Our Christmas chocolates
Temperatures are getting cooler, decorations are lighting up the streets, excitement is growing among the youngest: there is no doubt about it, the end-of-year celebrations are approaching! At À la Mère de Famille, we attach great importance to passing on the taste of goodness! Santa Claus thus invites himself each year to all our stores to meet his impatient public, so that their initiation to joyful gluttony begins from a very young age.
Since 1761, À la Mère de Famille has perpetuated love of quality and traditions constantly reinvented according to our desires. And for more than 20 years, we have taken great joy in sharing the holiday atmosphere with you. The House's tempting and refined creations then join our boutiques and their windows: a spectacle that amazes the unconditional fans of the holidays... and all the gourmands, to admire until the end of the year!
During this magical time of year, we invite you to discover our tempting and refined creations, assortments of pralines, candied chestnuts and other seasonal delights, beautifully presented in our Christmas chocolate boxes , true treasures that are impossible to resist! Each box offers the opportunity to treat yourself or someone special with a delicate gift.
By choosing to give a chocolate Christmas gift prepared with love and expertise by À la Mère de Famille, you are offering a combination of centuries-old traditions, such as our traditionally cold-pressed pralines, and innovation, such as our candied chestnuts, the result of three years of work with an expert artisan in the field.
Let your sweet tooth guide your choices, and enjoy an unforgettable holiday tasting by giving Christmas chocolate !
Tell me, what chocolate Christmas gift should I give?
The hardest part, when deciding to give an assortment of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, pralines (also known as pralines by some), or even orangettes or florentins, is choosing from all our specialties with their varied flavors. Some are particularly popular during the holiday season: we are throwing you a few ideas (not exhaustive !) to inspire you.
Traditional 100% homemade pralines
A rare fact that deserves to be mentioned: À la Mère de Famille is part of the very small circle of chocolatiers who make their chocolate pralines from start to finish. Our six praline recipes are 100% homemade, as is the chocolate coating, the fillings and the pralining! Each year, they are available as an assortment in a new metallic box illustrated by an artist. A gift as good as it is beautiful !
Truffles with flair
Fans of truffles will delight in our three recipes that combine a smooth and melting homemade ganache with a fine cocoa powder. Rather red fruit and spice aromas, with our single-origin Madagascar chocolate? Or rather floral sweetness with spicy notes at the end of the palate with our single-origin Peru? Or even the sweetness and creaminess of our traditional vanilla ganache? It's not easy to choose, we know…
The candied chestnut thrill
What about our delicate candied chestnuts ? Our chocolatiers work with a long-standing partner to pool all their expertise in this highly technical recipe. An essential winter pleasure, the House's candied chestnuts are renowned for their delicate flavor. Fleshy, firm and low in sugar, with a pronounced chestnut taste, they are unanimously loved during the end-of-year holidays.
More than 24 days until the gifts
Don't forget, of course, to discover our iconic Advent calendar , designed each year by a different artist. Sempé, Pénélope Bagieu or Chris Ware have already taken part, imagining a calendar as delightful as it is beautiful. The ideal gift to brighten the countdown to the holidays with aromas of milk chocolate and dark chocolate !
The famous Toucans (which Tout Caen raves about)
Winter is the ideal season to enjoy our Toucans , a specialty with an extremely thin coating. Between the hazelnut praline recipe enhanced by a crispy puff pastry, the praline version enhanced with pistachio pieces, and the melting sesame seed toucans, even the most demanding palates will find their delight.
The call of the Yule log
Finally, the holidays wouldn't be the holidays without our traditional Christmas Yule logs . The gourmandise of the Dolfi family, the happy owner of the House, inspires our pastry chefs who develop a new collection of Yule logs each year. Choose from our four recipes the flavors that will put your taste buds to party : blackcurrant, nougat, chocolate, praline, candied chestnut, and so on.
Our homemade chocolate is made in France
Since 1761, À la Mère de Famille has perpetuated the love of quality and gourmandise. To guarantee the consistency of our flavors as well as the excellence of our recipes, we are committed to mastering the entire production of our chocolates. We select our own cocoa beans from carefully and rigorously chosen partner producers. Our chocolatiers, masters in the art of enhancing the different aromas of cocoa, create a coating with unique flavors, the result of a homemade blend of varied terroirs. All our recipes are made in France , in our workshop in Tours, where certain steps are always performed by hand… and always will be !
Treat yourself to time: choose the online sale of Christmas chocolates
When the holidays approach, it means a marathon in search of a nice gift for your loved ones. With the online sale of Christmas chocolate , À la Mère de Famille makes your life easier. Make your selection from our gift boxes, our varied assortments and our seasonal specialties, and order via our online chocolate shop.
Receive them at home, or have them delivered to the address of your choice in mainland France and Europe, in 24h to 48h depending on the chosen option. You can also choose free in-store pickup at the time slot of your choice. Are you really late with your chocolate gifts? No problem: a courier delivers your order before Santa Claus, in less than 4h in Paris and its little crown.
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From the Aztecs, who consumed cocoa and gave it as a gift to their loved ones, to the present day, chocolate has joined the club of prized gifts. Reserved exclusively for the elites when it arrived on the European continent, giving this delicacy was a gift of value, showing the lucky recipient their importance. In tradition, Saint Nicholas also went around on Christmas Eve to give children essential chocolates and candies.
Today, the pleasure of biting into a chocolate is accessible to all gourmands. But giving delicious chocolates, with elegant and refined aromas, in the form of truffles, pralines, Christmas Yule logs, candied chestnuts and other gourmet delights, remains an essential delicate gesture.
We therefore wish you beautiful holidays, and a good selection of sweets to place at the foot of the Christmas tree !
