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Debauve et Gallais chocolate boxes, original art, 5" x 7"

Debauve et Gallais ballotins, original art, 5" x 7"

Granted most of them are heart-shaped...

But I was reminded of how the French stack up their candy boxes/les ballotins all year round...

Pretty much based on quantity and price.

Usually the smallest size on offer is cent grams = 100 grams or 3.3 ounces if you don't happen to be metric...

I love the patterns and geometry of these stacks...

And almost every candy shop offers them...

Le Roux, which is quite high-end has them...

Even the most posh of all French chocolatiers, DEBAUVE et GALLAIS has a range of sizes and boxes, so us peasants can have a little taste...

Sadly, Laduree, with their vast array of divine boxes does not offer a size range to choose from.

Well not in the same manner...

Although there is this tiny stack at the toy store if you want to shell out TWENTY EUROS. Ouch!

La Maison du Chocolat, on the other hand, takes a more equalitarian attitude and offers a 2-chocolate box for 3.3 euros, so you can feel like a queen for 5 minutes...

Pierre Herme?

Non, pas possible.

Though his 10 euro box of chocolates is a fabulous value.

Well I hope it's still 10 euros....

Three years ago, a friend lent me her little Paris studio cost-free, so I felt I could buy chocolate boxes with abandon. Naturally it was just for research and still life models bien sur! I did end up giving most of the chocolate away to the concierge and my friend.

After all how much chocolate can you eat in three weeks?

OK, Here's a real chocolate stack for you to munch on vicariously and virtually.

Do YOU have a favorite Parisien chocolate shop I should know about?

Do tell!
BON JEUDI!