The 24 best chocolate houses for an unforgettable gourmet gift

Whether classic, purist or offbeat, these top-quality houses will enchant you with their expertise. In the hands of these craftsmen and women, cocoa expresses the diversity of terroirs, regionalism or wild creativity. Let us be your guide!

Where to buy fine chocolates in the Paris region?

• À la Mère de Famille: a historic store with a listed decor, a variety of sweets and playful papillotes, the house renews itself, has fun and always knows how to delight young and old alike.
• La Brigaderie: Marina Stroh uses her cocoa from Brazil to create bars that transport you straight back to her homeland. also worth discovering: brigadeiros (chocolate confectionery).

Where to buy good chocolates in Hauts-de-France?

• Beussent-Lachelle : ballotins, tablettes (tree to bar, the house has plantations in Ecuador) and bûche Maya (hazelnut praline, pistachio and roasted corn), everything is tempting at this institution.
• Encuentro: bars of rare cocoa (Bolivia, Brazil), Moules Lilloises (chocolate and hazelnut), this chocolate shop offers origin-focused products and regressive treats.

Where to buy good chocolates in Normandy?

• Cluizel: a family business since 1948, the house continues to offer a wide range of fine cocoa vintages, bonbons, mendiants and classic or creative tablets.
• Le petit chocolatier: Olivier Viel sources beans from small cooperatives in Cameroon, and offers ganache and praline bonbons (not forgetting chocolate camembert).

Where to buy good chocolates in Brittany?

• Johann Dubois : "Chocolats de Bretagne" (buckwheat, crêpes dentelle, caramel), elegant tablettes, Bigood's bar, Chaporon shortbread, the artisan delights and plays on the codes of the region.
• Les Nénettes: cones, Morello cherries, rocks, with caramel or pieces of dried fruit, Sylvie and Eve (mother and daughter) offer a universe of poetic, funny and gourmet shapes.

Where to buy good chocolates in Pays de la Loire?

• Vincent Guerlais: who can resist the P'tit Beurre with its crunchy praline filling, as well as the many mouthfuls, bonbons and other enticing nibbles.
• 20 Nord 20 Sud: tablets from rare origins, candies, infusions, Mélanie Paulau doesn't compromise on style (no added cocoa butter), for tastes true to the bean.

Where to buy good chocolates in the Centre-Val de Loire?

• Sébastien Papion: with his mastery of praline (the must-have Papionella Noisettes and Cake Noisette) and his huge boxes (100 bonbons), this chocolatier puts stars in your eyes.
• Fèves: marshmallow, praline or pure-origin tablets, or discovery workshops (children and adults), this young chocolate maker handles beans, transmission and gourmandise with gusto.

Where to buy good chocolates in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

• Hervé Robin : passionate about cocoa, father and son work from the bean on chocolates and flavors according to the season, capsule collections and delicious pralines.
• Hasnaâ chocolats: grand crus from Uganda, the Philippines, "dark milk" or Choco'bomb (for hot chocolate), Hasnaâ Ferreira takes you on a journey to the plantations.

Where to buy good chocolates in Occitanie?

• Criollo Chocolat: with its ballotins of sweets based on fruits (fresh and dried), spices and origins, this Toulouse chocolatier practices the art of detail and elegance.
• Chocolaterie Pépites: fine chocolate boxes, Bolivian and Vietnamese tablets, bars (date caramel, orange blossom and seed praline), this Aveyron-based company has it all.

Where to buy good chocolates in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

• Pralus: family know-how continues. Pyramid tablets, Barres Infernales (pistachio, nougat), chocolate confectionery, you won't know what to choose as everything is sure to please.
• Aurélien Plassard: with oatmeal palets, marshmallow rabbits, Guatemalan and Madagascan tablets, this chocolatier based near Lyon is driven by gourmandise and the bean-to-bar spirit.

Where to buy good chocolates in Burgundy-Franche-Comté?

• Fabrice Gillotte: this MOF dares all with mastery and elegance. Bean-infusion jellies, tea jellies, sublime pralines, flowers and fruit or cute teddy bears, the choice is difficult.
• Macha: pistachio or macadamia praline bars, glittering bonbons, Marie-Charlotte Neindre is not short of daring aesthetics and compositions.

Where to buy good chocolates in the Grand Est?

• Schmitt : mirabelle plum or bergamottablets , the Schmitt brothers play on their terroir. Granit (gianduja) and Oignons de Jonquilles (almond praline and nougatine) are also delicious.
• Skulptur: stunning tablets, Gewurztraminer marc dragees, gingerbread and vanilla marshmallow manalas, the star-studded Chambard team creates sublime decorations and pairings.

Where to buy good chocolates in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica?

• A. Morin: classic bonbons, blocks of chocolate for baking or a bar with essential cypress oil, the house (craftsmen from father to son since 1864!) is also where you'd least expect it.

• Alexia Santini: ganache and praline sweets, coated dried fruits, the Corsican chocolatier also knows how to draw on her island's repertoire (aromatic herbs, citrus fruits).