Chocolate, Easter

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• Pierre Hermé Paris (Concorde and other locations, above), chess, checkers, and dominoes in this year’s Easter collection by pastry chef Pierre Hermé

• Jeffrey Cagnes (Montorgueil), traditional roudoudous reimagined in chocolate-peanut version, along with cartoonish chocolate animals

• Debauve & Gallais (Bourse, Saint-Germain-des-Prés), Easter bells, hens, and eggs, each sealed by the historic chocolatier’s logo

• Alléno & Rivoire (Ecole Militaire), exotic collection by chefs Yannick Alléno and Aurélien Rivoire, featuring sculpted egg w/ crystallized pineapple and plant-based milk chocolate

• Claire Heitzler (Levallois), female-led chocolatier offering large eggs and charming packs of miniature chocolate sardines

• Nicolas Paciello (Boulogne, Pantin), playful take on gianduja, pecan praline, and Dulcey chocolate, presented in collection of colorful large eggs

• Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse (Palais Royal and other locations), chef Alain Ducasse goes Mediterranean w/ chocolate turbots, lobsters, and turtles

• Cheval Blanc Paris (Pont Neuf), Maxime Frédéric pays homage to Notre-Dame’s reopening via sculpted replica of cathedral’s bell

• A La Mere de Famille (Montorgueil and other locations), generous selection of petites fritures, small chocolate and praline sea creatures