UNE GAUFRETTE, SAPERLIPOPETTE !
Read moreOne of our favorites. Homemade vanilla or orange crepes, traditional bouquettes, mini Liège wafers with butter and pearl sugar, madeleine... We want to try it all. The shop windows and street-side workshops are a real eye-opener. Opposite, bread takes pride of place. Eric, the owner, selects his own cereal crops from a farmer in Liège. Artisanal ice creams and sorbets (2019) and French fries and side dishes (2021) complete the offer.
LA CHOCOLATERIE DARCIS
Read moreLa Chocolaterie is housed in a modern 2,800 m² building. Renowned pastry chef Darcis, winner of numerous medals at the International Chocolate Awards, produces his own cocoa and organic bars from Panama, Peru and São Tomé... Seasonal creations and different macaroon flavours are also on offer.
Don't forget to visit the chocolate museum, already celebrating its 8th anniversary, a sensory experience during which visitors can learn about the profession of chocolatier while observing the company's employees at work.
LA MAISON DES DESSERTS
Read moreSpecialities: handmade chocolates (grand cru, Matcha tea, blackcurrant...), spreads, sticks, caraques... La Maison des Desserts is in fact the workshop of the De Hucorne - Fronville chocolate factory. Free visits are organized on request and reservation of the production area, with tasting. The place also includes a tea room with a terrace in a private garden. Probably one of the most popular shops in Namur, with an old-fashioned charm that fits perfectly with the atmosphere of this pedestrian street.
CHOCOLATIER DEMARET
Read moreThe Demaret house is a family-run and demanding company that makes pralines unbeatable and exclusive fodder. Their products are high quality but without marketing fireworks, offering excellent value for money. This family focuses on the quality of raw materials and ensures good turnover of products. One of the Demaret sisters, formed in one of the best schools in the country, nevertheless believes that the best of learning is done by a professional, namely his father. The other sister is responsible for broadcasting and marketing. Perhaps you have already tasted, without knowledge, these products with family know-how as retailers do not necessarily cite them… The establishment has received several International Chocolate Awards for the quality of its products.
MAISON LÉGER
Read moreThe Maison Léger chocolate factory was founded in 1995. It was founded by siblings of three great chocolate lovers. Their know-how as well as the use of quality raw materials allow them to offer today a very wide range of products such as pralines, truffles, beggars, orangettes/lemonettes, hollow subjects... and Kama Sutra chocolate figurines for spicy moments! Easter egg, triple layer (chocolate, praline, choco) single layer. Everything is made in the workshop behind the shop. The reception is very friendly.
LES CHOCOLATS D'ÉDOUARD
Read moreAmong Édouard Bechoux's specialties, depending on your appetite and the season, you can choose between palets (available in pralines, mendiants, with a special mention for the exceptional rosemary praline), spice-flavored ice cream, cakes (don't miss Édouard's classic), and genuine hot (or cold!) chocolate spiced and revisited by the master. All made with pure cocoa butter. The portions served on the premises are more than generous, and we take this opportunity to take a look at the workshop, open to the curious as well as the gourmet.
LEGAST ARTISAN CHOCOLATIER
Read moreQuality and freshness is "the new insurance of the former broker". Moving from insurance to chocolate maker: this is conversion! It was in 2002. A success! At the key, a second address, in Mons. Claude Legast's specialities include spices and miniature dragons, symbols of Mons and his «Doudou». Claude's son, Thibault, joined the house.
BELVAS
Read moreA passionate promoter of fair trade, Belvas goes back to the duchocolat origins and has pure and simple flavours: many depralinés, subtle mixed of Saint Domingue beans, Sao Tomé Oud'Ecuador), coconuts… With special care to larecherche, chocolate chocolate is an innovative and fièrementle seal seal. When he bought Lachocolaterie Devas in 25, Thierry Noesen was resolved to "développerle organic products and fair trade sector". Raw materials are natural (Bio when estpossible), beans come from recognized cooperatives (commeKuapa Kokoo in Ghana) and everything is designed with desproducteurs respect. Bio, good and good, we sail!
MAISON LÉGER
Read moreA family chocolate factory, Maison Léger is the fruit of the association of three brothers. Know-how and quality products are the secret of their success. The chocolate factory is located in a beautiful 18th century house. Ballottins of pralines, chocolate to spread or break, filled baskets, truffles, gingerbread... the hardest part will be not to leave with a bit of everything! All products are made on the spot by the master chocolate maker. It is also possible to personalize the packaging on request. A perfect gift idea!
HALMES
Read moreA family history that began with the parents in 1967 in Butgenbach and then in Malmedy in 1970. But it is the children Luc and Marion who have been perpetuating the case since 1997. Artisanal production of local products such as milk from the farm next to the workshop, butter from Bullange, rye flour from the Eiffel or honey from our own production. The sourdough bread, rye bread and wholemeal bread (very dark, almost black) make the reputation of this bakery that has been passed down through the generations just like the pastries that are to die for.
MAISON JEAN-MARIE
Read moreHere, speculoos are king, and marzipan is emperor. As a guarantee of quality, ancestral recipes have been handed down from father to son for four generations. If there's a not-to-be-missed time of year to come here, it's around St. Nicholas' Day. Around two months before the holidays, several tons of marzipan take on the shape of the man with the long beard and red miter. The whole thing is baked from the inside out, with a thickness that retains its inimitable softness. An address not to be missed!