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Maison Larnicol, Saint Malo

This place is truly wonderful. I discovered it on holiday this summer in St Malo, Brittany. It’s called Maison Larnicol and sells a fabulous range of sweet treats. I was stamping around St Malo in search of the Maison du Buerre. It’s a dark little shop with wall to wall wooden cabinets of buttery Breton biscuits and chocolate and serve yourself tongs to fill up your paper bags. Think “scoop and save” but classy.

Not only do they sell macarons but chocolate grand pianos.

And chocolate SHOES. Who needs Laboutin eh?

“Les Chocolates Self Service”. I love it when the French adopt English words as their own, like le weekend although it too me a while to realise that om-bugger was not something rude.

Les Galettes. AKA big fat discs of chocolate with fruit and nuts on them. Which count towards your five-a-day.

These ones look more like olives than olives do.

And some massive coloured meringues. Must make these some day.

Sucette, French for lollipop, is a word that always makes me snigger and never more so than at the sight of these little chaps.

Swoon. The Kouignette. These ones are blackcurrant cassis flavour. Here is one I took home up close:

With a bite taken out, just to taunt you.

These are pistacho flavour kouign amanns.

Is this the way to St Malo-rillo?

Maison Larnicol, Saint Malo

Gulls egg chocolates and rocher – not to be confused with the Ferrero variety.

Inside the gull’s egg. Caramel. Chocolate down fingernails too. Which proves I was enjoying myself.

Macaron chocolate artist’s palette

Framboise macaron heaven, quite possibly my favourite macaron ever. Photographed for posterity.

And hey who’s this? The little boy who fortunately for me, prefers Kinder Surprise.

Maison Larnicol 6 Rue St Vincent, 35400 Saint-Malo, France

Comments

  7. That hamper does look amazing…but a dozen bars of their Espresso Chocolate would be on a level pegging! Beautiful post too!

  10. Ooooh! What an A-MA-ZING shop, I want a sucette! My favourite thing on G&B is the Red Wine and Dark Chocolate Gift set; my two favourite things together.

  14. I love the NEW Ultimate Chocolate Recipe Gift Box – my best friend uses Green and Black’s recipes and I have to say her deserts are out of this world!

  18. Espresso Chocolate here. UK is awful for coffee flavour products and this is one of the best available!

  19. I love the look of the The Miniature Collection Library – it loks so pretty with every bar in though, I’d feel awful spoiling it by eating them! Maybe I’d be better with loose bars instead!

  21. Woo hoo, talk about being a kid in a candy store!!! That place looks fab!
    Had a look at the G&B website, and the thing I’d most like is the ultimate chocolate hamper. No surprise there, eh?

  23. Ok first things first. My favourite item on the Green & Blacks site is obviously the ultimate Christmas hamper! What more could you want. Second that shop. It’s amazing. I can’t even imagine finding such a place. Makes me want to go to St Malo now! Thanks for sharing it.

  24. You made me hungry looking at your blog post above, wow, what a shop. My favourite item has to be the ultimate christmas hamper on the green and blacks siet, I mean wow

  27. My favourite is the Assortment & Rose Wine.
    Choccy & wine, well you can’t go wrong with the
    both of them!
    Or, they would make a wonderful gift to someone,
    or maybe not! 🙂

    @MAZZZ39 ON TWITTER.X

  29. My favourite would have to be the Chocolate Sharing Collection , perfect for the whole family and an ideal way to try all the yummy products.

  31. I am one big fan of Green and Black and my favourite item would be Christmas Ultimate Chocolate Hamper. Love your post and images especially the Macaron chocolate artist’s palette.

  39. My favourite are the Green and Black wedding favours – wish I’d had them at my wedding!

  50. I’m going to say the recipe book because I’m learning to cook and I want to learn how to make something with chocolate. Then indulge myself as I devour more chocolate from their website. G&B may go out of stock thanks to me :).

  56. I think my favourite item on Green and Blacks direct is actually the one you have to give away, the Ultimate Chocolate Chef! That would make a perfect Christmas present for my sister as she’s a huge huge fan of the first Green & Blacks book and I’m sure would love the apron and chocolate too!

  74. I love reading about the indulgent Chocolate gifts .Giving them as a special gift brings alot of pleasure .

  76. It has to be the chocolate bar collection. My bespoke personal ‘collection’ would be butterscotch, ginger, cherry and mint (for a Christmassy feel only you see.)

