. Other specialties: sacristains (a pastry made of twisted puff pastry, covered with royal icing and sprinkled with flaked almonds, all sprinkled with sugar), rye pie with fruit, fisherman's baguette with melted cheese, nuts, bacon, and olive ficelle or chorizo ficelle.

What we love here is the creativity of Morgan Vignon, a young man with an atypical background, originally from Cap Ferret (where he also has a boutique). For Mother's Day? Gourmet roses. For Father's Day? Cigars (Cuban rum ganache). May^1st? Gourmet lily of the valley with almond-hazelnut praline. And for Christmas? A pretty Advent calendar, transparent, well-stuffed baubles, etc. Specialties include a forest honey ganache or a mango passion fruit paste with a coconut praline.

Want a homemade Italian ice cream? Run at Maxi Gelati, the historic address of the ice in Arcachon. Here, neither conservative nor ice fuelled with emulsifiers and other thickeners, we find taste, the real with ice creams manufactured daily in the purest tradition with natural, seasonal and quality products. On the colorful bazaar the perfume range attracts the gourmands: vanilla, lemon, chocolate, liquorice, pistachio, passion, hazelnut, speculoos, strawberry, raspberry, wild ripe, melon, iced brown, tiramisu, rum-reason, salt flower… Generous and tasty ice cream, served with kindness, top! A second address at Moulleau, 226 boulevard on the Silver coast.