Love is like a box of chocolates, it can be shared.
On Valentine’s Day, more than any other time, we celebrate love. Love with a capital A! Sincere, deep, whole. Suffice it to say that the mission for renowned chocolatiers and pastry chefs is arduous, and the creations must live up to the feeling.
This year again, the vital organ remains at the heart of the work of professionals and almost all agree on the form. Fundamentally, however, there are differences. Marshmallow at the famous Cyril Lignac; chocolate and praline at Maison Caffet; and mix of praline with Merouan Bounekraf. Each chef has his own style.
It’s good to be in love
On Valentine’s Day, it’s okay to be a bit of a marshmallow. There’s nothing cheesy about celebrating love, it’s just an opportunity to have a good time together, eye to eye. If gourmet gifts or not, are not your strong suit, offering a nice chocolate treat will always please your loved one.
In the shape of a heart, decorated bar, original sticks or even lipstick, chocolatiers and pastry chefs compete in greed to melt their loved one with Valentine’s Day chocolates, far from being cheesy. Whether you prefer them based on dark, milk, or white chocolate, topped with almond, hazelnut, raspberry or lemon praline, there is bound to be one created for you.
With these 18 proposals from great chefs or great Houses, you are sure to make him/her melt.
SKULPTUR x Kaviari Valentine’s Day Chocolates
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95€
In this incredible box, gourmet bites (caramel, chocolate, flaky hazelnut praline; mandarin confit, ginger, hazelnut praline with olive oil; lychee confit and hazelnut praline) from the pastry chef of the chocolate factory of starred chef Olivier Nasti, Jordan Gasco, are accompanied by a delicate Oscietra Prestige caviar. A magnificent gift to give to your loved one.
Available at SKULPTUR
2 rue du Tir
68240 Kaysersberg
https://www.lechambard.fr/fr/skulptur-la-chocolaterie.html
And in the Kaviari Delikatessen boutiques in Paris
https://www.kaviari.fr/fr/
Lenôtre Valentine’s Day chocolates

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16€
At Maison Lenôtre, we discover this pretty dark chocolate heart, deliciously garnished with almond praline.
https://www.lenotre.com/
Maison Caffet Valentine’s Day Chocolates

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Dolce Cuore, 90g, €15.95
This pretty couple on their white chocolate scooter protects a dark chocolate heart garnished with almond and hazelnut praline from Piedmont.
https://maison-caffet.com/
Valentine’s Day Chocolates CinqSens Paris

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Box of chocolate bars, €39
Four gourmet bars can be found at CinqSens Paris: dark chocolate and saffron almond praline; dark chocolate and cinnamon pecan praline; dark chocolate and ginger almond praline; dark chocolate and almond praline with Cayenne pepper.
https://cinsensparis.com/
Valentine’s Day Chocolate La Manufacture du Chocolat Alain Ducasse

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Infini-Puff pastry heart, €42
To savor the best of both worlds, we love this heart with one side of milk chocolate, and the other dark, garnished with almond-hazelnut praline offered by La Manufacture du Chocolat Alain Ducasse.
https://www.lechocolat-alainducasse.com/fr/
Boissier Valentine’s Day Chocolates

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Heart Truffles, 40g, €8
If you taste one of these wonderful truffles, it will be difficult to stop at just one bite as these melting and intense delights are addictive!
https://maison-boissier.com/
Puyricard Valentine’s Day chocolates

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Love tablet, 82g, €10.50
Milk chocolate, roasted sunflower seeds, cranberries, caramelized hazelnuts and passion fruit caramel coated in dark chocolate, it’s all there in this bar.
https://www.puyricard.fr/fr/
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Cyril Lignac

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Marshmallow heart, €10
When Cyril Lignac’s incredible marshmallow bear transforms into a vital organ to capsize hearts!
https://www.gourmand-croquant.com/fr/
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Maison Sève

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Raspberry tablet, 100g, €9.90
All dressed in pink, this 34% chocolate bar enriched with dehydrated raspberry and organic corn petals will delight all gourmands.
https://www.chocolatseve.com/
Alléno & Rivoire Valentine’s Day Chocolate

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Box, €28
Double indulgence on the menu at Alléno & Rivoire, with this box composed of six clovers with pineapple confit and raw mucilage jelly; and six praline sticks with puffed rice and dark chocolate.
https://chocolat-allenorivoire.fr/
Valentine’s Day Chocolates La Maison du Chocolat

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Bouchette heart bouquet, €20
Nicolas Cloiseau for La Maison du Chocolat chose to use almond-hazelnut praline and shards of Japanese rice with toasted notes to garnish this floral milk chocolate heart.
https://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/fr_fr
Valentine’s Day chocolates Chocolaterie Weiss

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My Crush box, 120g, €18.50
Between cat’s tongues reinvented with chocolate and gourmet bites, this box will melt the loved one of your heart.
https://www.chocolat-weiss.fr/fr/
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Maison Carrousel

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Valentine’s Day Heart, 280g, €18
Marshmallow, coconut praline center and milk chocolate coating, this is the program for this delicacy from Maison Carrousel.
https://maison-carrousel.com/
Valentine’s Day Chocolate The chocolate of the French

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Tablet “Will you sleep with me?” », €6.95
Beautifully illustrated by “Lindsay made this”, this bar offered by Le chocolat des Français is based on 71% organic dark chocolate, garnished with cocoa bean shards.
https://www.lechocolatdesfrancais.fr/fr/
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Patrick Roger

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Le Plein tablet, €11
At Patrick Roger, we discover this dark chocolate bar from Bolivia as a couple.
https://www.patrickroger.com/
Merouan Bounekraf Valentine’s Day Chocolates

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SephoGRAS Lipstick Set, €22
Delicacy and humor on the menu with this “SephoGRAS” box set by Merouan Bounekraf at Panade with flavors of white chocolate and almond-hazelnut praline, dark chocolate and pine nut praline, or raspberry chocolate and pistachio praline.
https://www.panade-paris.fr/
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Pierre Hermé

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Mathilda Mixed Hearts Tablet, €13
We love these pretty embossed courses which adorn this Mathilda milk chocolate bar, garnished with almond praline enhanced with lemon.
https://www.pierreherme.com/
Valentine’s Day chocolates Pierre Marcolini

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Heart box, 105g, €29.90
Designed like a stroll, this box takes you on a journey between spices, praline with cocoa nibs, pistachio almond paste, passion fruit or even hazelnut praline.
https://eu.marcolini.com/fr/