Impérial chocolat au Château de Fontainebleau

 

Chocolate-covered madeleines are so hard to paint 🎨 

Yesterday I went to opening day of Imperial Chocolat 🍫 

At Chateau Fontainebleau! An easy 30 minute train ride from Gare de Lyon + waiting bus directly to the chateau. 

Be prepared. 

There will be brides.

The Imperial Chocolate 🍫 Salon continues through Monday/Lundi so def go if you’re here! 👏 Entry - 9€.

Before you enter the grand halls of chocolate 

Visit the tents for non-chocolate samples. 

There is Always a big selection of épices/spices at French chocolate salons.

And wine 🍷 bien sur for the upcoming holidays.

Exotic safran home-grown in France 🇫🇷 

I can never resist the vanilla seller.

Even though I don’t bake. A few vanilla gosses/pods (never beans) make for great aromatherapy 👃 Terre de Vanille came in from Dijon, but his famille has vanilla farms in Madagascar 🇲🇬 

And you can grab a crêpe before facing the chocolat.

I had a chocolat chaud from Frederic Cassel 👏 Fred is head chef of Imperial Chocolat 🍫 

His shop in Fontainebleau at 71-73 rue Grand.

NOT TO BE MISSED!! Yum Yum I ate the checkerboard cookie (sablé Hollandais)  🍪 + a pain au pistache et chocolat (for dinner).

Inside the hall…

Les CHOCOLAT!

Les Chocolat de Frederic Cassel.

His Advent calendar of chateau de Fontainebleau.

Fred is celebrating 🥳 his 30th year in business ! Hooray 🎈

I almost forgot CHOCOLATE (in a bottle) CHAMPAGNE 🍾! 

They are at every holiday foodie event 🥳 So delish & you can’t buy it in any liquor stores 🤷‍♀️

At this point I was ready to head back to Gare de Fontainebleau. Bus 3401 is just across from the entrance gates. 

Fortunately a petit train showed up & took us back to the front.

I asked the driver if he might take us back to the gare…or better yet PARIS!? He laughed 😂

Chocolate 🍫 madeleines for breakfast ☕️ 

Hot chocolate anyone?