    Yum.

  87. Tough choice, but I’ve wanted the Ultimate Cookbook for ages, the cover is beautiful and the inside makes me want to quit my degree and become a chocolatier. Or whatever a chocolate-making-person is called.

  91. The Christmas Chocolate Draw, it would be my idea of a heavenly present and very welcome, hope my hubby is reading this.

  92. I’m leaning towards the “Sixty Miniatures” because I can virtuously eat one bar at a time. Well…OK it’s because I’m a glutton and can’t on just one thing!

  95. Oh, how wonderful! I’d go for the bespoke Chocolate Hamper…..who wouldn’t want to choose what goes into their own G & B hamper. They have 60 miniatures. 60!
    Am a follower and have tweeted @domesticgoddesq

  96. It’s got to be the Ultimate Chocolate Hamper – even I couldn’t eat that lot in one go 😉

  101. It would have to be the Butterscotch bar, it’s my favourite chocolate – I love the molasses flavor, it’s rich and buttery and oh so yummy!

    @b_fly77

  114. The Butterscotch Organic chocolate – nibbly and crunchy with all those gorgeous buttery bits!

  120. I would LOVE the Christmas Ultimate Chocolate Hamper! Hampers are great at Christmas but a hamper filled with chocolate…YUM!

  123. I love the Christmas Chocolate Drawer (who wouldn’t?).
    I have tweeted also – emma1111111

  124. As much as I love G&B chocolate AND I do, I’d really like a copy of their book.

    Your chocolate shop find looks amazing- I don’t remember coming across anything like this in Brittany.

  127. So many nice things to choose from but the christmas chocolate table collection looks very good.

  128. Shall try to win this as a gift for someone I know will love it…
    I think my favourite on that site is the collection of bars, the biggest one of course.
    x

  131. My favourite is the butterscotch bar – I’ve stopped buying it as I can’t resist scoffing the lot!
    BTW how FABULOUS was that shop. It’d be worth travelling just to spend a couple of days eating your way round it and then heading (waddling!) home, most likely wearing elasticated trousers

  132. oh what a delicious, buttery, sweet, fantastic post !! thanks for the mention above, and i am so glad you discovered all those amazing treats that you did. HOWEVER [she says with a big grin]… you’ll have to try again, “to out kugelhopf the kugelhopf” ! LOL !!! go back to my kouign amann post (http://mykugelhopf.ch/2008/09/salted-butter-and-sugar-oh-and-some-flour-too/) and read the comment from pierre… about me in the kouignette shop — that’s larnicol ! he’s from that region and we went to the one in pont aven – heaven ! i only didn’t mention it to you because i didn’t know they had a shop in st malo. i may have to revisit my photos and do a nostalgic sweet post dedicated to you on it !! 😉

  145. The Christmas Ultimate Chocolate Hamper – it’s everything a girl needs for christmas!

  149. Yum both my favorite treats in one pack. White Wine & Milk Chocolate Collection, has to be a favorite.

  151. Hi

    Christmas Chocolate Mini Collection – is my favourite item from G&B: there’s something for everyone!

    Would love to win the Christmas Ultimate Chocolate Hamper.

    Becks
    x

  160. The christmas Chocolate Drawer, how exciting to open it up and pull out a different flavour every day. Am following

  167. Red Wine & Dark Chocolate Collection – what’s not to like – 2 of my fave things! Just need the chocolate shoe as per the blog to make my evening perfect! xx

  179. Chocolate wedding favour – great idea my mum is getting married so i will point her to your website

  180. Green & Blacks Christmas Draw, plenty of chocolate for me, I may share but who knows, ha ha

  193. As a selfconfessed chocoholic, my favourite is definately the Christmas Ultimate Chocolate Hamper

  207. Ultimate Chocolate Recipe Gift Box – i love Saint-Malo – even more now!!! cant wait to go back missed this last timer i was there!

  213. Easy. It has to be the Bespoke Chocolate Hamper Service – deciding what to leave out is the hard part.

  216. Christmas Chocolate Drawer just HAS to be my favourite. I was fortunate enough to receive one once – bliss!!!!!

  220. Everything on this page is a visual treat! But I must say my favourite is the artists palette of macaroons! Love it!

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