6 Best Places to Shop in Provence, France

The artisan-chocolate master is famous for her pralines (made with fine nuts and ganache), sourced chocolates, delicate flavored chocolate squares with seasonal fillings (cinnamon, mint, lavender, rose, ginger), and other confections. Everything is stylishly packaged, too, so it’s a great place for gifts.

The wide range of gourmet confections made daily here include flavored ganaches, pralines, chocolate-covered almonds or citrus peel, and nougat.

This family of gourmet chocolatiers specializes in elegant versions of local bonbons (Calissons d’Aix, nougats, candied fruit). They use native ingredients (lavender, almonds, Menton lemons, Venasque cherries) to flavor and perfume their single-origin chocolates, truffles, and chocolate-covered nuts and citrus rind.

Although he's known for his creamy ganaches, Joël Durand also offers a range of gourmet chocolates, nut creams, and toffees, as well as marmalades made in Provence from tree-ripened fruit.

You might just be lucky enough to arrive at this old town artisanal chocolaterie on a day when you can watch the confections being made by hand. Specialties include delicately perfumed ganache-filled chocolates, calissons, and chocolate bars laden with dried fruit and nuts.

At this family-owned confectioner, renowned for Provençal sweets since 1948, you can sample all the regional favorites, including candied fruits (a specialty of the Vaucluse since Roman times), cakes and small pastries, chocolates, calissons d’Aix, guimauves (flavored marshmallows), and more. The charming on-site café also serves tea or coffee, along with savory lunch dishes.