What better way to celebrate Valentines Day than with a post about chocolate.
Josephine Vannier Chocolat Artisinal, off the Place de Vosges, is an inventive chocolate shop known for their imaginative and whimsical chocolate sculptures. If you still need chocolates for your sweetheart, there are very pretty and unusual heart shaped chocolate boxes with lavender & gold exteriors and also one with an romantic illustration of an 18th century woman.
Other amusing sculptures are the musical instruments, the Eiffel Tower with gold piping, and a painters color palette on a chocolate easel.
There is also a full selection of bars and individual chocolates in traditional ballotins covered with colorful patterns. The taste of the chocolate is smooth and delicious and my personal favorite is the Sel et Poivre(salt & pepper) bars , a distinctive taste sensation much like chocolate covered pretzels.
Not too slick and pristine like most chocolate shops, Josephine Vannier looks more like bohemian atelier. The manager Julian is a nice, smiling man who is serious about chocolate, was kind enough to offer me a taste when I brought a Eye Prefer Paris tour client there the other day.
Joséphine Vannier Chocolat Artisanal
4 rue Pas de la Mule, 75003
01 44 54 03 09
Tuesday- Saturday 11AM-1PM, 2:30PM-7PM
Sunday 2:30PM-7PM
Metro: Chemin Vert, Bastille
www.chocolats-vannier.com
Give me the chocolate boot anytime!
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I love how "bohemian" these chocolates are! I only wish I could sample them, to really enjoy their full effect!! :-)
Posted by: b | February 15, 2007 at 02:01 AM
Another must-stop for my next trip.
Posted by: Mimi | February 15, 2007 at 03:04 AM
I love Josephine Vannier. My parents live a few blocks away, we've been giving out chocolate Eiffel towers and other creations as gifts for years!
Posted by: Laetitia | January 22, 2010 at 08:56 PM