For most of March I’ve been haunting Paris chocolate shops. Nice work if you can get it 😀
Doing intense research 🔬 for the March Paris letter.
You could say ‘I covered the waterfront’ of Parisian chocolatiers.
FYI Patrick Roger is crazy for life-size chocolate sharks 🦈 No wabbits.
And hedgehogs & ducks 🦆
Not all Paris chocolatiers are mad for the Easter lapin/bunny 🐰 Pierre Hermé chose a bondage theme this year for his chocolate eggs. No bunnies in the house.
I was inspired by a previous Easter chocolate Paris letter.
But the beautiful bunnies caught my eye. So sculptural. Even Lindt’s classic gold bunny is a work of art 🎨
The thinking woman/man/person’s bunny for those with an aesthetic eye 👁️
A Brancusi sculpture on the left and an Edwart chocolate bunny on the right.
He has a très charmante geometric chickie in the window. I did not succumb.
Alain Ducasse’s chocolate bunny this year is sculptural and geometric.
I popped into his shop yesterday. It feels like a lab…
He has a très charmante geometric chickie in the window. I did not succumb.
Instead I fell hard for Pierre Marcolini’s adorable bunny box. After a week of sleepless nights, I went back and bought it (16,90€) No buyer’s regrets. The yummy chocolates are gone.
Some handsome bunnies at Jadis et Gourmande I somehow resisted.
Ta da. The Paris bunny letter 🤸♂️
Supposedly German immigrants brought the tradition to the US. The story goes a German mom hid eggs 🥚 in the garden for her children. When the kids asked,”Who brought the Easter eggs Mom?” Mom responded a rabbit 🐇 did. Voila.
Photo by Jill Colonna
For more Easter in Paris, visit Jill Colonna’s Mad About Macarons.
For more Easter in Paris, visit Jill Colonna’s Mad About Macarons.
☕️ Or you can buy me a KO-FI ☕️
Happy Easter Carol 🗼❤️🐇
ReplyDeleteAnyone out there who thought rabbits laid eggs? This has been a family joke for years. Thanks for the history, Carol.
ReplyDeleteLove ❤️ it Sally 🤣
DeleteThank you for your bunny research--somebody had to do it!! Sorry I'm not in Paris.
ReplyDeletePas de C à pâques Annie
ReplyDeleteI know
DeleteI’m a creative speller
I checked too on Google, but the dyslexic brain has a mind of it’s own.
Je veille sur vous. Félicitations de toutes façons, vous êtes pleine de fantaisie et de talent. A.
DeleteHappy Easter,,nailed the letter:)
ReplyDeleteOh my! Your Easter candy posts are among my favorites. And…you included all of those older posts…YAY! Fun! 🥳
ReplyDeleteYou have remarkable self control going into these shops and not overindulging. Everything is such a temptation.
Thank you for the link to Jill’s post. Finally an explanation for chocolat fish…spring=Pisces. Bonne printemps, Carol!
🐟 hmm..I have written about Poisson d’Avril many times
DeleteAnd today I coud not resist a little ‘Sardine’ box with 3 chocolate fish inside
http://parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com/search?q=Poisson+d%E2%80%99avril
happy easter, carol....i love all the beautiful chocolate sculptures you post....and thanks for including you past posts....it will get me through a rather dreary and rainy week here in cape may....thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteSo happy Mary to hear
DeleteWe are having intermittent storms & sunny 🌞 days
It can get you down ☺️
Laduree has a fabulous Easter gift box with macarons and a pink chocolate bunny
ReplyDeleteThe same bunny I found last year in white chocolate - nuttin new
DeleteWhat perfect pairings ! B
ReplyDeleteLovely post and thank you for the shout-out, Carol. Yes, we are definitely spoiled for choice again this year. Adore your Easter bunny artwork - you're so talented!
ReplyDeleteJill Colonna
You just keep getting better and better. I love your work. Bev
ReplyDeleteI would love to be in Paris for Easter Season!! Thanks for the glimpse!!!
ReplyDeleteI’ve been a fan of your blog for years, and I’m thrilled to see the chocolate bunnies of Paris on your Paris map. Your Paris bunny letter will be our guide on a chocolate-themed treasure hunt! Thank you again for the wonderful work that you do. Happy Easter! B.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter Carol! I hope you have a nice long weekend and get some sunshine. I love your chocolate bunny letter. Paris does have lots of chocolate shops, thanks for the tour. We have one very good chocolate shop here, so I always go there and buy some chocolates for Easter. I think you chose well with that very cute rabbit box with little chocolates inside.
ReplyDeleteP.S I found myself a double sided grapefruit knife, made in Japan, on chef.com.au!
Paris has maybe more Chocolate 🍫 Australia has more grapefruit knives🔪
DeleteIt seems so! Though I did end up having to buy it from another online shop, but bought myself a tomato knife too :)
DeleteI need to tell you how much I love your posts. And what could possibly top chocolate Easter bunnies? Vicarious love for chocobunnies is calorie free! Mike DC
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter Carol! In reference to your chocolate adventures, 11/12 you posted about the Imperial Chocolat Fontainebleau. I will be in Paris for their event in 2024 and am hoping to go. Can I please ask if you had bought your tickets in advance?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your wonderful posts and inspirations!
Planning ahead 👏 No need. Entry to chateau Fontainebleau allows you to visit the chocolate event.
ReplyDeleteThe bunnies are my favorite part of Easter. I even saw one outside yesterday (delivering a basket? Not so sure -- he was rather small!). Love each and every bunny you shared, art or chocolate (and yes, some are both!)
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